Pepe The Frog Coronavirus Meme

On 4chan users are photoshopping hazmat suits onto everyone from pepe the frog to alex jones in response.

Pepe the frog coronavirus meme. The majority of uses of pepe the frog have been and continue to be non bigoted. The comics depict pepe and his anthropomorphized animal friends behaving like stereotypical. Sadly hillary clinton hates pepe and considers him racist and part of what she refers to as a basket of deplorables. Far right twitter and 4chan users have found a new meme amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Originating from and popularized by the 4chan s pol board the trend is mostly related to the ongoing discussions of the wuhan coronavirus outbreak. By 2015 it had become one of the most popular memes used on 4chan and tumblr. The creator of the pepe the frog character has laid his popular internet meme to rest. On january 22nd 2020 an anonymous 4chan user posted an edit of pepe the frog inside a bright yellow.

In a special strip for free comic book day artist matt furie drew a one page special edition of his famous. The frog meme has been around as long as many of us can remember. Pepe was shown urinating with his pants down while saying feels good man which. The anthropomorphic frog was created in 2005 by matt furie for his comic blog on myspace called boy s club.

Hazmat suit edits or hazmatposting refers to a series of memes that involve editing various characters inside a hazmat suit. Pepe meme sad frog 4chan frog pepe the frog memes funny rare pepe dank sad tumblr pepe frog smug frog aesthetic dank memes feels frog meme. However it was inevitable that as the meme proliferated in on line venues such as 4chan 8chan and reddit which have many users who delight in creating racist memes and imagery a subset of pepe memes would come into existence that centered on racist anti semitic or other bigoted themes. Pepe the frog first appeared in 2005 in the comic boy s life by artist and illustrator matt furie.

Pepe originated in a 2005 comic by matt furie called boy s club.