Pepe the Frog started as a character from a comic series, "Boy's Club" by Matt Furie in 2005, according to Know Your Meme. While the somewhat sad-looking frog did not have racist or antisemitic ...

He said that he liked how Pepe, in the original comic, is “positive and chill.” “Feels Good, Man” was one of the early Pepe memes, before the internet created Sad Pepe.

Hate group associations with Pepe the Frog and “Kek” Musk’s new profile photo depicts the online meme Pepe the Frog — also known as the “sad frog meme” — wearing ancient Roman attire ...

Trump posts meme saying he’s ‘on a mission from God’ featuring alt-right symbol Pepe the Frog The posting, which co-opts a famous line from The Blues Brothers, may have contributed to a ...

#FreeSadFrogs ⚔️ — Sad Frogs District (@SadFrogsD) August 16, 2021 It is unclear how this DMCA claim will play out, as the project’s artwork doesn’t appear to directly depict Pepe the Frog.

Pepe the Frog is dead, killed off by his own creator after he watched Pepe turn from a wholesome meme into a symbol co-opted by neo-Nazis for the alt-right. Pepe was created by cartoonist Matt ...

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 ...