Colorado Politics: Q&A with Tobin Stone | Graphic designer energizes center-left, from YIMBY to Dark Brandon

Tobin Stone didn't come up with "Dark Brandon," the popular meme depicting Joe Biden as an aggressive, no-nonsense president, often with laser beams shooting from his eyes, but the 22-year-old Democrat who grew up in Eagle County played a key role in popularizing the image.

Last summer, Stone turned his proclivity for creating online graphics — his first foray drew criticism from then-House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy — to a satirical take on the iconic "The Dark Knight Rises" movie poster, only instead of featuring Batman in front of an edgy Bat-Signal, the image featured a stern, eyepatch-wearing Biden in front of a fiery eagle and the headline "The Dark Brandon Rises." The poster read "The Malarky Will End," referencing a trademark Biden phrase for nonsense, with the date of last year's midterm election, Nov. 8, displayed below.