May 6th, 2017, publisher by Fantagraphics released an issue of Worlds Greatest Cartoonists featuring a comic by Matt Furie with laying in a casket at his funeral. That day, CBR, Mary Sue, Mashable & more reported that Furie had “killed” him by publishing the comic
May 6th, 2017, publisher by Fantagraphics released an issue of Worlds Greatest Cartoonists featuring a comic by Matt Furie with laying in a casket at his funeral. That day, CBR, Mary Sue, Mashable & more reported that Furie had “killed” him by publishing the comic
That day, a anonymous user submitted the comic to /pol/, referring to Furie as a “fucking monster” for killing off the character. In the thread, a user posted the full comic zoomed in on the blue-colored character Brett, saying “It’s the time for Blepe.”
On May 7th, a post requesting additional Blepe illustrations was submitted to the /wsr/ (worksafe requests) board on 4chan, where the original poster revealed that the many were campaigning for Blepe to become the new mascot of the /bant/ (international / random) board.
That day, Redditor Dank_Skeletons submitted a post declaring as “dead” & advising readers to “invest in Brett/Blepe” to /r/MemeEconomy. Meanwhile, Redditor masavo000 submitted screenshots of several Blepe 4chan posts, asking “should we invest in Blepe the blue?”