Matt furie biography

American comics artist

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).

Early life and education

Matt Furie was born on August 14, 1979, in Columbus, Ohio.^[1][2] His great-grandfather was from Sicily. He attended summer classes at the Columbus College of Art and Design and then studied art at Ohio Wesleyan University, earning his BFA in 2001.^[3]

Following his graduation, Furie moved to San Francisco^[4] where he worke