Wilhite may not have known it when he created the first GIF in 1987, but his memes in motion would go on to rule the internet from the days of Web 1.0 to the present, and likely for years to come.

Just 18, he became the ringleader of a popular GIF-art collective before he'd even graduated. Get to know him a little better… Philip Intile, though he's better known as Pi-Slices on Tumblr ...

Last week, he appealed to his Twitter followers to pitch in: “If this GIF has ever brought you joy in the past, I humbly ask you to consider making a donation to the National MS Society,” he ...

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