American Comics Multiverse Explanation Joke
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The multiverse is just a fancy way of saying: Different writers did their own thing
Overview
This meme uses a classic scene from the animated series The Simpsons, where Lisa Simpson stands on a stage in front of a projection screen delivering a presentation to an unseen audience. The text displayed on the projection screen reads "The multiverse is just a fancy way of saying: Different writers did their own thing". The joke satirizes the frequent use of the multiverse trope in mainstream American superhero comics, framing the high-concept sci-fi idea as a convenient excuse to handwave away inconsistencies in canon and storytelling that arise when different writers take over the same franchise properties over time.
Origin notes
This meme was originally posted to Reddit meme communities under the title "American Comics in a nutshell". It uses the widely popular "Lisa Simpson presentation" meme template, which is sourced from an episode of The Simpsons and is commonly repurposed to share snarky, sarcastic explanatory takes on different cultural topics. The Imgflip watermark in the bottom left corner indicates the meme was assembled using the Imgflip meme editor before being shared to Reddit and other social media platforms.
