Is A.I. a Threat to Comics?
Comic Reviews for the week ending 4/28/2024
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Have you heard of Artificial Intelligence, aka A.I.? If you’re on the Internet in any capacity, you’re probably sick of hearing about it.
Since this is a brand about Comics, A.I. keeps coming up because there is an increasing potential to use it to write and even draw comics, at least in part.
Therefore, I want to hear from you. What do you think about the use of A.I. in comic creation? Is it a threat to your favorite art form, or is it just another tool?
Do you think A.I. will fundamentally change how comics get made, or will publishers and indie creators use it as one of several tools in their creative toolbelt?
More importantly, what are the biggest fears, worries, and horror stories you’ve heard about A.I.? Let your voice be heard in the Comments below.
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THE GHOST SYSTEM #1 – New Comic Review
CORNMOTHER (ONE-SHOT) – New Comic Review
DAYS OF THE REPUBLIC (VOL. 2) – New Comic Review
VAMPIRELLA/DRACULA: RAGE #6 – New Comic Review
CHARRED REMAINS #5 – New Comic Review
[Pick of the Week] DUKE #5 – New Comic Review
DICK TRACY #1 – New Comic Review
CONAN THE BARBARIAN #10 – New Comic Review
DIRT WITCH (ONE-SHOT) – New Comic Review
POOH VS. BAMBI #1 – New Comic Review
UNIVERSAL MONSTERS: CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON LIVES! #1 – New Comic Review
RED SONJA (VOL. 7) #10 – New Comic Review
GRIMM FAIRY TALES (VOL. 2) #83 – New Comic Review
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Right now, I'm 100% anti-AI use in comic creation. I know that as time wears on, I'll mellow, and accept (and maybe even use) it as a tool. But as a lifelong union guy, from a union family, I don't want that tool to replace creatives. I want creatives to have control over the tool and how it's used.
My personal preference would be that it's limited to creating backgrounds, or background characters, and that use is limited to the artist being hired to create the backgrounds and background characters. I definitely don't want AI to replace a talented artist, and I can't see myself ever supporting a fully AI project.
The AI discussion is virtually never actually had. It is mostly spoken around. But there are deeper questions the existence of AI asks. I did write about it here: https://open.substack.com/pub/comicsodyssey/p/monsters-in-the-ocean-on-the-human?r=1ha5sn&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
In short, no it is not “just” a tool because we don’t know what AI is yet.
As for the question queued up by Gabe, yes AI is a threat to comics but only in the sense that comics are so fragile that a light breeze is a threat.