Trump posted a picture of himself as Pepe the Frog in 2016 Pepe the Frog started as a character from a comic series, "Boy's Club" by Matt Furie in 2005, according to Know Your Meme.

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 ...

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.

Pepe the frog, the once-innocent cartoon that was appropriated as a mascot of the alt-right, is at the center of a new legal battle. Posted 2018-03-07T18:38:13+00:00 - Updated 2018-03-07T16:39:55 ...

Pepe the Frog’s creator is with Hillary Clinton and not Donald Trump, who the cartoonist says looks like a “smug” Pepe meme in a new interview published Wednesday. The Pepe the Frog cartoon ...

Key Background: Pepe the Frog, the meme Pepecoin is based on, has a long history.The character was created for a 2005 comic strip by cartoonist Matt Furie and eventually became an internet meme ...

Cryptoverse: Every frog has its day as pepe pops 7,000%. By Lisa Pauline Mattackal and Medha Singh. May 16, 2023 3:56 PM UTC Updated May 16, 2023 Item 1 of 2 Representations of the ...

In 2016, the Anti-Defamation League added Pepe the Frog to its list of hate symbols, though the organization notes many uses of this meme are still not rooted in bigotry or hate. "The number of ...