By Benjamin Garrison
"Rogue Cartoonist" tells the tale of an self sufficient artist and muckraker named Ben Garrison. In 2008, the massive banks have been bailed out. Ben wrote his senators and congressman and requested them to vote opposed to the bailout, however the invoice handed besides. Ben made up our minds balloting was once no longer potent. He desired to do extra. He desired to do what the mainstream media wasn't doing. He desired to ring alarm bells. He grew to become a citizen muckraker. In 2009, he made up our minds to attract editorial cartoons to aid create information of a turning out to be police country, corrupt politicians, and a dysfunctional process of cash. He started importing the cartoons to message forums on the net. They unfold like wildfire. Many went 'viral.' Ben's cartoons have been republished on many decent blogs. He obtained loads of encouraging electronic mail. Then a legion of net trolls started attacking him. He got hate mail. His cartoons have been altered through nameless entities. The trolls defaced his paintings into anti-Semitic and racist hatred whereas ensuring they left his identify at the cartoons. They unfold the libel day-by-day and for 5 lengthy years. web se's started deciding on up the dislike. Ben's attractiveness used to be ruined through an invisible horde of haters. first and foremost he made up our minds to disregard the trolls, yet they didn't develop bored. in its place they ramped up their assaults on social media. Cyber bullying and trolling became an incredible challenge on the web. Ben explains that darkish aspect and in his ebook he unmasks the various trolls. He explains why it's tricky to convey them to justice. He describes the recognition of web memes between children. His ebook encourages others to turn into citizen muckrakers. It additionally serves as a warning—those who're powerful may also face monstrous assaults from nameless trolls who're out to close down the unfastened speech of these conversing out opposed to govt corruption.
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I 43/347 graduated on a Friday and was to start my career the following Monday. I drew a series of cartoons to support the hostages in Iran. This experience helped spark an interest in editorial cartooning. I worked diligently to sharpen my newspaper skills, and when Ron Cook left to pursue commercial art in San Antonio, the StandardTimes needed me. It was nice to finally feel like I was making a worthwhile contribution. I was moving up in the world. I even had my own office, a small windowless room that consisted of yellow painted cinder blocks, but it was mine and 45/347 it had a door.
I wasn’t sure what these words meant, but they sure sounded sophisticated. I looked up to him and badgered him with a lot of questions until he would grow weary and tell me, a goofy underclassman, to shut up. He also laughed at what I painted. He must have seen that I had developed a modest talent, but I was painting things such as red barns in fields, mountain streams, and cowboys on horses. I once painted a cowboy hermit walking out of the door of his mountain cabin and welcoming the viewer with a pot of coffee.
Several of my cartoons were included in a college textbook, Practicing Texas Politics. That book has progressed through many editions since and is still used to this day. It was a good feeling to succeed and gain some notoriety. Even though at that time I had not really decided what my political views were, I was gaining confidence. It was also about that time that a young artist was hired to work in the advertising department. Her name was Tina Norton and she had long blond hair. She was beautiful.
