Matt Furie
Matt Furie | |
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| Born | August 14, 1979 Columbus, Ohio, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Ohio Wesleyan University |
| Occupation(s) | Comics artist and illustrator |
| Known for | Creating Pepe the Frog |
| Partner | Aiyana Udesen |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | mattfurie |
Matt Furie (born August 14, 1979) is an American comics artist and also illustrator. He is known for creating Pepe the Frog, a character from his Boy's Club series that debuted in 2005. The anthropomorphic character became a popular Internet meme in the late 2000s and early 2010s.
Furie is from Columbus, Ohio, and graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University. In addition to the Boy's Club series, he has created paintings and published the children's book The Night Riders (2012), and the books Mindviscosity (2020), and Trigore Labyrinth (2023).