As Matt Furie conceived him, Pepe the Frog was mellow, harmless and likable. Pepe was one of the central figures of the comic “Boys Club,” in which a group of offbeat friends lived in perpetual ...

Pepe the Frog — a multivalent green cartoon used in Internet culture as a vehicle for a wide range of emotions and ideas — has over recent months become particularly associated with racism, ...

Learn how internet memes became a super weapon in the propaganda war, morphing Pepe the Frog into a Trump-supporting Nazi. The creator of Pepe the Frog has made it known, several times over, that he ...

Cartoonist Matt Furie sketches out his creation, Pepe the Frog. The new documentary Feels Good Man shows how the frog went from innocent cartoon character to powerful political tool. (Kurt Keppeler) ...

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 ...

"I didn't even know what a meme was," confesses cartoonist Matt Furie in the documentary "Feels Good Man," demonstrating just how ill-equipped he was to resist the dark forces that engulfed him and ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump posted a graphic on social media with a subtle nod to a meme that was added to the Anti-Defamation League ...

“I didn’t even know what a meme was,” confesses cartoonist Matt Furie in the documentary “Feels Good Man,” demonstrating just how ill-equipped he was to resist the dark forces that engulfed him and ...