Artist
Matt Furie kept working. This facet follows the artist rather than the meme, the paintings, the skate-deck collaborations, the later books, and the strange position of being permanently known for one drawing you no longer control.
Part of Pepe
6 moments in this segment.
- - Furie draws Pepe melting into Trump. An original drawing by Matt Furie published by The Nib on October 17th, 2016, showing Pepe melting into a likeness of Donald Trump. The same day TIME ran Furie's op-ed asking readers to "join me in making millions of new, joyful Pepe memes that share the light hearted spirit of the original chilled-out champion".
- - Furie draws Pepe's funeral. Matt Furie's comic showing Pepe laid out in a casket, published by Fantagraphics in Worlds Greatest Cartoonists on May 6th, 2017. CBR, The Mary Sue and Mashable reported that Furie had killed the character off. Seven weeks later he launched a Kickstarter to resurrect him "as a universal symbol for peace, love, and acceptance".
- - Matt Furie on Islands of Coherence. Matt Furie is the guest on the Islands of Coherence podcast, talking about Boy's Club, Night Riders and his painting collection Mind Viscosity. The conversation stays largely with his drawing practice rather than the meme.
- - Pizza Skateboards' Matt Furie collaboration. Pizza Skateboards releases a board series drawn by Matt Furie. It is an example of the commercial illustration work Furie carried on alongside, and largely apart from, Pepe.
- - Matt Furie on the MC Lars podcast. Matt Furie talks to MC Lars about his book Mindviscosity, fatherhood and the music and places that shaped his drawing. The episode is a portrait of the artist away from the meme.
- - Mindviscosity, Matt Furie's painting collection. A short look through Mindviscosity, Furie's collection of paintings of monsters, weirdos and anthropomorphic creatures. It shows the surreal painting practice that runs through his work well beyond Pepe.
