I Miss the Internet — Recursive 'I Miss Reddit' edit of the comic where the drawing depicts the comic itself in a loop.

I Miss the Internet

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Published August 30, 2026

"I Miss the Internet" is an exploitable comic by Good Bear Comics showing two characters in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, one aching for the internet and the other producing a hand-drawn "Not Sure If Fry" meme in its place. Posted April 29, 2018, it spun off dozens of Reddit edits within 48 hours and became a defining two-panel template of that spring.

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Overview

The joke hinges on the second character's offering being visibly, sadly inadequate, a crudely drawn paper version of a meme standing in for the entire lost web1. Editors swap what the first character misses (Reddit, a specific subreddit, a game, a celebrity) and what the second pulls out (a different meme, band logo, or fandom reference), and the punchline rewrites itself around the new pairing2.

Good Bear Comics' sparse black-and-white art helps the format read cleanly at thumbnail size, which is part of why it moved so fast through Reddit's meme boards4. Most edits keep the original poses and speech bubble placement, only redrawing the piece of paper and swapping two words in the dialogue5.

Origin & Background

Platform
Good Bear Comics / Reddit (viral spread)
Creator
Good Bear Comics
Date
2018

On April 29, 2018, webcomic artist Good Bear Comics posted the strip, titled "Reminisce," to their site1. Two hooded figures stand in ruins under an ashen sky; the first says "I miss the internet," while the second produces a hand-drawn "Not Sure If Fry" meme, the Futurama reaction image that had been a Reddit staple for years5.

How It Spread

Later that same day, the comic was cross-posted to /r/MemeEconomy2, where it cleared 18,000 upvotes as commenters flagged its edit potential. A version that replaced "the internet" with "Reddit" pulled over 3,000 points inside that same thread2.

An edit posted to /r/KenM on April 30 collected over 10,000 points3, reworking the exchange around that subreddit's senior-citizen troll character. The template also landed on /r/dankmemes the same day, where a post by LoLDaBigBoi earned over 2,000 points and another by whitedeath421 topped 3,0004.

How to Use This Meme

Keep Good Bear Comics' original two-panel layout and the poses of both hooded characters. Change the first character's line to name whatever thing you miss, then redraw the piece of paper the second character is holding so the punchline is a hand-drawn version of that thing (a meme, a band logo, a game screenshot). The joke typically works best when the drawn substitute is deliberately crude2.

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