Furie has launched a Kickstarter for a comic zine calledSave Pepe, which aims to recreate Pepe as “a universal symbol for peace, love, and acceptance.”
The latest episode in the ongoing saga of the alt-right symbol Pepe the Frog finds its original creator, Matt Furie — who recently attempted to kill off Pepe — attempting to resurrect his character from the grave, in order to refashion him in a kinder, gentler image.
If it’s successful, the zine could finally give Pepe’s creator some peace of mind — or at least some financial return — after a“nightmare”year in which he’s seen his creation become a universally recognized symbol of white supremacy.
But it’s far more likely that the attempt will be yet another failed effort to reclaim for the general public a meme that seems to have been completely appropriated by the alt-right.
must eat him up that Pepe is only famous because of internet trolls.
Xavier Morales
the original pepe doesn't even look like our pepe. wtf is this faggot going on about. it could be pepe lost brother for all we know.
David Bailey
It's almost like he's trying to make money off of his creation.
Brody Lee
We live in the best timeline.
Anthony Watson
>a universal symbol for peace, love, and acceptance
/our guy/?
Nathaniel Thomas
he just doesn't get it. there is nothing he can do to take back pepe.
Luke Miller
>b-but feelsgoodman. jpg
Josiah Wright
Pepe the Frog rises from grave to seek vengeance against alt-right
Creator Matt Furie wants to take Pepe away from the alt right
>If Pepe the Frog’s creator has anything to say about it, his creation will shake off the cloak of bigotry which has been thrown around its shoulders by members of the alt right.
>Cartoonist Matt Furie told the Associated Press that he plans on reviving Pepe after killing him off last month,according to a report by ABC News.
>To achieve this goal, he and his brother Jason have started a crowdfunding campaign to raise $10,000 for the publication of a Pepe comic book. In addition, Furie has hired attorney Kimberly Motley to explore legal options against alt right-ists who have used Pepe’s image to promote their cause without the creator’s permission.
Parker Bell
That guy is cracking up. There is no escape for him now. If he created totally new characters, they would be memed into even worse characters than Pepe.
If he were totally shekel-oriented, he would go even more natsoc than Steven Crowder, and make Pepe a complete Jared Taylor-quoting, race-realist shitlord.
Gabriel Torres
All he's gonna do is provide more content for the memers. Which I'm completely fine with. Can't wait
Jeremiah Butler
His creation has truly taken on a life of its own, separate from him. Better. I wonder what it feels like? Probably not good.
Robert Allen
Landwulf is a SS officer.
Ethan Brooks
What a butthurt fucking faggot.
Tyler Russell
>Creator Matt Furie wants to take Pepe away from the alt right No, jews are harassing him into doing this.
Leo Murphy
>Kickstarter to recreate Pepe >Give me your money for a poorly drawn frog image That'd be like getting marvel to publish sonichu
Blake Garcia
Has this retarded fucker really not realized how memes work yet?
Zachary Cooper
But Pepe is the frog of peace
Austin Ramirez
Here is one from his first attempt at taking it back.
Caleb Flores
when you put it that way I think we should back him
Matthew Hernandez
he surrendered his character by killing him canonically in his only claim to its existence
should have thought that one thorough
Christian Morgan
why the appropriating though, can Sup Forums create their new character for meme?
Kevin Walker
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Sebastian Parker
no one would know about pepe without us we are his creator now
Josiah Phillips
Use the patron troll technique Promise money then retract it before the payday
Oliver Jones
You know we have fully assimilated Zyklon Ben when he puts the Sup Forums logo into his comics.
Angel Martinez
Of course we can, toothpaste, I just created Luuk van Luuk, the Rape Capybara just for this post, pic related.
But this cartoonist has already shown how buttblasted he gets by Sup Forums's use of Pepe, which is an open ended invitation to troll hard. He's a punching bag for Sup Forums, same as LaBoeuf.
William Long
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Caleb Wood
>needing money to spread something on the internet
>oyy bey
Eli Ramirez
pepe redesigns anone?
Aaron Price
he actually tried pic related
Charles Powell
When will Furie finally break and start accepting our commissions?
William Baker
Stop ruining Benny's comics. Post the unedited version please.
Jaxson Nguyen
>needs a kickstarter to change his creation
i wonder what (((he's))) trying to do
Liam Davis
Wasn't he amused by usage of Pepe before the elections?
Elijah Lewis
Anybody?
Adam Parker
what a fucking cuck, instead of understanding and embracing what pepe became he's trying change it.
Connor Brooks
Always pee with your pants up, or you'll turn into a hate symbol
Oliver Hill
>the alt-right
Jayden Gray
I do miss when he was mostly used for expressing sad feels. I miss old Internet culture in general.
Justin Scott
Funny shit with cultural appropriation. Niggers do that thanksgiving dinner meme shit. American niggers literally just cook southern food and act like it's their shit. We taught them how to cook for us southerners and then they act like that's culturally nigger food. They ate cow shit and berries before we brought those cotton picking apes over here and taught them how to cook.
Real nigger food is raccoon and clay.
David Ross
>2017 >people still don't understand what a meme is and how it works It's like I've been taking crazy pills for the past 5 years.
Kayden Lewis
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Lincoln Perez
>crowd funding
How much does it cost to draw a fucking cartoon? It's honestly pathetic, he most literally be on the verge of living on the street if he's begging like this.
Jace Sanders
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Aaron Brown
lmao what the fuck are they going to do, hunt down and sue people that posted pepe memes on Sup Forums and twitter?
Ayden Hall
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Nathan White
Version with Nazi arm band?
Zachary Sanders
>most famous character nobody knows who the fuck this guy is and they certainly don't associate Pepe with him.
Tyler Bell
Nice. I just donated $20 so we can get some new Pepe material to make Nazi memes with.
Benjamin Torres
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Ayden Myers
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Gavin Clark
It's funny that he doesn't realize the only reason Pepe got any fame was because of Sup Forums, way before Pepe realized that National Socialism was the one true path
Liam Price
I kek'd user well done.
Zachary Richardson
Pepe is happier with us anyway
David Johnson
Will he ever give up trying to make himself famous from this?
Jaxon Brown
"Pepe is love"
Ryder Powell
His most famous character... that is only famous because it was taken from him.
Adam Ortiz
Pepe was degenerate before we adopted him.
Hudson Gutierrez
>rebranding my frog god never
Adrian Young
pepe is no longer yours to control, matthew.
we should crowdfund a lawsuit against him and put pepe into the public domain
HE BELONGS TO THE MEMES
Jaxson Green
Can't even raise $10,000 what a f**
Nathaniel Williams
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Joseph Sanchez
He loves Pepe and he loves that we liberated him because it's his claim to fame. All the rest is bollocks.
Adam Sanders
how would you think you could ever take pepe back from shit like this
or this
Owen Wood
How does he not know trying reclaim something the internet has taken and made into another thing is impossible? Are the kikes forcing him to do it?
Nathaniel Howard
I doubt he gives much of a shit and just wants to get some sweet shekels out of all this.
Elijah Price
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Caleb Rivera
Eh, he'll come around in a couple of years just like Zyklon Ben.
Eli Walker
>he thinks le ebin Nazi is the worst thing we've done with pepe Does that mean he doesn't know pee pee poo poo pepe exists? Should we educate him?
Benjamin Sanders
>I just created Luuk van Luuk, the Rape Capybara just for this post i'm fucking crying
u stole my post, or i stole yours :(
pepe has achieved more with us than some liberal faggot could have ever hoped for him, pic related
Noah Hughes
Considering he once browsed these boards, he should be aware that once content is released into the internet you have lost all control of it.
Parker Collins
In 8 years, this lazy shit never gave a single flying fuck about us claiming Pepe as our own. He had already abandoned his Boys Club comic altogether long ago. It wasn't until last year that he suddenly started pretending to care. He only resumed activity because the ADL started paying him $10,000 USD per month to make a big spectacle over muh ebil gnadzis molesting his frog. You don't hear that this is the reason because he isn't allowed to tell you this. He isn't allowed because he signed an NDA.
Daniel Nguyen
exactly, or this. i have several threads worth of pepes like these, and my collection is far from complete
we should
Hunter Hughes
Or he IS aware, but is also aware "reclaiming" pepe plus kickstarter equals free money and wants to go full jew
Gabriel Reyes
> mfw i need a hug cause i am the bastard son of a liberal
David Cook
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Isaac Hall
unrecoverable
Jack Watson
Jesus Christ, someone backed 5 grand to this project? What the hell?
The total is at 15k on Kickstarter?
Who wants this shit?
Blake Howard
Did Furie LITERALLY believe that killing off pepe in his comic was going to stop the mean racists on the internet from using their memes? Is he so out of touch that he thinks any of the people who use pepe memes actually follow and care about boys club?
Andrew Reyes
YOU CAN'T FUCKING TAKE HIM BACK, FURIE, PEPE IS OURS NOW AND FOREVER
Kevin Gray
*hug*
Nathan Scott
I think we need a Dolan revival to aid Pepe in this war.
Gabriel Martin
this isn't pepe, user
Leo Gonzalez
there is no way to recover your image after shit like this
johnny fucking cochran couldn't acquit you of this shit
Jason Miller
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Caleb Gutierrez
>Silence of the Lambs reference I miss the 90s when it was still okay to openly consider trannies to be disgusting freaks who probably want to wear your skin and who should all be put to death it was the primary plot point in a mainstream movie and everyone was okay with it
Michael Taylor
>dolan j trump it's perfect
Jordan Gomez
>trying to gain fame as the creator of a meme
ISHYGDDT
Nathaniel Walker
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James Butler
This retard has clearly never heard of the Streisand effect
Caleb King
Fuck off redditor
David Foster
This is Pepe Jr, that's what I call him anyway
Landon Rogers
I'm 90% sure he doesn't actually care about politics and is just doing this to scam leftists.