StoneToss

StoneToss is a political cartoonist, YouTuber, and NFT artist.https://stonetoss.com/about/ Their comics are known for characteristic drawings of humans, with circular heads, large lips, their prevalence in memeshttps://knowyourmeme.com/memes/subcultures/stonetoss, and political messages. Their weekly webcomic began in June 2017.http://badwebcomicswiki.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Stonetoss They are also fine with being referred to as "Stonetoss", "Stoney" or "Stone", as per their website.
==Content==
A lot of Stonetoss' comics center around many different political topics. Their first comic, The Swirl, was released in July 18 2017http://stonetoss.com/comic/the-swirl/ and from there on they went on to make similar comics, specifically ones that critique the state of politics on modern day America in a right-wing perspective. Its art style is meant to be a reference to old newspaper comics, as they were inspired by Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes) and Jim Davis (Garfield). Before the comic career they would make self made memes on imageboards, but claims that they have lost them now, and a comic would better preserve their work.
Their YouTube channel is dedicated to explaining themself and responding to detractors. Their video, "Who Is StoneToss"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugrXu39MTmA satirizes their reputation as an controversial artist, and he has made responses to detractors such as Vaushhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vcJ7VC8p3Q&ab_channel=StoneToss and Thought Slime.
==Controversy==
=== Comics ===
Their comics have been a source of controversy, to the point where an entire subreddit, r/antifastonetosshttps://www.reddit.com/r/antifastonetoss/, has been created that is dedicated to getting them deplatformed.
Despite this, Stonetoss would later sell nearly $2 million worth of NFTs.https://news.bitcoin.com/political-cartoonist-accuses-nft-platforms-opensea-rarible-of-being-tools-for-political-censorship/ Following this event, the subreddit moderators would shut down their official twitter account after admitting their deplatforming efforts had the opposite of their intended effect.https://web.archive.org/web/20220411063656/https://twitter.com/StonetossAntifa/status/1513405585751953408
Many of Stonetoss' detractors have criticized him for promoting numerous far-right conspiracy theories and prejudices, with some believing Stonetoss to be a neo-Nazi. In response to these claims, Stonetoss statedhttp://stonetoss.com/about/#answer:
"Surprisingly, I am not actually a 90 year-old member of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party. Additionally, I am not a national socialist, fascist, alt-right, or any kind of supremacist. My crime may be worse, however – I make transgressive art.
In my defense, cartooning has a long tradition of slaying society’s sacred cows. Its practice predates the United States itself. My work is similar to those often featured by Charlie Hebdo, published in the New York Times, and shown on Family Guy; all famous non-nazis.
Furthermore, themes featured in the works themselves further ideas of freedom of speech, anti-war, private gun ownership, non-violence, bodily autonomy, and anti-authoritarianism.
I have also featured works from other artists including multiple artists of color.
I would make a very hypocritical nazi indeed. Despite this, some would claim that my most controversial (and successful) cartoon (here) is an example of historical denialism. I invite you to read it yourself.
Of course, a reasonable mind would see that it is a critique of so-called “free thinkers” hysterically trying to shut thinking down. I am hardly the first satirist to receive such a reaction, but thankfully effective enough to do so.
I encourage you to enjoy the comic, but if it offends you, that’s okay too".
===Doxxing===
In March of 2024, after an antifascist Twitter group published materials claiming to have revealed his identity,https://boingboing.net/2024/03/16/nazi-cartoonist-meets-the-streisand-effect-after-twitter-censors-discussion-of-his-identity.html https://www.dailydot.com/debug/stonetoss-comics-identity-doxxed/ Stonetoss sought help from Twitter's owner Elon Musk. Twitter then suspended multiple users who included Stonetoss' alleged real name and home town in their tweets, and amended its privacy policy to prohibit disclosure of other users' real names and personal information. https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-x-blocked-journalists-researchers-neo-nazi-cartoonist/<ref> <ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/elon-musk-x-bans-revealing-names-anonymous-users-cartoon-rcna144486 Critics took the move as evidence of Musk's preferential treatment for neo-Nazis, antisemites, and white supremacists.
=== Friends===
Another source of controversy is their friendship with Estonian animator Antoons, who makes similar offensive comics. 
===NFTs===
Stonetoss began selling NFTs in 2021, developing a new account for it.https://twitter.com/flurksnft His "Flurks" collection, a set of 5,000 NFTs, would sell out just 22 minutes after launching, earning nearly $2 million.https://news.bitcoin.com/political-cartoonist-accuses-nft-platforms-opensea-rarible-of-being-tools-for-political-censorship/https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/11/22/crypto-censorship-nft-marketplaces-opensea-rarible-ban-works-from-political-cartoonist-stonetoss/ They are currently traded on the Scatter.art marketplace.https://www.scatter.art/collection/0xde6b6090d32eb3eeae95453ed14358819ea30d33 
He also made NFTs of George Floyd.https://twitter.com/stone_toss/status/1490012565879111680
==Fandom==
===In-jokes/memes===
* One of their comics from 2017 became a meme on January 2021, named Amogus. The meme was originally a post by one of the members of r/antifastonetoss, and the term has gained popularity worldwide and is now one of the well-known memes of the year of 2021. Stonetoss would capitalize on the meme's popularity by selling it in NFT form.https://www.tiktok.com/@stone_toss/video/7019016751291665669?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&lang=en
*Stonetoss is sometimes nicknamed "Pebblethrow".
*Some Twitter accounts are dedicated to rewriting his comics to be less offensive.https://twitter.com/tone_stoss
==Trivia==
*In an interview, they revealed that their work was inspired by imageboard culture.https://archive.today/MexeD
*They may be a fan of The Owl House, as their old Twitter banner was of its main character, Luz Noceda.https://64.media.tumblr.com/28e28370f32cb82160d0f17aa28db14e/5e754fed8031ea25-a9/s1280x1920/f8cc32348450bd377a26a691c4b94b0e0544d70a.jpg In addition, some have pointed out the similarities in mouth shape between Luz and Stonetoss' characters. Because of this, some people have drawn him and Luz together. He also claims to have worked on the show in some capacity.https://web.archive.org/web/20210606181222/https://img.fireden.net/co/image/1601/68/1601689792919.jpghttps://img.ifunny.co/images/302053357c9f8eb5b7d408cbe1bbe0a87ff0fc72a283ecbbbb569dcec5c64117_1.jpghttps://img.fireden.net/co/image/1603/10/1603101780549.png
==References==
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