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Separated At Birth – One Rip Hunter Soyjak Pointing

Get ready for a small dive into online meme culture, including 4chan, soyboys, soyjaks, KFC and coming up in today's Blue And Gold #6 from DC Comics. Strap in. "Two Soyjaks Pointing" refers to the meme image below. Originating from a photograph of animal protection advocate John Oberg and another man standing in front of a Beyond Fried Chicken sign…

…the cartoon version gained notable popularity in October 2020, they were mocked on 4chan and the like for being "soyboys" or "soyjaks", a pejorative team to describe men with wide open mouths, that are seen as lacking masculine characteristics, based on the presence of phytoestrogens contained within soybeans. The theory is, without needing any evidence to back it up, that soy products feminize men who consume them.

Wojak is an MS Paint illustration of a bald man with a sad expression on his face, used as a reaction image. Combined, you get Sojak, and the image was dubbed Two Sojaks Pointing. But it was also reclaimed by some of those being mocked and celebrated. And now we come to today's Blue And gold #6 by Dan Jurgens and Ryan Sook (finally),

And plenty of folks asking me … is that Rip Hunter Pointing? Time-travelling Soyjak and secret son of Booster Gold? As ever, you be the judge…

Separated At Birth used to be called Swipe File, in which we presented two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences, or works of the lightbox. We trusted you, the reader, to make that judgment yourself. If you were are unable to do so, we asked that you please return your eyes to their maker before any further damage is done. The Swipe File didn't judge; it was interested more in the process of creation, how work influences other work, how new work comes from old, and sometimes how the same ideas emerge simultaneously as if their time has just come. The Swipe File was named after the advertising industry habit where writers and artist collect images and lines they admire to inspire them in their work. It was swiped from the Comic Journal, who originally ran this column and the now-defunct Swipe Of The Week website.

BLUE & GOLD #6 (OF 8) CVR A RYAN SOOK
(W) Dan Jurgens (A/CA) Ryan Sook
Booster and Beetle are lost in space! After a disastrous first day on their new jobs as hero business owners and operators, the duo has found themselves kidnapped and stranded on an alien world. Who's to blame? Well, the Omnizon of course! Welcome to her home planet, Br'Honn, where a battle to the death between friends is just another Tuesday!
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