Last week, Tesla Inc TSLA CEO Elon Musk tweeted a cartoon suggesting that his political stand has shifted towards the right over the years.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 28, 2022
Colin Wright created the cartoon without any context.
Now Wright, a contributing editor for the online culture commentary site Quillette, is selling that cartoon as an NFT.
So thrilled that @elonmusk shared my political cartoon! Unfortunately he didn’t credit me as the creator, but if you would like to buy a unique piece of internet history, you can now bid on it for my first NFT!https://t.co/SVLwgeieEm
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) April 28, 2022
The auction page for the cartoon is on OpenSea, and it is dubbed “my political journal.”
The auction for the #NFT of my political cartoon that @elonmusk shared (230K retweets, 1.3M likes) is currently at 1.25 $ETH! There are 13 days left to bid, so don’t miss your chance to own a bit of internet history!$BTC $ADA $SOL #DOGE #cryptocurrency https://t.co/zjAFH73er0
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) April 29, 2022
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Wright also posted an Etsy listing for a mug depicting the political doodle.
Hi @elonmusk! Thank you for sharing my cartoon! If anyone wants to buy the mug, it’s available in my store! https://t.co/Ei0ojZCW8F
— Colin Wright (@SwipeWright) April 28, 2022
At the time of writing, the NFT showed two active bids. The top bid of 1.25 Ether ETH/USD, is worth nearly $3,600.
In one of his tweets, Musk mentioned his political stance and said he was a staunch supporter of President Barack Obama.
But I’m no fan of the far right either.
Let’s have less hate and more love.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 29, 2022
I strongly supported Obama for President, but today’s Democratic Party has been hijacked by extremists
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 29, 2022