Hasanistanball (comic)

Hasanistanball was a countryball-inspired online comic series by Hasan Çakar described as "Hasanistan's national comic, established on 31 December 2012, first published on 31 December 2012 and last on published 27 January 2013 with a total of eight numbered episodes. The comic series featured anthropomorphic balls representing Hasanistan and other countries (including some micronations from the MicroWikia community) in random situations. The comic had an episodic format and no overarching story, with the exception of Episode 6 and Episode 7 which was a two-part story about Hasanistanball being chased by Russiaball. The comics were English in lolspeak style. Unlike typical countryball comics, the series did not usually feature political themes related to either internal Hasanistani politics or geopolitics.

Characters

Hasanistanball

Variations of Hasanistanball throughout the series.

The eponymous character representing Hasanistan, Hasanistanball appears in every published episode of the series. Despite this, he is only a main character in Episode 6 and 7 and is a supporting character in his other appearances. Hasanistanball occasionally wears a fez in the series but an official rendition of him published on the Hasanistani national website features him wearing a Central Asian-style taqiyah cap. The personality of Hasanistanball is shown to mischievous and impolite in some of the episodes, such as telling Whiteball to go away because he didn't know him in Episode 2 and insulting Daltonball without provocation in Episode 4. Despite insulting Daltonball in Episode 4, it is implied the two are friends because Daltonball gifted Hasanistanball a fez in Episode 1.

In his first appearance, Hasanistanball gives up a gifted fez from Daltonball to Tajikistanball after being threatened with a nuclear bomb. In Episode 2, he asks the identity of an unidentified ball (Whiteball) and tells him to go away when the ball doesn't know. He later serves as a referee in a football game involving Mahusetball and Niclogiaball in Episode 3, initially giving Mahusetball a yellow card after he tackles Niclogiaball but also giving Niclogiaball a yellow card after he protests against Hasanistanball not giving him a red card which would result in Mahusetball being ejected from the game. Niclogiaball proceeds to attack Mahusetball until Hasanistanball intervenes and knocks out Niclogiaball with a glass bottle. Hasanistanball briefly appears at the beginning of Episode 4, replying to Daltonball's greeting by saying "Hi Chickenboy" in reference to the chicken on Dalton's flag. He also appeared in Episode 8, the last published Hasanistanball comic, where he listens to Mouziloball's Microvision song and question whether it is autotuned.

The main story arc featuring Hasanistanball was the two-party story in Episode 6 and 7. Hasanistanball comes across a countryball who resembles Daltonball. Trying to get their attention, Hasanistanball eventually rolls into the unidentified countryball but wakes them up from their sleep to reveal that it is actually Russiaball. Russsiaball is enraged by Hasanistanball bothering him and begins to chase him. Eventually, Hasanistanball fights back and defeats Russiaball. Russiaball transforms into Soviet Unionball and vows revenge.

Appearance in other countryball comics

Hasanistanball features in a comic by the Microball Times published in June 2013, alongside Akharnesball, threatening Mahusetball to "Remove Eniak".

Other characters

Numerous micronations are featured in Hasanistanball. Daltonball is one of the most prominent secondary characters in the series and represents the English micronation Dalton. Daltonball's prominence is a tribute to the Daltonese Microball series, which inspired Hasanistanball. Another prominent secondary character is Niclogiaball who serves as a semi-antagonistic "punching bag" character who gets attacked and defeated by the other characters. Bir Tawilball, Mahusetball and Mouziloball have all served as major characters in a single episode. Countryballs representing Amager, Flandrensis and Vetria make cameo appearances in the series. Sealand is referenced in Episode 4 after Daltonball and Niclogiaball confuse Flandrensis for Sealand.

Russiaball features as an antagonist in Episode 6 and 7, tranforming into Soviet Unionball at the end of the story. Tajikistanball plays an antagonistic role in the first episode. An unidentified ball, known as Whiteball, appears in the second episode.

Comic strips

Episodes

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Miscellaneous

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External links

• Official website
• Archived version of the official website