Ben Garrison (Cartoonist)
Ben Garrison (Cartoonist)
Ben Garrison is a political cartoonist who resides in Montana. The topics of his artistic creations range from free speech, Libertarianism, Social Justice Warriors, limited government, Anti-globalization movement, Donald Trump, Anti-Elitism, and Constitutional Rights. Garrison has been described as polite, mild-mannered and a gentleman. [undefined]
Neo-Nazi Controversy
In 2010, Garrison's cartoon "A March Toward Tyranny" was vandalized by a Nazi Sympathizer based in New England. The doctored cartoon made its way through various forums on the internet. Even after the unidentified man took the picture off his website, trolls would vandalize his cartoons with Anti-semitic propaganda was pushed by Andrew Anglin's website, The Daily Stormer, and became mainstays on 4chan. For years, left-wing commentators and organizations would painstakingly label Garrison as a white supremacist. [undefined]
In 2014, several doppelganger pages of Garrison appeared calling for violence while spreading his doctored cartoons. Garrison had already numerous times tried to seek libel against his perpetrators in years past but to no avail. He had the pages removed. [undefined]
Today, Garrison tries to ignore the trolls, and participates in interviews to promote his work and spread awareness of which cartoons of his are his originals.