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Pepe the Frog
Pepe the Frog is a popular Internet meme. The green anthropomorphic[wp] frog with a frog-like face and a humanoid body is originally from a comic series by Matt Furie[1][2] called Boy's Club.[3] It became an Internet meme when its popularity steadily grew across Myspace, Gaia Online and 4chan in 2008. By 2015, it had become one of the most popular memes used on 4chan.
Beginning in 2015, the character's image has been appropriated as a symbol of the controversial alt-right movement. The Anti-Defamation League[wp] added Pepe the Frog to their database of hate symbols in 2016, adding that not all Pepe memes are racist.[4] Since then, Pepe's creator has publicly expressed his dismay at Pepe being used as a hate symbol.[5]
The meme's original use has evolved over time and has many variants, including Sad Frog, Smug Frog, Feels Frog, and "You will never..." Frog.[6]
History
Pepe the Frog was created by American artist Matt Furie. Its usage as a meme came from his comic, Boy's Club #1. The progenitor of Boy's Club was a zine[wp] that Furie made on Microsoft Paint called Playtime, which included Pepe as a character.[7] He posted his comic in a series of blog posts on Myspace in 2005.[6][8]
In the comic, Pepe is seen urinating with his pants pulled down to his ankles and the catchphrase "feels good man" was his rationale.[9][10] Furie took those posts down when the printed edition was published in 2006.[6]
During the 2016 United States presidential election[wp], the meme was connected to Donald Trump's campaign[wp]. In October 2015, Donald Trump[wp] retweeted a Pepe representation of himself, associated with a video called "You Can't Stump the Trump (Volume 4)".[4][11] In May 2017 it was announced that Furie had killed Pepe off in response to the character's continued use as a hate figure.[12][13]
References
- ↑ mattfurie.com
- ↑ "Matt Furie was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1979 and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware in 2001. He's currently based in Los Angeles." - The Nib: Matt Furie (The Nib - Political cartoons and non-fiction comics)
- ↑ Khan, Imad (April 12, 2015). "4chan's Pepe the Frog is bigger than ever-and his creator feels good, man". The Daily Dot
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Pepe the Frog meme branded a 'hate symbol'". BBC News. 2016-09-28
- ↑ "Pepe The Frog: From Innocent Meme To Hate Symbol". Super Deluxe
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Kiberd, Roisin (April 9, 2015). "4chan's Frog Meme Went Mainstream, So They Tried to Kill It". Motherboard
- ↑ Furino, Giaco (August 3, 2016). "Pepe the Frog's Creator Talks Making Zine History". The Creators Project
- ↑ Mazur, AJ (August 7, 2010). "Q&A with Matt Furie". Know Your Meme
- ↑ Collins, Sean T. (July 28, 2015). "The Creator of Pepe the Frog Talks About Making Comics in the Post-Meme World". Vice
- ↑ Haskell, Will (July 30, 2015). "This guy created the frog meme that's all over the internet - here's why he's 'kinda pissed off'". Tech Insider
- ↑ Resnick, Gideon (October 20, 2015). "4chan 4 Trump". The Daily Beast
- ↑ (May 8, 2017) Pepe the Frog 'is killed off to avoid being a hate symbol', BBC News
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Matt Furie (May 9, 2017). Rest in Peace, Pepe, The Nib (The meme's creator kills off the frog hijacked by the alt-right.)
- ↑ James Vincent (May 8, 2017). Pepe the Frog is officially dead, The Verge ("Feels bad, man")
External links
- Mary Papenfuss: Pepe The Frog Is Dead: Cartoonist Kills Off Stoner Amphibian Hijacked By Alt-Right, Huffington Post on May 8, 2017 (White supremacists were too much for the frog's creator.) (Cartoonist Matt Furie made it official by drawing Pepe in an open casket. The funeral parlor scene was part of a single-page strip he created for Fantagraphics' "World's Greatest Comics" to mark Free Comic Book Day on Saturday.)
The Death of Pepe the Frog Has Been Greatly Exaggerated - Styxhexenhammer666 (May 9, 2017) (Size: 11:59 min.)
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