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On October of 2009, Falcofag would post a crudely drawn MS Paint comic to depicting {{I|PolandAlt}} [[Polandball]] holding an ice cream and {{I|Germany}} [[Germanyball]] grabbing said ice cream and the ice cream falls down. | |||
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Latest revision as of 17:21, 15 March 2025
Balls is an Internet Meme format and a art style that portrays balls with the skin of flags, planetary terrain, logos with typically white eyes on it. It has been adapted in alot of forms of art and genres like comics, animations, video games, etc.
Polandball (Countryballs)[edit | edit source]
Polandball or Countryballs is the most popular and well known formats of the Balls meme and the oldest one dating as far back as 2009. It is about Geography, History, Politics and as well as poking fun at countries in general. The comics are mostly posted on the official r/polandball subreddit where it has garned a community and claims as the main Polandball community. the subreddit has been around since 2011.
History[edit | edit source]
Drawball.com incident[edit | edit source]
Drawball.com (not to be confused with with Drawball.io or the Xbox One game) was a website with two large circular canvases and simple drawing tools for people to draw anything with. Drawball One is protected and must apply to draw while Drawball Two lets anyone draw without moderation.
Around August of 2009, a couple of 
Polish internet users, mainly from vykop.pl, insomnia.pl and kibice.net started to fill the canvas displaying the polish flag with "POLSKA" written on it.
Krautchan era[edit | edit source]
On October of 2009, Falcofag would post a crudely drawn MS Paint comic to depicting 
Polandball holding an ice cream and 
Germanyball grabbing said ice cream and the ice cream falls down.
Planetballs [edit | edit source]
Planetballs (sometimes referred to as Spaceballs) is a canon spin-off of Countryballs that represents space, more specifically planets, moons, stars, asteroids, galaxies, etc.
