TheSpec.com | Can a Kickstarter save Pepe the Frog? TheSpec.com Last month, in a strip he created for Free Comic Book Day, Matt Furie had his characters mourn a memed-to-death friend, Pepe the Frog, as the cartoonist buried his chillaxin' amphibian. Now, Furie is launching a crowd-funding campaign to bring his ... |
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Can a Kickstarter save Pepe the Frog? - TheSpec.com
Just two months after the Trump campaign got into trouble for tweeting an image that was widely seen as anti-Semitic, a member of the Republican nominees family is at it again. On Sunday, Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of Donald Trump, proudly promoted the above Instagram post, which includes a meme frequently shared by white supremacists. Apparently I made the cut as one of the Deplorables, he wrote, referring to a series of controversial comments Hillary Clinton recently made about Trumps supporters. All kidding aside I am honored to be grouped with the hard working men and women of this great nation that have supported@realdonaldtrump [sic] and know that he can fix the mess created by politicians in Washington.
The image, which plays off Sylvester Stallones geriatric action movie The Expendables, shows Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his sons alongside such hard working men as prominent conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, Breitbart commentator Milo Yiannopouloswho was banned from Twitter for inciting hateful rhetoricand Pepe the Frog, an amphibian meme that has been appropriated by Trumps alt-right followers, some of whom use the image to peddle racism, anti-Semitism, and white nationalism.
Roger Stone, a longtime Trump ally, tweeted the same image on Saturday, while former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, who is running for Senator in Louisiana, tweeted his own version of the meme, boasting the tagline: Anti-Racist is a code word for anti-white.
This is not the first time that some of the men of the #basketofdeplorables, as Don Jr. tagged the photo, have promoted anti-Semitic or racist rhetoric online, whether knowingly or unknowingly. Donald Trump himself has several times retweeted users who openly support white supremacyone user he retweeted went by @WhiteGenocideTMbut he has claimed no responsibility for his actions, arguing, essentially, that retweets do not equal endorsements.
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Pepe: The Frog that Broke the Internet (2017) : Documentaries
LAST MONTH, in a strip he created for Free Comic Book Day, Matt Furie had his characters mourn a memed-to-death friend, Pepe the Frog,as the cartoonist buried his chillaxin amphibian.
Now, Furie is launching a crowd-funding campaign to bring his iconic Boys Clubcharacter back to life.
On Monday, the same day that Furie cracked Time magazines list of the 25 most influential people on the Internet, the 37-year-old cartoonist activated his Save Pepe Kickstarter, a $10,000 campaign that aims to resurrect Pepe the Frog in a new comic book by reclaiming his status as a universal symbol for peace, love and acceptance.
[RIP, Pepe the Frog: Creator kills his iconic character to try to fight a hate-filled meme]
The fundraiser continues Furies effort to take back his character after the frog was co-opted as an emblem of supremacy and hate, eventually becoming thrust into controversy during the 2016 presidential election, with both sides referencing Pepe.
Before Pepe the Frog was a meme designated a hate symbol by the Anti-Defamation League, Furie writes, he began life as a blissfully stoned frog.
Pepes wide recognition as a mascot of hate was a nightmare, so I killed him off, continues Furie. The funding campaigns pledge rewards include that original Death of Pepe art.
The cartoonistwants to fund a new zine that shall shine a light in all this darkness.
The campaign will run through the end of July.
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Can a Kickstarter save Pepe the Frog? His creator is determined to try it. - Washington Post
Posted June 27, 2017 10:41:34
Pepe the Frog is coming back from the dead.
Los Angeles-based cartoonist Matt Furie told AP he intends to resurrect the character he killed off last month after racist, anti-Semitic internet trolls hijacked his creation and transformed it into a hate symbol.
Furie and his brother, Jason, have launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise $10,000 for a new comic book featuring Pepe.
"Once we get the money together, we're going to do it from scratch," he said, adding he's also trying to "gain some entrepreneurial control" over Pepe with his attorney's help.
"It's a very American tale, trying to control that which cannot be controlled."
His attorney, Kimberly Motley, is also exploring possible litigation against those profiting from Pepe's image without Furie's permission.
In May, Furie released a cartoon showing Pepe in an open casket.
Furie said he created the cartoon as "art therapy" shortly after November's presidential election and nearly forgot about it.
He said he was surprised by the wave of publicity generated by Pepe's "death".
"It was supposed to just be a joke," he said.
The Save Pepe campaign Furie launched on Monday on Kickstarter said its aim was "reclaiming his status as a universal symbol for peace, love, and acceptance".
If the campaign meets its goal, Furie said he would see that as "proof that Pepe is still a positive thing".
Furie's "chill frog-dude" debuted in a 2006 comic book called Boy's Club.
Pepe's likeness became a popular canvas for benevolent internet memes.
But the user-generated mutations became increasingly hateful and ubiquitous more than a year before the 2016 presidential election.
Furie was horrified to see his creation become a mascot for the 'alt-right' fringe movement, a loosely connected mix of white nationalists, neo-Nazis and other right-wing extremists.
"It all just happened so fast," he said.
"Make no mistake: They're basically the new [Ku Klux Klan]."
The Anti-Defamation League branded Pepe a hate symbol in September 2016 and promoted Furie's efforts to reclaim the character.
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