We may earn a commission from links on this page. You’re probably familiar with this image, the infamous “trollface” that’s circulated the Internet for years. Someone drew the original ...

Like many memes, Trollface was conceived in the online bowels of 4chan and after-birthed all over the Internet. The squiggly, smiling face is the perfect mascot for /b/, the dank basement of 4chan ...

Like Nyancat, "the cake is a lie," Tron Guy, and Doge, "trollface" is a bona fide piece of internet history. And more than that: It's an incredible profit-generating machine for its creator.