Inside CollegeHumor's Meme-tastic 'Class Photo' of the Internet

If the internet followed school schedules, these 119 memes would have been at the top of their class in 2012/2013: Dramatic Chipmunk, Courage Wolf, and Grape Lady are just a few of the characters who appear in College Humor's interactive meme poster,"Internet Class Photo." We asked the poster's creators --- College Humor illustrator Caldwell Tanner and and editor-in-chief Streeter Seidell --- to sign our yearbook. They gave us something better: a full explanation of how and why they made the most labor-intensive meme round-up we have ever seen.

If the internet followed school schedules, these 119 memes would have been at the top of their class in 2012/2013: Dramatic Chipmunk, Courage Wolf, and Grape Lady are just a few of the characters who appear in CollegeHumor’s interactive meme poster, “Internet Class Photo.”

We asked the poster’s creators — CollegeHumor illustrator Caldwell Tanner and editor-in-chief Streeter Seidell — to sign our yearbook. They gave us something better: a full explanation of how and why they made the most labor-intensive meme round-up we have ever seen.

“The main inspiration for the poster is actually the Simpsons

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