Webcomics have been a thing for as long as the Internet has existed. They’ve evolved artistically since then and the methods for producing them have grown more efficient as technology has advanced, but they’ve always been there to make us laugh and distract us from important work in equal measure. Still new comics are introduced every day, seemingly out of the blue. Most disappear just as quickly, but some find an audience and stick around for a while.
One such webcomic that has recently burst onto the scene in a fury of cloth footwear-centric hilarity is Flork of Cows. This informal comedy strip features intentionally crudely-drawn, yet somehow adorable sock puppets with anthropomorphic features, including human-like personalities and little stick figure arms. Like any good joke vehicle, the characters here get up to all sorts of nonsense, and the strip often draws on the absurd and the surreal in order to construct a world that is just as wacky as its starchy citizens.
Another highlight of Flork is its peculiar combination of cheeky pop culture slang, a loose panel structure and a frequently dark, morbid sense of humor. Fantastic and cartoony, yet grisly violence as well as harsh language are not rare in the world of Cows, so the webcomic is not for the feint of heart. For fans of that sort of atmosphere though, it’s perfect, and still manages to be fun and light-hearted even as it presents depressing themes and an unrelenting sense of failure to its readers. I've tried to keep this article family friendly, but know that Cyanide and Happiness lovers should find themselves right at home in many of these strips.
Currently on Facebook, Flork has over 40,000 fans, and the base is expanding daily. Part of this can be attributed to the high response rate that the page's admin has to comments, sitting at roughly 96%. If you'd like to be a part of this growing sock craze, you can check it out here at the official page.
And no, I am not being paid to say any of this, it's just a really great thing to have. Right now, people need something to smile about. Why not sock puppets?
