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Matt Furie
844 1/2 S Mariposa Ave Los Angeles, CA 90005
DOB August 14, 1979
Matt Furie is a Los Angeles based artist and comic writer who's been publishing his work professionally since the early 2000s, often using venues like MySpace to promote himself and his creations. His work is generally strange, deformed, and very similar to what one might find in a storybook for children. In fact, he has published at least one children's book, an interesting career move considering the kind of things he usually makes;
Matt's biggest claim to fame, however, is his comic Boy's Club. Originally published via MySpace in 2006, Boy's Club grew in popularity due to it's eccentric writing style and copious amounts of stoner and toilet humor. One page in particular drew the interest of 4chan, who took notice of the odd demeanor of a certain character who you'll probably recognize.
Pepe as a meme didn't initially prompt a whole lot of response from Matt, especially since the spread of the meme was very limited until Tumblr picked up on it in the 2010s. All of that changed, however, during the 2016 US Presidential election, when liberals annoyed at the success of pro Trump memes railed on Pepe as hard as possible, to the point where even Hillary Clinton weighed in on it. Matt's response to this has been all over the place, first teaming with the Anti Defamation League to attempt to steer the meme away from it's right wing use, then attempting to quietly kill off the character, before changing his mind again to try and resurrect the character and raise money for some reason, with an included petition from his lawyer attempting to get the ADL to remove Pepe from their hate symbols database. The Kickstarter mentioned earlier is very nonspecific as to what the actual product will be, only saying that it's a "new comic in the spirit of Boy's Club". It has some truly delusional donation levels as well, making me think Matt's looking more for money here than any political ground.
Regarding his politics, he's evidently a bit of a "punch nazis" type, given his response to the Richard Spencer incident.
While all of that certainly doesn't paint a picture of a particularly stable man, it's Matt's current actions that are pushing him over into lolcow material. After a children's book was published depicting a character very similar to Pepe, Matt took legal action against the publishers, and forced them to donate the profits of the book to a Muslim advocacy group. While Matt has a fair case for copyright infringement here, his statements about the lawsuit really illustrate how delusional he is regarding the meme he created. To quote the above article:
So all in all, it seems fair to expect some more lolsuits from Matt in the future over his frog drawing that 4chan likes. One can only wait to see how far he's planning on going with this, but in the meantime, noted pizzagate suspect Ben Garrison has summed up Matt's behavior pretty succinctly:
Matt's Tumblr
a site called The Nib that Matt apparently publishes on
closed Etsy shop
the official publisher for Boy's Club which mentions 4chan, another example of Matt flip-flopping on Pepe
/cow/ thread on him
844 1/2 S Mariposa Ave Los Angeles, CA 90005
DOB August 14, 1979
Matt Furie is a Los Angeles based artist and comic writer who's been publishing his work professionally since the early 2000s, often using venues like MySpace to promote himself and his creations. His work is generally strange, deformed, and very similar to what one might find in a storybook for children. In fact, he has published at least one children's book, an interesting career move considering the kind of things he usually makes;
Matt's biggest claim to fame, however, is his comic Boy's Club. Originally published via MySpace in 2006, Boy's Club grew in popularity due to it's eccentric writing style and copious amounts of stoner and toilet humor. One page in particular drew the interest of 4chan, who took notice of the odd demeanor of a certain character who you'll probably recognize.
Pepe as a meme didn't initially prompt a whole lot of response from Matt, especially since the spread of the meme was very limited until Tumblr picked up on it in the 2010s. All of that changed, however, during the 2016 US Presidential election, when liberals annoyed at the success of pro Trump memes railed on Pepe as hard as possible, to the point where even Hillary Clinton weighed in on it. Matt's response to this has been all over the place, first teaming with the Anti Defamation League to attempt to steer the meme away from it's right wing use, then attempting to quietly kill off the character, before changing his mind again to try and resurrect the character and raise money for some reason, with an included petition from his lawyer attempting to get the ADL to remove Pepe from their hate symbols database. The Kickstarter mentioned earlier is very nonspecific as to what the actual product will be, only saying that it's a "new comic in the spirit of Boy's Club". It has some truly delusional donation levels as well, making me think Matt's looking more for money here than any political ground.
Regarding his politics, he's evidently a bit of a "punch nazis" type, given his response to the Richard Spencer incident.
While all of that certainly doesn't paint a picture of a particularly stable man, it's Matt's current actions that are pushing him over into lolcow material. After a children's book was published depicting a character very similar to Pepe, Matt took legal action against the publishers, and forced them to donate the profits of the book to a Muslim advocacy group. While Matt has a fair case for copyright infringement here, his statements about the lawsuit really illustrate how delusional he is regarding the meme he created. To quote the above article:
So all in all, it seems fair to expect some more lolsuits from Matt in the future over his frog drawing that 4chan likes. One can only wait to see how far he's planning on going with this, but in the meantime, noted pizzagate suspect Ben Garrison has summed up Matt's behavior pretty succinctly:
Matt's Tumblr
a site called The Nib that Matt apparently publishes on
closed Etsy shop
the official publisher for Boy's Club which mentions 4chan, another example of Matt flip-flopping on Pepe
/cow/ thread on him
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