Pepe Meme Feels Good Man

The docufilm feels good man tells a moving tale about how the internet turned pepe the frog into a hate symbol and how the artist tries to redeem him.

Pepe meme feels good man. The phrase is in reference to the emotions one of the characters in the strip feels when he goes to the bathroom standing up with his pants all the way down. As illustrator animator and journalist arthur jones discovers in the new documentary feels good man the phenomenon of pepe the frog becoming an icon of white supremacy is both impossible to. It tackles pepe s rise to fame through furie s myspace webcomic boys club from there pepe dominates 4chan forums then the internet. Furie took those posts down when the printed edition was published in 2006. Sign in to your forbes account or. Meme status confirmed year 2008 origin boy s town comic by matt furie tags catchphrase matt furie image macro exploitable 4chan gaia myspace comic boy s life comic book additional references encyclopedia dramatica about. Feels good man is a documentary about the creation of pepe the character s unlikely journey into a dark corner of the internet and furie s attempt to reclaim and rebrand his creation.

Pepe started out in 2005 as a character in a beloved but obscure comic book series boy s club from there pepe was adopted and repurposed by internet message board culture. Feels good man is a catchphrase and exploitable from a comic strip authored by artist matt furie. Feels good man is the story of pepe the frog and his creator matt furie. Pepe was used in blog posts on myspace and became an in joke on internet forums. Feels good man is a frankenstein meets alice in wonderland journey of an artist battling to regain control of his creation while confronting a disturbing cast of characters who have their own. Pepe the frog is still going strong. The feels good man trailer teases the story of a controversial indestructible meme pepe the frog is still going strong.

Directed by arthur jones feels good man chronicles the struggle of artist matt furie the father of the accidental meme pepe the frog.