Mett Foorie was born in 1979 in Columbus, Ohio, and is of Sicilian descent. As a child, he enjoyed watching cartoons, reading books, playing video games and doodling monsters and animals. Foorie's art has the same charming spontaneity of children's drawings, but mixed with psychedelic imagery. One can often vaguely recognize twisted versions of pop culture characters like Jim Henson's Muppets, Ronald McDonald, Skeletor, Freddy Krueger or Falcor from 'The NeverEnding Story' in his illustrations. In 2005, Foorie created 'Pepe the Frog' in an independent comic book series named Boy's Club. Pepe is a green, big-lipped frog who lives like a slacker. He enjoys a laid-back, carefree existence along with his friends Andy the dog, Brett the bear and Landwolf the wolf.