Recent Batman issue accused of using AI for illustrations
Indy100 reports that DC's been accused of employing AI technology for artwork in Batman's series:
The discovery will likely render this Year One tale even more dated and irrelevant. Which is just as well. Today's artists, much like the writers themselves, are so cheap in what assignments they take.
DC Comics have confirmed they are investigating claims on social media that an artist use AI to generate Batman imagery in a new comic.Fascinating. Not only are we long at a point where Batman's been reduced to a relic of a bygone era with no real substance, now AI technology is being used to "illustrate" stories that won't rate high in historical records in the future. As though it weren't ludicrous enough how Zdarksy took a path vaguely similar to J. Michael Straczynski's on Spider-Man, and jerry-built retcons that don't age well.
The claims originate from a thread from Twitter/X user James Leech, who took to the platform to argue that AI-generated artwork may have been utilised in the new publication which is part of the Joker: Year One story arc.
The comments were made specifically about DC Comics' Batman #143 edition. The comic was written by Chip Zdarsky and illustrated by Andrea Sorrentino and Giuseppe Camuncoli
[...] He also wrote: "Another thing that stands out is how low resolution the 'painted' panels are compared to the rest of the art. Look at the pixelation and jpeg artefacts compared to the smooth speech balloons and non-painted art."
The discovery will likely render this Year One tale even more dated and irrelevant. Which is just as well. Today's artists, much like the writers themselves, are so cheap in what assignments they take.
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