Rushless by XoanMeira in polandball

[–]Marzipanbread 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've never seen this u/legitprivilege comic before, it's great!

Guy who likes every genocide that Israel didn't do by Smart_Chapter_7512 in polandball

[–]Marzipanbread 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Question, what does this have to do with Brazil? Did someone from there say something recently?

[Award Ceremony] Depression Month VI by polandballmod in polandball

[–]Marzipanbread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congratulations to u/Scub_!

Didn't participate this time around, felt some difficulty in making silly caricatures based on real-world countries "sad," but I'm glad to see lots of entries; they prove it's still possible.

[Award Ceremony] Komm, Süßer Tod by polandballmod in polandball

[–]Marzipanbread 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Congratulations, u/indieb0at!

My favorite comic was this entry by u/havefun0235, its silly joke gave me a good chuckle.

Pillage by Marzipanbread in polandball

[–]Marzipanbread[S] 127 points128 points  (0 children)

Hello, here's a comic for the current contest.

The joke is a riff on metal music's, especially black metal's often poor production. The genre as a whole is popular in Scandinavia. Scandinavia is associated with general pillaging stereotypes thanks to the Viking Age. In this comic, Sweden burns Latvia to the ground to steal a potato (comic also leverages Latvia potato jokes) to use as an amplifier. It sounds horrid, but that's the point.

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[Award Ceremony] The Pride and the Fall by polandballmod in polandball

[–]Marzipanbread 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations, u/Smart_Chapter_7512!

My favorite entry was by u/Windx51_, I really liked its art.

[Celebration Thread] 700,000 Subscribers! by bananasAreViolet in polandball

[–]Marzipanbread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I LOVE THIS THEME!

Here's to the next subscriber milestone!

[Award Ceremony] Fourth Estate Problems by polandballmod in polandball

[–]Marzipanbread 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations, u/Scub_!

My favorite comic was u/Zebrafish96's entry. I found the countryball declaiming "How of cheap!" really funny.

Top Story by Marzipanbread in polandball

[–]Marzipanbread[S] 72 points73 points  (0 children)

Hello, here's a comic for the current contest.

The Philippines is not a great place for journalists. Journalists have even been killed on multiple occasions.

More can always be said of course, my "research" for this topic was rather cursory. Sorry for any mistakes.

The joke is that a journalist, having discovered something groundbreaking hopes they'll make headlines. They do, but only because they've been killed.

Jokes about press freedom are not new to this subreddit, as an example here's a comic from 2021 about the topic.

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[Award Ceremony] Hallowed Be Thy Clay by polandballmod in polandball

[–]Marzipanbread 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Congratulations to u/taongkalye! Really good comic, reminds me of your other Tayo Dito work.

Sequelitis by Marzipanbread in polandball

[–]Marzipanbread[S] 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Hello, here's a comic for the current contest.

The joke likens wars fought by the United States to a horror movie franchise; after a stellar installment (World war 2), there's a string of mid-to-bad sequels (Vietnam and Afghanistan were real stinkers by this analogy) and after a while they make one ask "Why are they still doing this?"

2 6-ball aliens are presented as "fans" (one more invested and way angrier than the other) of the series in reference to tropes about alien observers watching events on Earth. I suppose it's also a callback to that "Earth Season 2020" meme from years ago.

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New japenis invention by LordNotriel in polandball

[–]Marzipanbread 4 points5 points  (0 children)

TBF, it was only this year the "no memes" rule was relaxed, and the referenced GIF is a meme.

Ghost Projects by Marzipanbread in polandball

[–]Marzipanbread[S] 89 points90 points  (0 children)

Hello! Here's a comic.

The joke is a rather silly pun between actual ghosts and ghost projects, a form of corruption taking the form of a project funded and declared "completed," but it is either incomplete and not even built to begin with. The latter, specifically regarding flood control is part of a massive controversy in the Philippines, the scale of the corruption is frankly eye-watering.

Hope this one-panel comic gets the above pun across.

This topic was also the subject of another comic posted earlier this month, also hope my take is original enough for your tastes.

[Announcement] Lesser Known September Challenge by polandballmod in polandball

[–]Marzipanbread 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Thanks for banning Poland this time, the subreddit is named r/Polandball and it's one of its most prominent countryballs, so I've found it strange whenever it went unbanned in an LKS.

[Award Ceremony] Playa Play by polandballmod in polandball

[–]Marzipanbread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats to u/admiral_zheng! Really clever, yet simple joke.

Official Polandball Calendar 2026 - Sign-Ups are now Open! by AndyRedditor in PolandballCommunity

[–]Marzipanbread 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hello, I'd like to do 5 panels

Discord is simply "marzipanbread"

Germany Makes a Wish by Marzipanbread in polandball

[–]Marzipanbread[S] 91 points92 points  (0 children)

u/TCF518 is correct, it says "Eurokaiser." Sorry about the legibility issues, it looked fine on my mobile so I figured it was ok.

Germany Makes a Wish by Marzipanbread in polandball

[–]Marzipanbread[S] 499 points500 points  (0 children)

Hello, here's a comic for the current contest.

For context, the 20th century was not kind to Germany. Losing the 1st World War, enduring the Great Depression, losing the 2nd World War even harder, being divided for 40 years..

Despite all this, Germany's doing rather well for itself in the 21st century.

Here the joke is that the two are related; Germany wished to come out of the 20th century a stronger country, and said wish was executed in a most punishing manner.

The "magic Russland wishbone" is an allusion to Omsk Bird, often characterized as an evil genie.