But reporters today are more likely to encounter Pepe’s smug visage in his latest incarnation, as MSNBC’s Chris Hayes put it, people with “Nazi frog avatars” who are “tweeting about the ...

And some were even putting their own spin on it. Pepe became a versatile meme. It was happy, sad, smug, and angry. It represented a relatable range of emotions. And this relatability spread its ...

who was often paired with the phrases” Not Good Man,” “Feels Bad Man,” or “You Will Never…” to Smug Frog, Angry Pepe, Keith Haring Pepe, even supposedly Rare Pepes. A decade later he ...

Regardless of who you are, you’ve probably seen Pepe’s smug, fat-lipped face smirking at you from your monitor. Perhaps he randomly popped up on your Facebook timeline, headlining a meme ...

Asked to explain how the cartoon became a neo-Nazi mascot, Spencer told a reporter that Pepe was simply a “smug frog” who’s “willing to speak the truth.” But the truth is, the frog’s ...

A smug Trump-Pepe was shared by Trump himself on Twitter in the beginning of the election race, a move I assumed was a nod to young voters. Or perhaps it was a more sinister nod to some fringe ...

(Fantagraphics ) The Pepe character's emotive facial expressions, most notably the pompous grin known as "Smug Frog," made it a go-to reaction image, first on select forums like 4Chan, and later ...

to Smug Frog, Angry Pepe, Keith Haring Pepe, even supposedly Rare Pepes. A decade later he had solidified his place among "normies" in mainstream internet circles, becoming one of the biggest ...