Later that year, he published a sequel called This Is Not Fine, in which the dog — whose name is Question Hound — puts out the fire before the flames can destroy him.

This is KC Green, creator of the comic "Gunshow" which spawned the meme "This is Fine," wherein a dog with a hat, named Question Hound, denys the flames around him. You've probably seen it.

But the meme best known as “This Is Fine”—the one with the dog sipping from a mug as a fire rages around him—has lasted. It is now 10 years old, and it is somehow more relevant than ever.

“This is fine,” he said, to no one in particular. But a decade after artist K.C. Green drew the scene, that defeatist dog lives on as a viral meme — one that has, in a way, spoken to all of us.

According to Know Your Meme, the first two panels — the dog saying “This is fine” while surrounded by fire — were posted on Reddit and Imgur in 2014, where they received thousands of upvotes.

Prominent Republicans are always waltzing around, killing memes just by using them. We cannot, however, induct GOP senator Richard Burr into the murderers' club, because the meme he used was ...

Where did the ‘this is fine’ meme originate? The meme comes from artist KC Green’s 2013 six-panel comic, “ On Fire .” In the first image, a dog sits at a table, surrounded by flames.

Thanks to a ubiquitous meme, the ironic phrase "This is fine" means things are not really that fine at all. You've probably seen it: A smiling cartoon dog sits at a table, coffee mug on hand, as a ...

The iconic "This is fine" meme created by web comic artist KC Green has been turned into a potential LEGO set and has reached the second 2025 review stage. You can get a good look at what the set ...

Biff the Samoyed (left) has been applauded for his perfect recreation of KC Green's web cartoon "It's All Fine." The footage of the dog has been seen by more than 1.5 million TikTokers.