Still, it’s not entirely an accident that Pepe has been coopted in this way. For well over 100 years American artists, both racists and anti-racists, have found animal cartoons an effective way to ...
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 ...
The image of the online cartoon character was co-opted by anti-Semites and white nationalists associated with the "alt-right." (JTA) — Pepe the Frog, an online cartoon character whose image was ...
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has officially declared the Pepe the Frog cartoon a hate symbol. The internet meme, created by cartoonist Matt Furie back in 2005, has recently been adopted by ...
Pepe the Frog, a cartoon frog that became a white supremacist symbol, has been killed off by its creator. (See the final strip at the bottom of this post.) Pepe’s creator and illustrator Matt Furie ...
The creator of Pepe The Frog is suing InfoWars, the conspiracy theory website headed by Alex Jones, for selling merchandise featuring his amphibious character. In a lawsuit filed on Monday in Los ...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- With the same comic cool with which he created him, cartoonist Matt Furie has killed off his character, 'Pepe the Frog' after the carefree amphibian was hijacked by far-right ...
Disney launched a brand-new animated series this morning with Amphibia, bringing a wholly original cast of characters and magical mythology to the small screen. The new show is the brainchild of Matt ...
Right-wing conspiracy theory website Infowars has agreed to pay $15,000 to the creator of the Pepe the Frog cartoon to settle a copyright suit. Infowars, the media company headed up by broadcaster ...