A. Wyatt Mann

[[File:NickBougas.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Bougas in 2008, epitome of a [[white nationalist]] man]]
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'''Nick Bougas''' {{lived|1955}}, better known by the pen name "'''A. Wyatt Mann'''"<ref group=note>Get it? "A. Wyatt Mann" sounds like "a white man"</ref><ref name=bernstein>[https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/the-surprisingly-mainstream-history-of-the-internets-favorit The Surprisingly Mainstream History Of The Internet's Favorite Anti-Semitic Image] by Joseph Bernstein (February 5, 2015, at 3:33 p.m. ET) ''Buzzfeed''.</ref> is a Grade-Z documentary film director/producer, cartoonist, and flat-out [[white supremacist]]. His [[propaganda]] is usually targeted against [[Jews]], [[African Americans]], Hispanics, Latinos, Asians, and the [[LGBT]] community, and occasionally [[Native Americans]], [[Romani]] people, Eastern Europeans, [[Christian]]s, [[Muslim]]s, [[communists]], [[socialists]], [[capitalist]]s, Arabs, left-leaning people, big business, and sometimes even the [[French]], [[Italian]]s, [[Greeks]], and [[Irish]]. Most of his horrid comics were illustrated in the 1980s and 1990s, but he still makes comics today. Please note that these will make your eyes bleed.

Bougas' first known appearance on the public scene was in 1980 with his short film ''Gay, Gay Hollywood''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0099262/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Nick Bougas] ''IMDb''.</ref> Bougas later showed up as a cartoonist for the notorious 4-issue zine ''Answer Me!'' (1991-1994) that was written by Jim and Debbie Goad.<ref>{{wpa|Answer Me!|''Answer Me!''}}</ref> Jim Goad later claimed credit for being an antecedent to the alt-right based on his book, ''The Redneck Manifesto''.<ref>[https://www.wweek.com/arts/books/2017/10/17/two-decades-after-author-jim-goad-fell-from-grace-in-portland-hes-re-emerged-as-an-icon-of-the-alt-right/ Two Decades After Author Jim Goad Fell From Grace In Portland, He’s Re-emerged As an Icon of the Alt-Right: Portlanders often view the alt-right that elected Trump as a phenomenon foreign to our city. But the “bible” of the Proud Boys was written right here.] by Matthew Korfhage (Published October 17, 2017 Updated October 23, 2017) ''Willamette Week''.</ref>

As a film director, Bougas specialized in ultra-low budget exploitation films of the {{wpl|Mondo film|'Mondo'-type}} (featuring gore and death scenes) as well as Hollywood exploitation films. His first Mondo film, ''Death Scenes'' (1989), was hosted by Church of Satan founder [[Anton LaVey]] {{lived|1930|1997}}, who was partly Jewish.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0140945/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_18 Death Scenes (1989)] ''IMDb''.</ref> Bougas also featured LaVey in his 1993 video documentary, ''Speak of the Devil''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183811/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_1 Speak of the Devil (1993)] ''IMDb''.</ref> Bougas has also attended a gathering of [[satanist]]s that was hosted by LaVey's daughter, {{wpl|Zeena Schreck||.}}<ref name=bernstein/> Notably, Bougas also got along with {{wpl|Adam Parfrey}} {{lived|1957|2018}}, who was half Jewish,<ref name=bernstein/> so it raises the question of what was Bougas' intent with these cartoons, was he race-baiting/[[trolling]] or is he an open [[antisemite]] who just happened to get along socially with secular Jews?<ref name=bernstein/> Bougas' fascination with gore, murder, and serial killers<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0099262/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm Nick Bougas: Biography] ''IMDb''.</ref> is indicative of a misanthropic [[worldview]], which might support the trolling hypothesis.

In 2015, BuzzFeed News became the first media outlet to report that Bougas was behind the "A. Wyatt Mann" pseudonym after they interviewed some of the individuals who worked with Bougas.<ref name=bernstein/>

==Others==
Other bigots besides Bougas have taken up the [[pseudonym]] of A. Wyatt Mann, most notably convicted mosque burner and [[pedophile]] Patrick Keogan.<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2016/07/28/fbi-arrests-man-who-posted-%E2%80%98burn-your-local-mosque%E2%80%99 FBI Arrests Man Who Posted ‘Burn Your Local Mosque’] by Bill Morlin (July 28, 2016) ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref><ref>[https://www.justice.gov/usao-ma/pr/wilmington-man-sentenced-threatening-mosque-and-illegally-possessing-firearms-and-child Wilmington Man Sentenced for Threatening Mosque and Illegally Possessing Firearms and Child Pornography] (March 28, 2018) ''The United States Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts''.</ref>

A bigoted fan of the artwork took on the name 'A Wyatt Man',<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171110021043/https://en.metapedia.org/m/index.php?title=User:A_Wyatt_Man&oldid=383632 User:A Wyatt Man] ''Metapedia'' (archived from November 10, 2017).</ref> and was banned from [[Metapedia]] for vandalism or trolling in 2014.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180128232044/https://en.metapedia.org/wiki/User_talk:A_Wyatt_Man User talk:A Wyatt Man] ''Metapedia''(archived from January 28, 2018).</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171108104531/https://en.metapedia.org/m/index.php?title=User_talk:A_Wyatt_Man&action=history Revision history of "User talk:A Wyatt Man"] ''Metapedia'' (archived from November 8, 2017).</ref> Following their eviction from Metapedia, 'A Wyatt Man' along with [[Michael Coombs]] and Eleonóra Dubiczki founded [[Rightpedia]], an even more pro-Nazi fork of Metapedia.<ref>[http://archive.is/YYlZD User:Wyatt] ''Rightpedia'' (archived from 27 Aug 2016 00:07:59 UTC).</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190404062318/https://kiwifarms.net/threads/rightpedia.31219/ Rightpedia - More like wrongpedia] by GethN7 (May 30, 2017) ''Kiwi Farms'' (Archived from April 4, 2019).</ref>

==Some examples==
Unlike his [[alt-right]] fans, A. Wyatt Mann makes no attempt to hide his racism, and his brand of bigotry is very explicit. Even though he usually doesn't sign his cartoons, it's not very hard to recognize his work and his amateurish pen-and-paper art style. 

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File:Shlomo shekelstein source.jpg|This cartoon explicitly calls for a [[genocide]] of Jews and blacks, dehumanizing them by comparing them to rats and bugs. If that anti-Semitic caricature looks familiar, that's because this is where [[le Happy Merchant]] came from.<Ref>[https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/happy-merchant The Happy Merchant], ''Anti-Defamation League''</ref>
File:Abnr.jpg|A very overt example of the [[black brute]] stereotype. Notice the big lips and [[chimpanzee]]-like features, common tropes in racist depictions of black people.
File:awm cartoon palestinians.jpg|A cartoon supporting [[Islamic]] [[terrorists]] because they bomb Jews. That's not to say Mann likes Muslims though.
File:awm cartoon 3.jpg|Criticizing people for their accents is pretty rich coming from a guy who can't even spell "cell" and "unintelligible" right. Like Le Happy Merchant, this cartoon has also gotten traction amongst the [[alt-right]].<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/04/19/day-trope-white-nationalist-memes-thrive-reddits-rthedonald Day of the trope: White nationalist memes thrive on Reddit's r/The_Donald] by Justin Ward (April 19, 2018) ''Southern Poverty Law Center''</ref>
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==See also==
* [[Stonetoss]] — The modern-day version of A. Wyatt Mann, except with even shittier artwork and even less inspiration.
* [[Jack Chick]] — Equally nutty bigoted [[totalitarian]] cartoonist from the 1970s-1990s, but [[dominionist]] instead
* [[Billy the Heretic]] — A couple of neo-Nazis wanted to be the next A. Wyatt Mann, but failed miserably.

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