Jewish Journal: Pepe the Frog creator kills off cartoon character turned hate meme
The Sun: Cartoon character Pepe the Frog is officially listed a ‘hate symbol’ after featuring as Hitler and a KKK member in twisted memes
Cartoon character Pepe the Frog is officially listed a ‘hate symbol’ after featuring as Hitler and a KKK member in twisted memes
With barely an Internet whimper, Pepe the Frog, the anthropomorphic cartoon character turned symbol of hate, was put down by his creator, Matt Furie, over the weekend, in a single-page comic strip.
A man wears a Pepe the Frog sweatshirt (photo credit: REUTERS) ByJTA 15:55 Updated: 15:59 Pepe the Frog, an online cartoon character whose image has been co-opted by ...
CBS News: Cartoonist kills off Pepe the Frog after character linked to racism, anti-Semitism
The cartoonist who created Pepe the Frog has killed off the character in a rebuke to far-right extremists who transformed a benevolent internet meme into a racist, anti-Semitic symbol. A Pepe cartoon ...
Cartoonist kills off Pepe the Frog after character linked to racism, anti-Semitism
The cartoonist who created Pepe The Frog has killed off the character in a comic strip, following months of trying to rehabilitate the frog after it was co-opted by the alt-right. Artist Matt Furie ...
Jason Furie and Matt Furie's are attempting to revive and rebrand the Pepe The Frog cartoon character, seized by the alt-right and white supremacists as a random mascot, logo and symbol and ...
The artist who created the “Pepe the Frog” cartoon character has sued right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for copyright infringement over a poster sold through the latter’s Infowars website.