San Francisco based artist Matt Furie created his "peaceful frog dude" character Pepe in the mid aughts and featured the stoner amphibian in his underground 'Boys Club' comics. Furie was mortified when his character was appropriated as a mascot for the alt right. This documentary covers Furie's creation and sanctioned uses of Pepe, the unlikely story of his characters use by the alt right and the legal actions he took to try and reclaim his creation. This documentary will forever be a useful media text for future generations to understand the very strange time in which we are now living. ***
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