After a 12-year lifespan that began on Myspace, Pepe the Frog is dead. Creator/artist Matt Furie first shared the character with the world in Boy’s Club #1, and the anthropomorphic frog became famous for the line, “Feels good, man,” said in the strip as he justified urinating at a stall with his pants and underwear fully down to his ankles. However, after the character was co-opted by followers of Donald Trump during the 2016 Presidential Election, the continued negative use of Pepe forced Furie to make a decision.
In a Fantagraphics comic published on Free Comic Book Day this month, Furie said goodbye in a fashion suitable for the beloved frog in a one-page story. This came after a campaign to “Save Pepe,” in which the writer/artist encouraged everyone to flood the Web with positive, in-character representations of him. As Furie told Esquire: “It sucks, but I can’t control it more than anyone can control frogs on the Internet.”
Furie was last featured on HiFructose.com here.
In Brian Blomerth's recently released book, "Bicycle Day," the illustrator chronicles the first-ever ingestion of LSD by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann. The tale combines a loyal account of the 1943 acid trip with Blomerth's beloved style, which has been featured in previous comics and zines—as well as album covers and other outlets.
San Jose based comic book artist and "professional hater" 
