Bates had tweeted a meme that placed Biden — with facial hair and an eye patch — on the movie poster for “The Dark Knight.” “The Malarkey Will End,” it read. “The Dark Brandon Rises.” ...

The "Dark Brandon" meme developed as an ironic portrayal of ... that — while reminiscent of the movie poster for "The Dark Knight Rises" — included an image of an eagle that they say is ...

The precursors to the “Dark Brandon” meme first started to make the rounds ... who created the meme inspired by the poster for “The Dark Knight Rises,” reiterated his comments on the ...

Enter the “Dark Brandon” era. After a string of “good news” for the Biden agenda, White House officials elevated a meme from terminally online obscurity, reclaiming ironic images of a ...

Meme wars are a time-honored internet tradition. The latest political memetic battle centers on the Dark Brandon meme, which is liberals’ new retort to the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon,” an ...

Aja Romano, a culture reporter for Vox who's written about the "Dark Brandon" meme, said it's helping to transform the public's perception of the octogenarian president from a bland figure to ...

President Biden embraced the once right-wing "Dark Brandon" meme on Sunday, appearing to mock the conspiracy theory revolving around the NFL and Taylor Swift's endorsement. "Just like we drew it ...

But the Dark Brandon meme’s popularity among Biden supporters was so swift and decisive that it has effectively become a positive affirmation, not only of Biden himself, but of the internet’s ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Not since Hillary Clinton dabbing on ‘em has a meme been so brutally murdered ...

Basically, “Dark Brandon” memes are images of Joe Biden, except scary and powerful; and they have risen in popularity as the president recovers from COVID-19 and advances his legislative agenda.