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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

On one level, the 90-minute documentary is about California cartoonist Matt Furie and his globally known creation, Pepe the Frog.The benign, chillaxin’ character was plucked more than a decade ...

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 ...

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 ...