Where Does AI Fit Into Comics' Future?
Comic Reviews for the week ending 1/12/2025
Good morning, my friend,
The Comics Industry is under stress.
Rising costs, stagnant or lowered page rates, shipping problems, dropping reading satisfaction. It’s all doom and gloom… if you read Bleeding Cool or The Beat (I wouldn’t recommend it).
However, the AI “threat” keeps coming up because it’s not going away, and it’s only becoming more mainstream.
Why is AI not going away?
It’s fast, cheap, easy - the trifecta of innovation disruptors.
You might as well tell people not to use cars because doing so takes jobs away from horse & buggy manufacturers.
Humanity, by design, is driven to go higher, faster, further (*ugh*), so AI is the latest shiny spoon that that inspires humanity to do just that.
Unfortunately, yes, jobs will be lost, but huge opportunities are waiting for savvy individuals who adapt to the disruption to create something new.
A new way of making comics
A new way of printing and distribution
A new way of selling and marketing
The opportunity is there, primarily because we have no choice. The AI genie isn’t going back into its bottle, so we can either evolve or get left behind.
Two years ago, I wrote about this subject (more proof it’s not going away) to imagine how AI could be used for comics in a constructive way.
Give it a read and let me know if you think the ideas are still valid in the Comments Section below.
-Gabe
For your viewing/listening pleasure, I had the good fortune to sit in on the Comics Aficionados Saturday Livestream to talk bout the week in comics.
The main topic was the mixed reception to a guest artist on DC’s top comic, Absolute Batman, and the potentially chilling effect guest artists can have on a title.
Next, our Pick of the Week for the most entertaining comic is…
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Now, let’s get on to this week’s reviews (and a little catch-up)
NEMESIS: ROGUES GALLERY #5 – Review
GREEN HORNET/MISS FURY #1 – Review
PRODIGY: SLAVES OF MARS #5 – Review
[Pick of the Week] TRANSFORMERS #16 – Review
GRIMM FAIRY TALES (VOL. 2) #91 – Review
RED SONJA (VOL. 7) #17 – Review
SHADOWMAN: SOUL EATERS #4 – Review
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #65 - Review
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Space Ghost #9 (Dynamite Comics)
G.I. Joe #3 (Image Comics)
Gatchaman #6 (Mad Cave Studios)
Dick Tracy #7 (Mad Cave Studios)
Kosher Mafia #5 (Mad Cave Studios)
Heat Seeker: Combustion #3 (Titan Comics)
Grimm Tales Of Terror (Vol. 5) #1 (Zenescope)
GunSlinger Spawn #39 (Image Comics)
Hexiles #3 (Mad Cave Studios)
The Scorched #37 (Image Comics)
Jupiter’s Legacy: Finale #3 (Dark Horse Comics)
Hour of the Wolf #3 (Mad Cave Studios)
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