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'''Hasanistanball''' was a [[wikipedia:Countryballs|countryball]]-inspired [[wikipedia:Webcomic|online comic]] series by [[Hasan Çakar]] described as "[[Hasanistan]]'s national comic,<ref name="firstpost">[https://hasanistanball.blogspot.com/2012/12/hasanistanball.html Hasanistanball]. ''Hasanistanball''. 31 December 2012.</ref | {{Infobox comic strip | ||
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| title = Hasanistanball | |||
| image = [[File:Hasanistanball web page.png|250px]] | |||
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| caption = Home page of the Hasanistanball website | |||
| author = [[Hasan Çakar]] | |||
| website = [https://hasanistanball.blogspot.com/ Official site] | |||
| status = Inactive | |||
| first = 31 December 2012<ref name="firstpost"/><ref name="episode1/> | |||
| last = 27 January 2013<ref name="episode8"/> | |||
| genre = [[wikipedia:Countryballs|Countryballs]]<br>[[wikipedia:Comedy|Comedy]] | |||
| language = [[wikipedia:English language|English]] <small>(mostly [[wikipedia:Broken English|broken]])</small> | |||
}}'''Hasanistanball''' was a [[wikipedia:Countryballs|countryball]]-inspired [[wikipedia:Webcomic|online comic]] series by [[Hasan Çakar]] described as "[[Hasanistan]]'s national comic,<ref name="firstpost">[https://hasanistanball.blogspot.com/2012/12/hasanistanball.html Hasanistanball]. ''Hasanistanball''. 31 December 2012.</ref> first published on 31 December 2012<ref name="episode1>[https://hasanistanball.blogspot.com/2012/12/episode-1-tajikistan-has-nucleur-weapons.html Episode 1: Tajikistan has nucleur weapons]. ''Hasanistanball''. 31 December 2012.</ref> and last on published 27 January 2013 with a total of eight numbered episodes.<ref name="episode8">[https://hasanistanball.blogspot.com/2013/01/episode-8-mouzilos-microvision-entry.html Episode 8: Mouzilo's Microvision Entry]. ''Hasanistanball''. 27 January 2013.</ref> The comic series featured anthropomorphic balls representing Hasanistan and other countries (including some [[wikipedia:Micronation|micronations]] from the [[microwiki:MicroWikia|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 [[wikipedia:Russia|Russiaball]].<ref name="episode6">[https://hasanistanball.blogspot.com/2013/01/episode-6-hasanistan-vs-russia-part-1.html Episode 6: Hasanistan vs Russia Part 1]. ''Hasanistanball''. 12 January 2013.</ref><ref name="episode7">[https://hasanistanball.blogspot.com/2013/01/episode-7-hasanistan-vs-russia-part-2.html Episode 7: Hasanistan vs Russia Part 2]. ''Hasanistanball''. 13 January 2013.</ref> The comics were [[wikipedia:English language|English]] in [[wikipedia:Lolspeak|lolspeak]] style. Unlike typical countryball comics, the series did not usually feature political themes related to either internal Hasanistani politics or [[wikipedia:Geopolitics|geopolitics]]. | |||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
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The eponymous character representing [[Hasanistan]],<ref name="firstpost"/> Hasanistanball appears in every published episode of the series.<ref name="episode1/><ref name="episode2">[https://hasanistanball.blogspot.com/2013/01/episode-2-whiteball-has-no-friends.html Episode 2: Whiteball has no friends]. ''Hasanistanball''. 1 January 2013.</ref><ref name="episode3">[https://hasanistanball.blogspot.com/2013/01/episode-3-football-fight.html Episode 3: Football Fight]. ''Hasanistanball''. 2 January 2013.</ref><ref name="episode4">[https://hasanistanball.blogspot.com/2013/01/episode-4-dalton-has-chicken-face.html Episode 4: Dalton has a Chicken face]. ''Hasanistanball''. 2 January 2013.</ref><ref name="episode4"/><ref name="episode5>[https://hasanistanball.blogspot.com/2013/01/episode-5-princapilaty-of-bir-tawils.html Episode 5: Princapilaty of Bir Tawil's dream]. ''Hasanistanball''. 7 January 2013.</ref><ref name="episode6"/><ref name="episode7"/><ref name="episode8"/> 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 [[wikipedia:Fez (hat)|fez]] in the series<ref name="episode1/><ref name="episode4"/> but an official rendition of him published on the [[Website of Hasanistan|Hasanistani national website]] features him wearing a [[wikipedia:Central Asia|Central Asian]]-style [[wikipedia:Taqiyah (cap)|taqiyah cap]].<ref>[https://www.hasanistan.world/2013/04/hasanistani-artists-reveal-official.html Hasanistani artists reveal official countryball]. ''Batyr Times''. 28 April 2013.</ref> 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<ref name="episode2"/> and insulting Daltonball without provocation in Episode 4.<ref name="episode4"/> Despite insulting Daltonball in Episode 4, it is implied the two are friends because Daltonball gifted Hasanistanball a fez in Episode 1.<ref name="episode1/> | The eponymous character representing [[Hasanistan]],<ref name="firstpost"/> Hasanistanball appears in every published episode of the series.<ref name="episode1/><ref name="episode2">[https://hasanistanball.blogspot.com/2013/01/episode-2-whiteball-has-no-friends.html Episode 2: Whiteball has no friends]. ''Hasanistanball''. 1 January 2013.</ref><ref name="episode3">[https://hasanistanball.blogspot.com/2013/01/episode-3-football-fight.html Episode 3: Football Fight]. ''Hasanistanball''. 2 January 2013.</ref><ref name="episode4">[https://hasanistanball.blogspot.com/2013/01/episode-4-dalton-has-chicken-face.html Episode 4: Dalton has a Chicken face]. ''Hasanistanball''. 2 January 2013.</ref><ref name="episode4"/><ref name="episode5>[https://hasanistanball.blogspot.com/2013/01/episode-5-princapilaty-of-bir-tawils.html Episode 5: Princapilaty of Bir Tawil's dream]. ''Hasanistanball''. 7 January 2013.</ref><ref name="episode6"/><ref name="episode7"/><ref name="episode8"/> 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 [[wikipedia:Fez (hat)|fez]] in the series<ref name="episode1/><ref name="episode4"/> but an official rendition of him published on the [[Website of Hasanistan|Hasanistani national website]] features him wearing a [[wikipedia:Central Asia|Central Asian]]-style [[wikipedia:Taqiyah (cap)|taqiyah cap]].<ref>[https://www.hasanistan.world/2013/04/hasanistani-artists-reveal-official.html Hasanistani artists reveal official countryball]. ''Batyr Times''. 28 April 2013.</ref> The personality of Hasanistanball is shown to be mischievous and impolite in some of the episodes, such as telling Whiteball to go away because he didn't know him in Episode 2<ref name="episode2"/> and insulting Daltonball without provocation in Episode 4.<ref name="episode4"/> Despite insulting Daltonball in Episode 4, it is implied the two are friends because Daltonball gifted Hasanistanball a fez in Episode 1.<ref name="episode1/> | ||
In his first appearance, Hasanistanball gives up a gifted fez from Daltonball to Tajikistanball after being threatened with a [[wikipedia:Nuclear weapon|nuclear bomb]].<ref name="episode1/> In Episode 2, he asks the identity of an unidentified ball (Whiteball) and tells him to go away when the ball doesn't know.<ref name="episode2"/> 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 | In his first appearance, Hasanistanball gives up a gifted fez from Daltonball to Tajikistanball after being threatened with a [[wikipedia:Nuclear weapon|nuclear bomb]].<ref name="episode1/> In Episode 2, he asks the identity of an unidentified ball (Whiteball) and tells him to go away when the ball doesn't know.<ref name="episode2"/> 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 Mahusetball a red card. Niclogiaball proceeds to attack Mahusetball until Hasanistanball intervenes and knocks out Niclogiaball with a glass bottle.<ref name="episode3"/> Hasanistanball briefly appears at the beginning of Episode 4, replying to Daltonball's greeting by saying "Hi Chickenboy" in reference to the [[wikipedia:Chicken|chicken]] on Dalton's flag.<ref name="episode4"/> He also appeared in Episode 8, the last published Hasanistanball comic, where he listens to Mouziloball's Microvision song and question whether it is [[wikipedia:Autotune|autotuned]].<ref name="episode8"/> | ||
The main story arc featuring Hasanistanball was the two- | The main story arc featuring Hasanistanball was the two-part 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.<ref name="episode6"/><ref name="episode7"/> | ||
====Appearance in other countryball comics==== | ====Appearance in other countryball comics==== | ||
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===Other characters=== | ===Other characters=== | ||
A number of different micronations are featured in Hasanistanball. Daltonball is one of the most prominent secondary characters in the series and represents the [[wikipedia:England|English]] micronation [[microwiki:Dalton|Dalton]].<ref name="firstpost"/> Daltonball's prominence is a tribute to the Daltonese Microball series, which inspired Hasanistanball.<ref name="firstpost"/> Another prominent secondary character is [[microwiki:Niclogia|Niclogiaball]] who serves as a semi-[[wikipedia:Antagonist|antagonistic]] "punching bag" character who gets attacked and defeated by the other characters.<ref name="episode3"/><ref name="episode4"/><ref name="episode8"/> [[microwiki:Principality of Bir Tawil|Bir Tawilball]],<ref name="episode5/> [[mahuset:Mahusetball|Mahusetball]]<ref name="episode3"/> and [[microwiki:Mouzilo|Mouziloball]]<ref name="episode8"/> have all served as major characters in a single episode. Countryballs representing [[microwiki:Amager|Amager]],<ref name="episode8"/> [[wikipedia:Grand Duchy of Flandrensis|Flandrensis]]<ref name="episode4"/> and [[microwiki:Vetria|Vetria]]<ref name="episode3"/> make cameo appearances in the series. [[wikipedia:Principality of Sealand|Sealand]] is referenced in Episode 4 after Daltonball and Niclogiaball confuse Flandrensis for Sealand.<ref name="episode4"/> | |||
[[wikipedia:Russia|Russiaball]] features as an antagonist in Episode 6 and 7, tranforming into [[wikipedia:Soviet Union|Soviet Unionball]] at the end of the story.<ref name="episode6"/><ref name="episode7"/> [[wikipedia:Tajikistan|Tajikistanball]] plays an antagonistic role in the first episode.<ref name="episode1/> An unidentified ball, known as Whiteball, appears in the second episode.<ref name="episode2"/> | [[wikipedia:Russia|Russiaball]] features as an antagonist in Episode 6 and 7, tranforming into [[wikipedia:Soviet Union|Soviet Unionball]] at the end of the story.<ref name="episode6"/><ref name="episode7"/> [[wikipedia:Tajikistan|Tajikistanball]] plays an antagonistic role in the first episode.<ref name="episode1/> An unidentified ball, known as Whiteball, appears in the second episode.<ref name="episode2"/> | ||
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File:Remove Eniak microball 2013.png|"Remove Eniak" comic from Microball Times in 2013 ''(author unknown)''<ref name="2013microballtimeseniak"/> | File:Remove Eniak microball 2013.png|"Remove Eniak" comic from Microball Times in 2013 ''(author unknown)''<ref name="2013microballtimeseniak"/> | ||
</gallery></center> | </gallery></center> | ||
==See also== | |||
*[[microwiki:Microball|Microball]] | |||
*[[mahuset:Mahusetball|Mahusetball]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 14:57, 4 April 2024
| Hasanistanball | |
|---|---|
 Home page of the Hasanistanball website | |
| Author(s) | Hasan Çakar |
| Website | Official site |
| Current status | Inactive |
| Launch date | 31 December 2012[1][2] |
| End date | 27 January 2013[3] |
| Genre(s) | Countryballs Comedy |
| Original language | English (mostly broken) |
Hasanistanball was a countryball-inspired online comic series by Hasan Çakar described as "Hasanistan's national comic,[1] first published on 31 December 2012[2] and last on published 27 January 2013 with a total of eight numbered episodes.[3] 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.[4][5] 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
The eponymous character representing Hasanistan,[1] Hasanistanball appears in every published episode of the series.[2][6][7][8][8][9][4][5][3] 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[2][8] but an official rendition of him published on the Hasanistani national website features him wearing a Central Asian-style taqiyah cap.[10] The personality of Hasanistanball is shown to be mischievous and impolite in some of the episodes, such as telling Whiteball to go away because he didn't know him in Episode 2[6] and insulting Daltonball without provocation in Episode 4.[8] Despite insulting Daltonball in Episode 4, it is implied the two are friends because Daltonball gifted Hasanistanball a fez in Episode 1.[2]
In his first appearance, Hasanistanball gives up a gifted fez from Daltonball to Tajikistanball after being threatened with a nuclear bomb.[2] In Episode 2, he asks the identity of an unidentified ball (Whiteball) and tells him to go away when the ball doesn't know.[6] 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 Mahusetball a red card. Niclogiaball proceeds to attack Mahusetball until Hasanistanball intervenes and knocks out Niclogiaball with a glass bottle.[7] 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.[8] 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.[3]
The main story arc featuring Hasanistanball was the two-part 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.[4][5]
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".[11]
Other characters
A number of different micronations are featured in Hasanistanball. Daltonball is one of the most prominent secondary characters in the series and represents the English micronation Dalton.[1] Daltonball's prominence is a tribute to the Daltonese Microball series, which inspired Hasanistanball.[1] Another prominent secondary character is Niclogiaball who serves as a semi-antagonistic "punching bag" character who gets attacked and defeated by the other characters.[7][8][3] Bir Tawilball,[9] Mahusetball[7] and Mouziloball[3] have all served as major characters in a single episode. Countryballs representing Amager,[3] Flandrensis[8] and Vetria[7] make cameo appearances in the series. Sealand is referenced in Episode 4 after Daltonball and Niclogiaball confuse Flandrensis for Sealand.[8]
Russiaball features as an antagonist in Episode 6 and 7, tranforming into Soviet Unionball at the end of the story.[4][5] Tajikistanball plays an antagonistic role in the first episode.[2] An unidentified ball, known as Whiteball, appears in the second episode.[6]
Comic strips
Episodes
![Episode 1: Tajikistan has nucleur [sic] weapons[2]](/hasanistanpedia/images/thumb/f/f3/Hasanistanball_Episode_1.png/150px-Hasanistanball_Episode_1.png)
Episode 1: Tajikistan has nucleur [sic] weapons[2]
![Episode 2: Whiteball has no friends[6]](/hasanistanpedia/images/thumb/3/3d/Hasanistanball_Episode_2.png/150px-Hasanistanball_Episode_2.png)
Episode 2: Whiteball has no friends[6]
![Episode 3: Football Fight[7]](/hasanistanpedia/images/thumb/0/01/Hasanistanball_Episode_3.png/150px-Hasanistanball_Episode_3.png)
Episode 3: Football Fight[7]
![Episode 4: Dalton has a Chicken face[8]](/hasanistanpedia/images/thumb/7/7b/Hasanistanball_Episode_4.png/115px-Hasanistanball_Episode_4.png)
Episode 4: Dalton has a Chicken face[8]
![Episode 5: Princapilaty [sic] of Bir Tawil's dream[9]](/hasanistanpedia/images/thumb/8/85/Hasanistanball_Episode_5.png/150px-Hasanistanball_Episode_5.png)
Episode 5: Princapilaty [sic] of Bir Tawil's dream[9]
![Episode 6: Hasanistan vs Russia Part 1[4]](/hasanistanpedia/images/thumb/6/6c/Hasanistanball_Episode_6.png/121px-Hasanistanball_Episode_6.png)
Episode 6: Hasanistan vs Russia Part 1[4]
![Episode 7: Hasanistan vs Russia Part 2[5]](/hasanistanpedia/images/thumb/7/72/Hasanistanball_Episode_7.png/127px-Hasanistanball_Episode_7.png)
Episode 7: Hasanistan vs Russia Part 2[5]
![Episode 8: Mouzilo's Microvision Entry[3]](/hasanistanpedia/images/thumb/6/6e/Hasanistanball_Episode_8.png/146px-Hasanistanball_Episode_8.png)
Episode 8: Mouzilo's Microvision Entry[3]
![Episode 1: Tajikistan has nucleur [sic] weapons[2]](/hasanistanpedia/index.php/File:Hasanistanball_Episode_1.png)
![Episode 2: Whiteball has no friends[6]](/hasanistanpedia/index.php/File:Hasanistanball_Episode_2.png)
![Episode 3: Football Fight[7]](/hasanistanpedia/index.php/File:Hasanistanball_Episode_3.png)
![Episode 4: Dalton has a Chicken face[8]](/hasanistanpedia/index.php/File:Hasanistanball_Episode_4.png)
![Episode 5: Princapilaty [sic] of Bir Tawil's dream[9]](/hasanistanpedia/index.php/File:Hasanistanball_Episode_5.png)
![Episode 6: Hasanistan vs Russia Part 1[4]](/hasanistanpedia/index.php/File:Hasanistanball_Episode_6.png)
![Episode 7: Hasanistan vs Russia Part 2[5]](/hasanistanpedia/index.php/File:Hasanistanball_Episode_7.png)
![Episode 8: Mouzilo's Microvision Entry[3]](/hasanistanpedia/index.php/File:Hasanistanball_Episode_8.png)
Miscellaneous
!["Remove Eniak" comic from Microball Times in 2013 (author unknown)[11]](/hasanistanpedia/images/thumb/1/10/Remove_Eniak_microball_2013.png/150px-Remove_Eniak_microball_2013.png)
"Remove Eniak" comic from Microball Times in 2013 (author unknown)[11]
!["Remove Eniak" comic from Microball Times in 2013 (author unknown)[11]](/hasanistanpedia/index.php/File:Remove_Eniak_microball_2013.png)
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Hasanistanball. Hasanistanball. 31 December 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Episode 1: Tajikistan has nucleur weapons. Hasanistanball. 31 December 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Episode 8: Mouzilo's Microvision Entry. Hasanistanball. 27 January 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Episode 6: Hasanistan vs Russia Part 1. Hasanistanball. 12 January 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Episode 7: Hasanistan vs Russia Part 2. Hasanistanball. 13 January 2013.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Episode 2: Whiteball has no friends. Hasanistanball. 1 January 2013.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Episode 3: Football Fight. Hasanistanball. 2 January 2013.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 Episode 4: Dalton has a Chicken face. Hasanistanball. 2 January 2013.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Episode 5: Princapilaty of Bir Tawil's dream. Hasanistanball. 7 January 2013.
- ↑ Hasanistani artists reveal official countryball. Batyr Times. 28 April 2013.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Welcome. Microball Times. 1 June 2013.
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