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Feels Good Man (2020)

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Artist Matt Furie grew up drawing cartoons, particularly frogs with prominent, anthropoid faces. In 2005, he published Boy’s Club, a comic featuring a cast of gangly goof-offs, among them a frog named Pepe who became a messageboard in-joke and then an Internet sensation.

IMAGE: Still - based on original artwork

"Based on Original Artwork by Matt Furie" credit

Spreading like wildfire from Myspace to Tumblr to 4Chan, Pepe became a symbol of hate used by various far-right and white supremacist groups in the mid-2010s. 

Fast forward to 2020. Director Arthur Jones’ doc Feels Good Man tells the story of the amphibian’s appropriation, its effects on Furie and our current meme-infused culture. Spectacular segments of animation by Jones, Jenna Caravello, Nicole Stafford, and Khylin Woodrow bring Pepe to life. Beginning with the opening titles, the animation gives the film a jump-start and establishes a visual language that moors the picture in a bright and bizarre reality. The opener features bold title type, rich colour and “a whiz-bang crescendo,” to borrow the words of Louise Sandhaus, one of the panel judges for Art of the Title’s Top 10 Title Sequences of 2020.

The film is capped off in style, too, with a closing animation to match: Pepe dives away in a totally zen sunset send-off. Ultimately, the titles are a wonderfully accessible, inviting and joyful introduction to a far-reaching and powerful cartoon phenomenon.


* Voted one of Art of the Title's Top 10 Title Sequences of 2020

Feels Good Man (2020) end titles

  • Credits

Based on Original Artwork by: Matt Furie

Animated by: Jenna Caravello, Arthur Jones, Nicole Stafford, Khylin Woodrow
Motion Graphics & Design: Arthur Jones
Additional Animation by: Joseph Bennett, Drew Blatman, Angelo Hatgistavrou

Music by: Ari Balouzian, Ryan Hope
Closing Song Mixed by: Daniel Long 

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Title sequence

  • Category

    Film
  • Styles

    2020s, animation, character animation, main title
Feels Good Man
  • Film Director

    Arthur Jones
  • Release Date

    August 28, 2020
  • Aspect Ratio

    1.78:1
  • Studios

    Ready Fictions, Wavelength Productions, XTR, Museum & Crane, Secret Sauce Media, Whitewater Films
  • Country

    USA
  • Language

    English
  • Reviews

    Reviews on Letterboxd
  • IMDb has full details

Article

  • Writer

    Lola Landekic
  • Published

    October 6, 2020

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