The Wheeze Comic, also known as the Laughing Comic, is a four-panel sequence that perfectly illustrates the moment a joke hits so hard you lose your breath. The template typically features a character hearing a joke—often a dry pun or a 'dad joke'—and progressing from a mild smile to a full-blown, face-reddening, breathless wheeze. While the visual style is reminiscent of early internet webcomics, its popularity peaked as it became a universal reaction for humor that is so absurd or poorly delivered that it becomes hilarious. It is widely used across social media to highlight wordplay, niche internal jokes, or moments of uncontrollable, gasping laughter.