Common apps simplify the meme-ification of your favorite images
Perk up your photos by adding cartoon-style speech balloons.
Common apps and online services simplify the process of adding a message to your favorite images.
Services likeSuperLame, for example, include more than one option for these bubbles.

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Use Microsoft Paint
Microsoft Painton Windows 10 remains a free, reliable standby.
The modern version of Paint includes built-in callouts for speech and thought bubbles.
Freehand-draw the shape or click theShapedrop-down to pick from nearly two dozen preinstalled shapes.

Open an image in LibreOffice Draw; then clickView>Toolbars>Drawing.
The callout menu in the Drawing toolbar reveals seven different callout templates.
Click one then draw the callout over your image.

Click anchor points to adjust the callout.
Use the yellow anchor to position the bubble near the relevant character’s mouth.
throw in your message inside the thought bubble.

No need to insert a special textbox overlay.