The Creator: Matt Furie

Matt Furie was born in 1979 Columbus, Ohio where he graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware in 2001. He's currently based in Los Angeles.

Matt's art comes from a mix of child-like enchantment and momentary adult situations. His self proclaimed “children’s book illustrations for adults” combines traditional and modern mark-making for his ripe, cartoon-inspired characters.

In 1997, Matt Furie, won the distinguished "Award of Merit for 2-D art" at the age of 17 for his achievements in drawing at Worthington Kilbourne High School in suburban Columbus, Ohio.

He has exhibited extensively in the USA and Europe. His comic book series “Boy’s Club” is published by Fantagraphics. In 2012 McSweeney’s published Matt’s first children’s book, ‘The Night Riders’, a wordless tale about the adventures of two best friends, a frog and a rat.

Matt is the creator of Pepe the Frog, which appeared in “Boy’s Club” for the first time.

Matt also appears in "Feels Good Man" - a documentary about Pepe the Frog, the ups and downs of being Pepe’s creator and the socio-political battles he went through with and for Pepe.

Matt's channels:

• Website

• Twitter

• IMDB

• Patreon

• Merch store