It wasn't meant to be like this. Pepe the Frog, that smiling green amphibian that's been co-opted by white nationalists and officially deemed a hate symbol by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), was ...

Pepe the Frog creator Matt Furie is taking new legal action against the “alt-right” for using illustrations of his cartoon, the amphibian character that has become an iconic meme of the far-right.

Pepe the Frog began life as a relatable, early 20s slacker for the readers of Matt Furie’s mid-2000s comic series. Then, Pepe became one of the Internet’s best memes, a smiling frog face that ...

"I didn't even know what a meme was," confesses cartoonist Matt Furie in the documentary "Feels Good Man," demonstrating just how ill-equipped he was to resist the dark forces that engulfed him ...

A smiling green man-frog doesn’t initially come off as sinister, and the origins of Pepe the Frog were pretty innocuous. But back in May, Olivia Nuzzi explained how this cartoon image had been ...

Because of Pepe the Frog. For some people, what I’m about to say is old news and obvious. But for many, perhaps most, it’s important to have the whole context laid out.

The ADL notes that Pepe the Frog's use as a hate symbol depends on context. Trump's post included a phrase associated with QAnon, a far-right conspiracy theory movement.

How did a cartoon frog become a symbol of the alt-right? According to Know Your Meme, Pepe originated in 2005 as part of the Boy's Club comics by artist Matt Furie, and originally gained ...