Police with their guns already drawn, confronted by several black men armed with: 1) a burning torch, 2) a set of brass knuckles, and 3) a stick, plus one unarmed black man, but the police are talking as if they are totally about to die? Weirdly realistic.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 17 June 2018 18:52 (five years ago) link
From May:
http://martianmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/respawning-history.png
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Sunday, 17 June 2018 23:48 (five years ago) link
imo, rightwing cartoons that are full-on alt-right/4-chan neo-nazi like this guy are not really 'batshit', I think to qualify as batshit the cartoon has to be inadvertently giving away more than the cartoonist intended? (Ben Garrison uses alt-right tropes but doesn't really understand them because he's a clueless boomer and is therefore batshit)
― soref, Monday, 18 June 2018 07:02 (five years ago) link
yeah that's not batshit, that's just repellent
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 18 June 2018 07:48 (five years ago) link
Yeah, the Martian Mag dude is just straight Nazi; even has his own character in a Groyper pose for a Twitter pic
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Monday, 18 June 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
Ok but the dude getting his ass kicked is literally wearing a Nazi uniform pic.twitter.com/ujcLxo8dV4— society liver (@NormsRespecter) June 19, 2018
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 15:04 (five years ago) link
lol
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 15:31 (five years ago) link
that's too good.
also love the circa '67 Berkeley flower child wielding the "love" sign. these guys' conception of "the Left" really hasn't changed in 40 years.
― constitutional crises they fly at u face (will), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 15:35 (five years ago) link
half the comments under the tweet are people trying to figure out whether it's a legit garrison-esque cartoon, or an attempt to parody garrison and company.
― noel gallaghah's high flying burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (Doctor Casino), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
these guys' conception of "the Left" really hasn't changed in 40 years.
it took at least half a century for the cartoon trope of the bomb-throwing anarchist to die.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 17:14 (five years ago) link
I had a look at the cartoonist's twitter feed, and I still can't quite work out what his angle is tbh - https://twitter.com/mackaycartoons/media
(it doesn't help that most of his cartoons are about Canadian politics, about which I know next to nothing).
He doesn't seem particularly right-wing, or particularly 'political' at all for a political cartoonist (which is maybe why the cartoon is confusing, it's what happens when an "I make fun of idiots on the left AND the right" guy tries to tackle this subject?)
― soref, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 18:24 (five years ago) link
from his Canadian political cartoons he seems left-leaning (seems both anti-Doug Ford and anti-Justin Trudeau), but also seems to think supporting the more left-leaning NDP is mostly a lost cause. So a pretty typical left of center Canadian basically.
This doesn't really get me much closer to guessing what he's going for with the above cartoon. It doesn't quite work as parody imo.
― silverfish, Wednesday, 20 June 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
makes u think, right?
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 21:02 (five years ago) link
Yesssss
https://i.imgur.com/wWcsYvV.jpg
― Paul Reverse and the rediaRs (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 25 June 2018 18:52 (five years ago) link
And don’t come back bawk
― omar little, Monday, 25 June 2018 22:00 (five years ago) link
Ben Garrison applies the soft filter to his SHS caricature too apparently
― Paul Reverse and the rediaRs (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 25 June 2018 23:21 (five years ago) link
i hope my son enjoys the two gifts i got him for christmas, an american flag and a cigarette lighter. there is no way this could backfire pic.twitter.com/dit9lGiwPl— Frank Furtschool ☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭☭ (@kulturalmarx) June 30, 2018
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Sunday, 1 July 2018 01:44 (five years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/BriOGmt.jpg
Trump, the Unconquerable Sun
― Paul Reverse and the rediaRs (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 2 July 2018 06:31 (five years ago) link
Smuggest fucking sun I've ever seen
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 2 July 2018 07:27 (five years ago) link
Love how Trump beams in these cartoons and can never manage more than a smirk or a grimace IRL
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 2 July 2018 08:57 (five years ago) link
I like how he's put an eighth note next to the picture of Cher so you know it's Cher
― soref, Monday, 2 July 2018 10:31 (five years ago) link
dunno if Trump causing the planet to melt is the best metaphor here
― frogbs, Monday, 2 July 2018 13:08 (five years ago) link
Why does Jerry Garcia have a steak on his head?
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 2 July 2018 14:25 (five years ago) link
assume it identifies him as the only one who's wrong
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 2 July 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DhHF0DIW4AIdaGS.jpg
ben takin it to the next level
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 2 July 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
I remember a few years ago hearing some radio interview with him where he was like "I dont agree with everything the republicans stand for. I'm actually more of a libertarian!"
― how's life, Monday, 2 July 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link
It sounded way off-base back then and has just become increasingly absurd.
― how's life, Monday, 2 July 2018 16:01 (five years ago) link
uh whoa he really is, huh xp
― marcos, Monday, 2 July 2018 16:01 (five years ago) link
ok nm that's fake? not that it matters lol
― marcos, Monday, 2 July 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
Was just thinking, that doesn't actually look like his work. The four ethnic stereotype heads are all obviously clip art, and BG always includes his copyright and URL beneath his signature. I think this is someone trying to smear him.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 2 July 2018 16:03 (five years ago) link
That said, the really fucked-up thing is that I saw that drawing on Twitter, retweeted by Ron Paul.
― grawlix (unperson), Monday, 2 July 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
so... there are racist stereotype clip art images, is what I've learned from this thread
― Οὖτις, Monday, 2 July 2018 16:05 (five years ago) link
yeah i saw the ron paul thing. want to give my heartfelt apologies to ben for my contribution to this besmirching of his otherwise respectable brand
― Roberto Spiralli, Monday, 2 July 2018 16:08 (five years ago) link
iirc, Garrison's origin story is that he first came to prominence when 4chan started trolling him by doctoring his loopy conspiracy theorist cartoons so they were explicitly about jews and white nationalism, he spent years trying to stop them, then eventually when the alt-right became a thing ppl like Milo and the Gorilla Mindset guy tapped him to do pictures for them because of the ironic appreciation of his art by their fans? He seems like the he probably would have ended up on the Trump-train regardless
https://media.wired.com/photos/59446bb3bdf4147696f427d9/master/w_532,c_limit/979.jpg
― soref, Monday, 2 July 2018 16:22 (five years ago) link
That 'meltdown' one is just another unimaginative iteration of 'let us drink these delicious libtears'. I suspect this is because Ben couldn't figure out how to make the incarceration of toddlers appear as a bold new level of achievement.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 2 July 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link
That walking pyramid is a hell of a thing
― Paul Reverse and the rediaRs (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 00:30 (five years ago) link
4chan loves a bunch of dumb 80s caricatures signed "A. Wyatt Mann", and the Garrison modifications that Paul reposted are from that batch.
― Three Word Username, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 11:49 (five years ago) link
xp
https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/HTB12u20OXXXXXXGXpXXq6xXFXXXQ/Silent-Hill-Action-Figure-Pyramid-Head-Figma-PVC-150mm-Collectible-Model-Toy-Anime-Movie-Silent-Hill.jpg_640x640.jpg
― Eliza D., Tuesday, 3 July 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link
Was wondering how long before he got round to this:
https://grrrgraphics.com/democrat-socialistss-bray-ve-new-world/
https://grrrgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/ocasio_cortez_cartoon.jpg
The attached essay is...something.
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:23 (five years ago) link
Michael Moore is quite the big time power broker in Garrison's imagination. hope nobody tells him about John Oliver!
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:29 (five years ago) link
Rob Reiner, too.
― grawlix (unperson), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:33 (five years ago) link
you mean jerry garcia with a steak on his head?
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 16:42 (five years ago) link
basically the message here is "democrat but with leftish agenda" correct?
― Neil S, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 17:00 (five years ago) link
Oh, meathead, I get it now. Subtle.
― Arthur Funzonerelli (stevie), Thursday, 5 July 2018 13:55 (five years ago) link
Helpful, too, since Reiner's done nothing with his life since appearing on a sitcom 40 years ago.
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 5 July 2018 14:04 (five years ago) link
I love the way he uses the quote from Starship Troopers and am looking forward to someone sending him a link to an interview with Verhoeven and spoiling one of his favourite movies.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 5 July 2018 14:20 (five years ago) link
Busy week:
https://grrrgraphics.com/michael-moore-airlines/
https://grrrgraphics.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/left_wing_michael_moore.jpg
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Thursday, 5 July 2018 19:38 (five years ago) link
also these guys are petty enough to want to continue attacking figureheads from like 10-15 years ago e.g. Rosie O’donnell
― Glower, Disruption & Pies (kingfish), Thursday, 5 July 2018 19:40 (five years ago) link
to be fair, their go-to voices are still shits like Rush and Hannity, so naturally they expect we still hang on Michael Moore's every word.
― nonsensei (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 5 July 2018 19:48 (five years ago) link
he's getting better on likeness, I'll give him that
also I can remember variations of that cartoon that go back to the Reagan era, probably earlier still
― Scam jam, thank you ma’am (Sparkle Motion), Thursday, 5 July 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link