With barely an Internet whimper, Pepe the Frog, the anthropomorphic cartoon character turned symbol of hate, was put down by his creator, Matt Furie, over the weekend, in a single-page comic strip.
Editor’s note: This article includes depictions of a cartoon character that many deem offensive due to its association with white supremacist groups. Some links in this story lead to offensive ...
Regardless of who you are, you’ve probably seen Pepe’s smug, fat-lipped face smirking at you from your monitor. Perhaps he randomly popped up on your Facebook timeline, headlining a meme, or even made ...
In 2005, artist Matt Furie published the first edition of Boy’s Club, a comic book starring four friends living in the hedonistic and aimless haze of their post-college, early-20s. There was Landwolf, ...
MATT FURIE is studying a frog. He has been keen on the amphibians since he was a child, he says, and over the years has drawn a series of them for his comics. The camera cuts to him at a desk, ...
Former President Trump shared an image containing Pepe the Frog, a meme designated as a hate symbol by the ADL. The ADL notes that Pepe the Frog's use as a hate symbol depends on context. Trump's post ...
Pepe, the involuntarily appropriated alt-right cartoon frog, was laid to rest this weekend. His death was both a filicide and a mercy killing. His creator Matt Furie, having seen the rudderless, ...
Furie is an artist, illustrator and children's book author. A chill frog-dude named Pepe who I created a decade ago became a hate symbol… but there is still hope. The Internet is a massive global ...
What can you do when your favorite frog gets away from you? When Matt Furie drew Pepe the Frog for a short-lived magazine in 2005, he had no way of knowing the character would become a mascot for the ...
Cartoonist Matt Furie wants to wrest control of a meme away from virulent internet cesspools and turn it back into the funny, chill character he created. We wish him luck, because he's going to need ...
Vice News — being what it is — published an interview on Friday with a grown-ass man who has a tattoo of Pepe the Frog on his hand. New York City-based writer-director Adam Humphreys got his Pepe ...