Local Satirist Retires His 'Little' Online Sensation
Reuben Glaser's "Little Face Mitt Romney" enjoyed a large following during the lengthy election. However, it was time to add the final punchline after results were tallied on Nov. 6.
The presidential election brought Gov. Mitt Romney’s journey to lead the United States to an end. However, the final second of a local satirist’s 15 minutes of fame also ticked away once the race was called for President Barack Obama.
Recent Menomonee Falls High School graduate, and humorist, Reuben Glaser, brought a few little smiles to folks on the Internet with his brand of Photoshop tricks. Glaser reworked photos of Mitt Romney, and gave him a little face. That's it.
The simple computer trick turned into an Internet sensation, and his photos of Romney with a little face circulated throughout the web with countless other politically charged memes. Glaser’s 'little' Photoshop trick has garnered the attention of Gawker, UPROXX, Buzzfeed, PostSecret, Mother Jones, Funny or Die and MSNBC’s Alex Wagner.
His Facebook page quickly gained more than 13,000 followers, and Glaser even started selling “Little Face Mitt” t-shirts. However, his run to fame ended Nov. 6, and it was time to face the music. Glaser announced Tuesday to his followers that he would no longer doctor photos for amusement.
“Whether you like it or not, Little Face Mitt has descended into complete irrelevancy in one night flat,” Glaser said. “While I find myself totally at a loss and in a state of flux without pictures of Romney’s face to shrink, this is good and this is what I had hoped would happen all along. This gives it a graceful exit.”
Glaser hopes Little Face Mitt will be remembered amongst the sad Big Bird, binders full of women, Romney’s horses and bayonets, Benghazi, Obama’s blame Bush, and other memes of the 2012 election.
“While I don’t expect there to be a Little Face Mitt chapter in future textbooks of course,” Glaser said. “I just take a good deal of pride that such an absurd thing managed to reach so many of you and in some way got people involved.
For those seeking some kind of deeper explanation for Glaser’s brainchild, you’ll be left searching. Glaser explained on his Tumblr.com page - which is also the site of his collection of photos - that the purpose of the project is, “To get people to involuntarily forever see Mitt Romney with a tiny face.”
It isn’t clear what Glaser’s next project will be, but it isn’t the first time he’s entered the political arena as a practical joker. Glaser caused a bit of a stir when he produced Kurt Heins’ campaign video for Waukesha County Clerk. The Waukesha Freeman ran story about the campaign, and flames were further flamed by a blog post on Patch.
When media scrutiny amplified for the upstart Heins campaign, Glaser was was abruptly ‘fired’ from his post as Chief Strategist and Campaign Manager for the Heins campaign. According to a post on the ‘campaign’ page, Glaser was abruptly fired for ‘disobeying’ Mr. Heins in what was called ‘insubordination’.
Glaser and Heins admitted that the whole stunt was a senior prank.
Steve ®
2:26 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Did we check if he obtained a BTR # and collected sales tax during the sale of these T-shirts?
Nuitari
4:59 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Blue fister garbage.
Craig
5:05 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Guess that the reelection of B. Hussein Obama put this guys small business under also. Talk about satire...
More proof that under Obama the makers are becoming takers.
Melissa
5:30 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
I guess I'd rather be Little Face Mitt Romney instead of Little Brain Obummer.
Nuitari
6:51 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Now, if someone did this to Obama's face, they'd be called a racist....why look at that in the pictures above. Guess I'll be the racist.
Steve ®
9:15 pm on Thursday, November 8, 2012
I would guess that half of the profits were given to the federal government, and 7.5% given to the state. Right?
jerry mislang
8:30 am on Friday, November 9, 2012
Any chance you can start a "Little Face Harry" campaign?
Keaton
5:52 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
haha, these comments are ridiculous. Way to be upset about the most deliberately silly acts of humor. You all might want to try relaxing or meditating sometime. There is more to life, and the internet, then spewing hate and contention in the comments section on blog posts about photoshopped politcians.
Freedom Lover
9:50 am on Saturday, November 10, 2012
who here thinks keaton should die and we can just say we were "standing out ground?" LOL!
Freedom Lover
8:35 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
@Keaton
You have no room too talk. You are probably just another one of his gay acomplishes. You are just as bad of libtard trash as this "funny" kid with the Romney faces. You should be speared through the eyes with meathooks and put in a CHina locker freezer alongside Glazer and Hussein Obama for hating america and being a communist eurotrash and then see what you say. But I no you wont, because welfare queens will just step in and stop it because obama does whatever they tell him to do when hes not being muslim with his wife who hates what we eat. What he did with PRESIDENT Mitt Romney's pictures is offensive and unacceptable. he shuld be jailed with his other liberal gay friends instead of making fun of the mn who wanted to save American and waiting for handouts from Obozo. he sinned and will be punished by god for his anti-American behavor. God sees all. I wonder what Rush Limbaug would think about this if he read it HMMMM.
I hope he moves to CHINA before he can do another 'prank.' Im with Steve, Craig and Nuitari. They always say the truth and speak it like it is. he should be ashamed. i love Menomonee Falls and people like this "kid" do not belong here. He should go to the gay paradise of Dane County with Katharine Falk so he can shut up and we dont have to see him anymore.
Go, Nuitari! Lol
Keaton
10:27 pm on Friday, November 9, 2012
*accomplices.
Also, saying "PRESIDENT Mitt Romney" is misguiding, because he is not the president.
Nuitari
6:43 am on Saturday, November 10, 2012
Freedom Lover, what these liberals don't seem to grasp is that at least in the Falls, with damn near complete voter turnout, they only got less than a third of the votes. We did our part. If they want to make satirical t-shirts because they can't otherwise discredit a better candidate, let them.
Freedom Lover
9:46 am on Saturday, November 10, 2012
Nuitari, this election was a sham and a fraud because Joe biden lied and made it so that all the votes went to Hussein Obama the terrorist. i wouldn't be surprised if Glaser tried to make biden steal the electio in Menomonee Falls but he couldnt come because he knew we were stronger and smarter than him to let him do that. Mitt Romney IS the president and i dont care what anybody says. Even thogh the black terrorist is "in office" and it waiting to drop the bomb and steal christmas, i will only listen to what Mitt Romney says because all the gays and muslims stole the election even thoough Romney really won. Biden lied and freedom died!
Carl Engelking
1:10 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
This comment should and perhaps will actually be sent over to the Menomonee Falls Police Department. Whether intended as comedy or not - the fact that you can arrange words and thoughts in such a manner is a sign of a disturbed individual.
" You should be speared through the eyes with meathooks and put in a CHina locker freezer alongside Glazer and Hussein Obama for hating america and being a communist eurotrash and then see what you say"
This is what we do with our freedom of speech.
Steve ®
12:58 am on Saturday, November 10, 2012
My real concern is this liberal wanting me, a business owner, play by one set of rules but not play by the same. I am expect to pay for every program under the socialist sun but this is extra free cash to someone with a 1st degree education in Chinese ripoff photoshop.
Sales Tax is due by January 31st.
Freedom Lover
9:53 am on Saturday, November 10, 2012
it was a government mandate and a referendum and glaser didnt listen because libtards never listen. Shame...
Steve ®
1:21 am on Saturday, November 10, 2012
Did the media check the copyright info on the photo that he used? Do we have a legal data purchase and authorized change by the owner and Mitt Romney?
Ben Dover
10:22 am on Saturday, November 10, 2012
Satire is protected as fair use.
Freedom Lover
9:43 am on Saturday, November 10, 2012
YEAH! THANK U STEVE AND NUITARI U guys get it. This Glaser "kid" who is probably like 9 years old and is gay and isn't a true American who is mature and understanding like I am should go to jail and get raped in the butt by big muscle libtard men every single day until he is 80 and then should die after everyoe has forgot about him so he can no that his life was a failure. I wish he could just comit suicide like all those fake "depressed" high follutint sophisticated swine artist types but if he killed himself it wouldnt be bad enough punishment for being a gay hater of america. I wish we could get Scott Walker to arrest him and put him in a dark cell nd hand him from his fingers and feed him chinese grule every day so he cant die but so he can be miserable and hate hs life every day as a punishment for being communist. i bet his parents hate him and i no everyobyd in menomone falls does and he doesnt deserve to be happy like we do. i am actually crying this week because freedom died and obama won and Scott Walker needs to do something about it here at home in Wisconsin. WALKER/RYAN 2014. He is a new ager and so is this "keaton" kid and when Jesus comes back and punished u and Hussein Obama the terrorist satan and this retarded faggot glaser kid you'll be sorry. i play by the rules and am kind to all and i no i will go o heaven. I just wish you could be more like me. God help you.
Anon
12:50 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
Heaven, hahahahh what a joke.
Carl Engelking
12:55 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Wow - I thought about deleting this post, but I'll let ignorance and vitriol reign. So much anger from such an anonymous person. God help you as well. Fortunately, freedom is not dead, and you can still post well-authored nonsense like this.
Steve ®
1:12 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
This is why we love you Carl
Carl Engelking
1:15 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
And to use God in such a hate-filled post is the true irony.
Chief Toby Keef
10:30 am on Saturday, November 10, 2012
Glaser's radical act of photoshopping someone's face to appear smaller than normal threatens my way of life and destroys the fabric of this nation.
Freedom Lover
10:33 am on Saturday, November 10, 2012
THANK YOU. Are you really a chief? Maybe you should arrest him but then "forget" him in your locked police car for a couple months and then find his bloated corpse and say "woops!" If you do let me know so I can pee on it before it gets buried LOL! He is a radical and should be punished. Treat those as others as you'd like to treat yourself.
Raman Kutty
4:45 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
But on the TV I learned that gays love fabric! Why are they trying to destroy the fabric of this country? Why do they hate America? Why is the Earth flat? As a patriotic red-blooded American I demand answers.
Chief Toby Keef
5:35 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
@Raman America is a tightly woven cotton/freedom/polyester blend (made in China). Even the least fashionable of gays wouldn't be caught dead in a cheap polyester blend.
Keaton
12:04 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
Barack Obama is the president of the United States of America.
You're all the worst kind of people.
FreedomIsntFree
12:44 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
waitwaitwaitwaitwait! you mean to tell me that his face wasn't that small to start with?!!!11 i'm sooooo upset that those filthy liberals would do something like this, and even more upset with myself for falling for it!!!!!1
Anon
12:49 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
It's funny how I'm only 18 and am more mature than the majority of the people posting on this page. Grow up, stop using pointless insults, work together to get something done. You are all wastes of time, space, and resources, or is that what god intended.
Stop pouting and grow up.
Madeline
12:53 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
I agree with Keaton. And also, even if all of you people didn't vote for Obama he is still our President. Just because you didn't vote for him doesn't mean he isn't the leader of the free world. You all need to suck it up and start supporting/showing some respect for the leader of OUR country.
FreedomIsntFree
12:59 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
good to know Romney is still going strong!! http://www.theonion.com/articles/romney-camp-retooling-campaign-after-latest-setbac,30282/
[name implying superiority goes here]
1:39 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
The supreme level of bull$hi!t being spewed on this comment section makes my head hurt. Many people commenting are very obviously racist, are furthermore bigoted against other religions (and obviously have no clue that Obama is actually a Christian), and are bigoted against sexual minorities. They also have no clue about simple concepts underlying political systems (go back to school, your idea of communism let alone socialism needs a serious reboot).
Of course, it is probably much easier to hide behind a computer spewing racist junk, death threats, and conspiracy theories than actually educating oneself & moving forward with life as an individual and as a productive American citizen.
Chief Toby Keef
2:07 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
Yeah, I think homosexuals choose to burn in hell. That's my belief. Why are you so intolerant of MY beliefs?
[name implying superiority goes here]
4:04 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
Chief unlike you I don't support laws that discriminate against fellow Americans. I'm only intolerant of another persons beliefs when they find it appropriate to bastardize our democracy with this Jim Crow freedom-limiting garbage policy.
Raman Kutty
4:04 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
Haha, this thread reminds me of that time that people were up in arms because The Onion published an article about the $8B Planned Parenthood Abortionplex. The word "satirist" is in the title of the article, people.
Keaton
2:30 pm on Sunday, November 11, 2012
I think you guys are just mad that this Glaser guy has made more of an impact on politics with photoshop, than you have in the countless hours you've spent writing useless comments! haha
Raman Kutty
5:04 pm on Sunday, November 11, 2012
Yeah, Chief and I super butthurt about the whole affair.
Ben
12:50 pm on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Not only do I agree with Keaton, I'm pretty ashamed to call these people my neighbors. Hopefully I'll never need to meet them.