May 09, 2017 19:00:00

'Pepe the Frog', which has been used for hate purposes, the author gives up the recapture and officially holds a funeral

The character 'Pepe the Frog', which was born from the web comic '

Boy's Club ', has been widely used as a symbol of racial discrimination by the alt-right since around 2015, and is also in the database of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). It will be registered as a symbol of hate. The author, Matt Fury, was campaigning to overturn this image with the hashtag '#SavePepe', but he could not dispel the unwilling image, and finally the frog Pepe was handed by the author. The times to be stored in the coffin will be drawn.

Pepe the Frog Is Dead: Creator Kills the White Supremacist-Hijacked Icon --CBR
http://www.cbr.com/pepe-frog-creator-kills-white-supremacist-icon/

Pepe the Frog creator kills off internet meme co-opted by white supremacists | World news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/08/pepe-the-frog-creator-kills-off-internet-meme-co-opted-by-white-supremacists

Matt Furie: Photo
http://mattfurie.tumblr.com/image/160388812592

Matt Furie, #savepepe
http://mattfurie.tumblr.com/post/160446295647

Pepe the Frog, a character born from manga, became famous as an internet meme through Myspace, Gaia Online, 4chan, etc. from around 2008, and is counted as one of the most famous internet memes in 4chan around 2015. It was said that it was possible.

The original frog Pepe was the character 'peaceful frog bastard', but by the time of the 2016 US presidential election, the frog Pepe was used everywhere as a symbol of white supremacy by the alt-right. I did. In September 2016, Hillary Clinton regarded the frog Pepe as a symbol of hate by racists, and it has evolved to become a symbol of hate even in the Anti-Defamation League.

Since 2016, the author, Fury, has been conducting a '#SavePepe' campaign to regain the image of 'peace and wonderful' to the frog Pepe, but the campaign did not work and it was updated in May 2017. The frog Pepe's death scene is posted on the story Boy's Club. It seems that he officially decided to kill Pepe the Frog. Comic Book Resources said, 'Although Pepe's official death did not stop the militants from using Pepe, it was probably the best way for Fury to regain his character. Pepe's soul is in the hands of the creator. I'm back. '