Lashes brought up Stars Wars Kid, noting that he might not have been so angry about being a meme if he’d known the money he stood to make off of it, or the benefits he could’ve reaped.

Lashes has been working as a meme manager for about two-and-a-half years. He got his start by helping a friend market and brand Keyboard Cat. “It’s the Elvis of Internet cats,” he says.

If Lashes’s other clients are any measure, the Bundesens may have lucked into the meme-makers version of the American Dream. Charlie Schmidt has reportedly made more than $300,000 between a ...

GRUMPY Cat has made more money in her two short years on Earth than you will in 10 years. It’s depressing but it’s true.

GRUMPY Cat has made more money in her two short years on Earth than you will in 10 years. It’s depressing but it’s true.