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About

Dog Fort comics are generally multipanes that include a recon team of dog lobsters, led by team leader Red Lobster, checking in with a communications officer named Dog Fort for further instructions.

There is an entire subreddit, /r/dogfort, dedicated to the various derivatives.

Origin

The first appearance of Dog Fort was a photoshopped image created by Bishopwhitet for a contest on Cracked on June 4, 2009.

The corgi wearing the lobster outfit was a viral image itself before becoming part of the Dog Fort series. The photo of the corgi dressed up for Halloween was taken on October 24, 2008 in Griffith, Los Angeles, CA, US, using a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi and posted to Flickr. There is a BuzzFeed post with many dogs wearing lobster costumes.

The first appearance of the Dog Fort Comic on 4chan is unknown. On November 5th, 2010, Dog Fort was submitted to the /r/pics subreddit and hit the front page. On December 9th, 2010, Dog Fort was once again reposted to /r/pics, but this post happened to trigger a sequel.

After the sequel was created, /r/pics began to flood with new Dog Fort comics, thus /r/dogfort was created on December 10th, 2010 at 3pm in order to have a collective area for redditors to view the new meme and create their own Dog Fort comics.

The official domain for the Dog Fort blog is located at Dog-Fort.com and was created December 16, 2010.

Characters

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Name: Dog Fort
Gender: Male
First Known Appearance: November 5, 2010
Leadership Position: Leader of the Dog army

Background: Little is known about the history of the dog at the helm of Dog Fort. He has no identity outside the organization. The organization itself has existed as long as there have been canines. Dogs, like their wolf ancestors, run in packs. They act as a unit. Dog Fort provides a way for all dogs to act in one massive pack for the good of dogkind. One dog, the alpha, is chosen to head the organization, losing his own identity and instead becoming the voice of the pack. There is, for all intents and purposes, no difference between this dog and the organization itself. He becomes Dog Fort. The memories and secrets of the entire history of Dog Fort are contained within him. All of the previous Dog Fort dogs live on through him. It is a tremendously mysterious, almost mystical process. Dog Fort can never die.

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Name: Red Lobster aka Red Lobster 9
Gender: Male
First Known Appearance: November 5, 2010
Leadership Position: Dog Fort’s right-paw dog.

Background: According to The Night Watch, before serving Dog Fort, Red Lobster had met his true love Butterbean (Red Lobster called her Lil’ Red). After being together for three summers, they had four puppies together. However, Red Lobster knew he had to serve in the war and follow Dog Fort’s orders.