The start of Trollface and Coolface

Trollface is a rage comic character with a mischievous smile. The image that was meant to represent the facial expression of internet trolls, is common on the web when someone wants to portray a troll or "a cool face" in many online discussion boards and social media. It was originally created by Carlos Ramirez from Oakland. The art was handled by Whynne, and the webcomic was uploaded to deviantArt. There, Ramirez stated that his attempt was to draw a character known as "Rape Rodent." The art quickly gained popularity, starting at the 4chan board and Reddit. Since then, "the face" became a universal emoticon for internet troll and a rage comic character. It was known as the Coolface for a brief moment of time. Its popularity escalated when thousands of new webcomincs and photoshopped memes were created to feature the face. In 2015, Ramirez issued a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to takedown the character from various places as he is the copyright holder of the character.