He originally created Pepe the Frog in 2005 and introduced the image to the internet on MySpace. The deadpan comic and the character were simple and relatable, and characterizations of Pepe as a ...

Pepe the Frog’s Disturbing Internet Journey Explored in ‘Feels Good Man’ Documentary Director Arthur Jones and producer Giorgio Angelini detail why Pepe the Frog's story is a cautionary tale ...

Jones started shooting his documentary early enough to catch Furie distancing himself from the Pepe explosion. Even after Pepe took root on 4chan, the cartoonist thought he had a hope of claiming ...

Pepe the Frog is an Internet meme that looks exactly like what you would think - big eyes, green skin. A new documentary called "Feels Good Man" traces Pepe's symbolic path from lovable loser to ...

Feel Good Man, one of the best movies from the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, tells the story of cartoonist Matt Furie, and how his innocent underground comic Boys Club spawned Pepe the Frog, best ...

The documentary 'Feels Good Man' digs into Pepe the Frog's origins, his creator's journey, and his viral life as a 4chan meme superstar.

On its surface, Arthur Jones’ “Feels Good Man” is the sympathetic portrait of a man who created a monster, and then (eventually) took it upon himself to reclaim Pepe the Frog as an emblem of ...

Once upon a time, Pepe the Frog was just a secondary character featured in an underground comic strip called “Boy's Club.” The quirky illustrator Matt Furie is a Bay Area, West Coast slacker ...

Film Memes An Artist Tries to Save Pepe the Frog From Fascists The film Feels Good Man chronicles Matt Furie fighting his creation’s co-option by the far right. Dan Schindel September 9, 2020 ...

One of Pepe’s friends questions why he goes to the bathroom that way, and the cartoon frog simply replies, “Feels good man.”As this comic circulated the internet, Pepe and his catchphrase ...

Now, the singer shares a song she wrote for a documentary about the iconic Pepe The Frog meme. Van Etten’s “Let Go” single features a slow-paced rise to a crashing medley of instruments.