Pepe started as a character in Furie's 2005 small indie comic Boys Club. The movie attempts to set the record straight and make clear who Pepe is, but functions more as a case study in how we communicate now and the collateral damage that communication leaves behind.įurie is a meek, soft spoken guy who feels more comfortable alone at a drafting table than at the forefront of online discourse. The new documentary Feels Good Man traces Pepe through all these transformations, and follows the frog's creator, cartoonist Matt Furie, and his at-times futile attempts to try to control something inherently uncontrollable: memes. The thing about Pepe the Frog is that he can be whatever you want him to be - a stoner icon, a symbol of hatred and bigotry, a beacon of democracy. Other times he looks like a smugly grinning jerk. Sometimes he looks innocent and sweet, like a friend crashing on your couch. You've probably seen him by now - the thin, red lips. The new documentary Feels Good Man shows how the frog went from innocent cartoon character to powerful political tool.
Cartoonist Matt Furie sketches out his creation, Pepe the Frog.
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