A Pepe cartoon released Saturday in comic book stores shows Matt Furie's creation in an open casket. Furie didn't immediately respond to an email seeking comment Monday. Matt Furie with a great ...

When Matt Furie created his cartoon Pepe the Frog, he never imagined the laid-back amphibian might one day be considered a hate symbol. But that's what the Anti-Defamation League says the comic ...

Pepe, the involuntarily appropriated alt-right cartoon frog, was laid to rest this weekend. His death was both a filicide and a mercy killing. His creator Matt Furie, having seen the rudderless ...

A Pepe cartoon released Saturday in comic book stores shows Matt Furie’s creation in an open casket. Furie didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment Monday. In a Time magazine ...

By Sharareh Drury Former Associate Editor When Matt Furie created the cartoon character Pepe the Frog in 2005 for his comic Boy’s Club, the lighthearted cartoonist never imagined his quirky ...

If that’s true, there’s only one meme responsible: Pepe the Frog. By the time President Trump tweeted his likeness in the form of cartoon amphibian in 2016, artist Matt Furie’s peaceful frog ...

Pepe the Frog, a simple cartoon character born 13 years ago, has appeared in countless guises over the years. Feel-good Pepe, sad Pepe, sly Pepe, befuddled Pepe, Pepe spouting all sorts of ...

A judge in Russia’s Novgorod region has fined a local man 1,500 rubles (about $20) for posting allegedly extremist symbols on ...

After many on the Internet co-opted his most famous cartoon creation more than a decade ago, he was long willing to live and let live. And when his same Pepe the Frog character popped up on the ...