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Feels Good Man: the disturbing story behind the rise of Pepe the Frog – The Guardian

A new documentary traces the hand-drawn figure from its pacifist creator to the insidious white supremacists who used him as a mascot

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Hes green. Hes cute. He feels good, man. And hes an internationally recognized icon of hatred and bigotry.
Hes Pepe the Frog, and hes the subject of a new documentary tracking his unlikely journey from humble comic-book beginnings to a controversy involving death threats, lawsuits and scores upon scores of online neo-Nazis. Arthur Joness debut feature Feels Good Man so titled for an oft-reposted image in which Pepe uses the phrase to explain why he urinates with his shorts around his ankles exa…

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