It didn’t take long until #PhelpsFace was born and Phelps was an instant meme. He was the ultimate angry face, and there was ... and Tribeca to New York Comic Con and Con of Thrones.

Little is known about the origins of the Angry Crying Wojak, but according to Know Your Meme, the earliest appearance was in a Wojak comic depicting different faces over the years of the 2010s.