Dolan is an MS Paint comic series starring a crudely drawn, foul-tempered version of Donald Duck alongside other mangled Disney characters [3].

Where did Dolan come from?

The comics started on Finnish imageboards in summer 2010, credited to an artist called Sakolut on Kuvalauta, before crossing to 4chan that August [1].

What does Dolan mean?

'Dolan' is a deliberate misspelling of 'Donald,' the Disney duck the comics are based on, and the name spread because English imageboard users kept writing it that way [2].

How do you use Dolan?

People make Dolan content by redrawing Disney characters in MS Paint with intentionally bad art and misspelled captions, often ending on a 'regards, Dolan' line [2].

Is Dolan still popular?

Dolan peaked in 2012, when the Memegenerator page passed 3,500 macros and the /r/Dolan subreddit grew past 21,000 readers, and it faded from the mainstream after that wave [5].

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Dolan is a series of intentionally crude MS Paint comics starring poorly drawn Disney characters, led by a malformed Donald Duck named Dolan who acts as a psychotic, foul-mouthed menace. The comics started on Finnish imageboards in 2010 and broke into English internet culture through 4chan, defined by their misspelled captions and the 'regards, Dolan' signoff.

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Overview

Dolan is an MS Paint web comic series built around deliberately ugly redraws of Disney characters, and the star, Dolan, is a malformed Donald Duck who usually shows up as a psychotic killer and sex addict, with most of the comedy coming from the crude art and the dialogue's intentional misspellings 3. The look is bad on purpose, and that is the whole point.

The supporting cast includes botched versions of Mickey Mouse, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Bugs Bunny, plus Goofy, who spun off into figures like the suspicious 'Ferrari Goofy' and 'Gooby' 4. Comics tend to end with a 'regards, Dolan' signoff, and a running gag riffs on the rage comic line 'everything went better than expected' 2.

How It Spread

In August 2011, YouTuber SweederLander launched a web series called 'The Uncle Dolan Show,' setting 4chan comics to robotic text-to-speech narration . Dolan stayed mostly quiet through late 2011, then surged again in early March 2012 as threads piled up on 4chan's /b/, the /r/4chan subreddit, and Tumblr's #Dolan tag .

Single-topic blogs and forums fed the demand. By May 2012, the Memegenerator page for Uncle Dolan held more than 3,500 image macro instances, the /r/Dolan subreddit counted 21,989 readers, and the Facebook page sat around 96,000 likes . The Goofy offshoot earned its own /r/gooby subreddit on March 14th, 2012 .

How to Use This Meme

A Dolan comic is typically built in MS Paint, redrawing a Disney character as crudely as possible and adding speech bubbles full of on-purpose misspellings . Strips often build toward a dark or absurd punchline and commonly close with a 'regards, Dolan' tag .

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Overview

Dolan is an MS Paint web comic series built around deliberately ugly redraws of Disney characters, and the star, Dolan, is a malformed Donald Duck who usually shows up as a psychotic killer and sex addict, with most of the comedy coming from the crude art and the dialogue's intentional misspellings . The look is bad on purpose, and that is the whole point.

The supporting cast includes botched versions of Mickey Mouse, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Bugs Bunny, plus Goofy, who spun off into figures like the suspicious 'Ferrari Goofy' and 'Gooby' . Comics tend to end with a 'regards, Dolan' signoff, and a running gag riffs on the rage comic line 'everything went better than expected' .