However it began, white supremacists, anti-Semites and other far-right groups began to utilize the cartoon frog's image in hateful memes — dressing him up as Hilter or a Klansman, for instance ...

The creator of the meme “Pepe the Frog” is speaking out in an attempt to reclaim the cartoon, whose image has been co-opted by fringe Internet trolls to advance white supremacist and anti ...

Both are well-suited to tell the vivid tale of artist Matt Furie and his poor cartoon ... take back his frog. Pepe’s surreal journey of being co-opted and twisted into an image of hate by ...

Pepe the Frog, an online cartoon character whose image has been co-opted by antisemites and white nationalists associated with the the alt-right, has been killed off by his creator. A Pepe cartoon ...

Artist and illustrator Matt Furie, who originated the image as a harmless cartoon, drew the green frog in an open casket as part of a one-page strip for publisher Fantagraphics Books on Saturday ...

“Pepe is this really unique case study where you can talk about the tragic story arc of the silly, stoned cartoon frog, but you can ... 4chan began incorporating images of Pepe with Rodger ...

And we thought the era of cartoon ... Frog," a starry-eyed, two-dimensional, G-rated anachronism that pairs its retro aesthetic with a few small adjustments for the modern world. For starters, The ...

starring Flip the Frog. But chances are, you’re much more likely to know him for his other cartoon creation: Mickey Mouse. Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks developed Mickey in the 1920s together ...

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 ...