Make-Believe
THE MOST INFLUENTIAL FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
by DANIEL D’ADDARIO
Dec 19, 2016
2 minutes
1 Pepe the Frog
The fringe comic character, created by artist Matt Furie in 2005, was already a popular Internet meme. But this year Pepe became ubiquitous as the mascot of the alt right movement, which used him in racist, profane social-media posts. In September, the
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