As Matt Furie conceived him, Pepe the Frog was mellow, harmless and likable. ... Furie lived in San Francisco, where he worked in the toy department of a thrift store.

KCRW: How did Matt Furie come up with Pepe the Frog? Arthur Jones: “Matt created Pepe in the mid 2000s. And at the time, he was working at the community thrift store in the San Francisco mission. Matt ...

In the background of the picture is Pepe the Frog, a popular internet meme that started as a comic in 2005 but was embraced by far-right groups when Trump was first running for president.

The documentary took a turn when Furie decided to symbolically kill Pepe off in a new comic strip, legally cement his ownership of his illustration and seek action against those profiting off of Pepe ...

Pepe started his life as a laid-back cartoon frog but memes transformed him into an alt-right villain. The evolution of this cultural phenomenon is emblematic of the relationship between online ...

Pepe the Frog Mutates from a Far Right Meme Into a Lovable, Far Gone Figure in ‘Feels Good Man’ Filmmaker Giorgio Angelini, who hails from Houston, and debut director Arthur Jones teamed up ...