Baltimore Sun Going With A.I. Cartoons

D. D. Degg Published: September 4, 2026 Updated: September 6, 2026 1 minute 5 comments

A year after firing editorial cartoonist Kevin (KAL) Kallagher The Baltimore Sun has found a replacement: Artificial Intelligence.

The Baltimore Sun cartoon by the editorial staff

The editorial cartoon for the Sept. 4, 2026 edition of The Baltimore Sun included a note stating it was “Produced using artificial intelligence tools by The Baltimore Sun editorial staff.”

Scrolling down The Baltimore Sun’s homepage for Sept. 4 reveals the A.I. cartoon was featured there.

The Baltimore Sun homepage for Sept. 4, 2026

This should not be surprising as The Baltimore Sun was already using A.I. to create “original” material.

The Daily Cartoonist does not know if this is the first such occurrence or if it has previously happened.

It does make it hard to feel sorry for the MAGAfied newspaper for taking a beating with circulation figures.

Alliance for Audited Media image via Capitol Communicator

Capitol Communicator reports on the latest newspaper circulation numbers from the Alliance for Audited Media showing “The Baltimore Sun and The Washington Post recording two of the largest drops among the nation’s 50 biggest audited newspapers.” With The Baltimore Sun experiencing “the largest year-over-year decline among the 50 newspapers.”

More at citybiz.

Aside: The newspaper serving the Florida retirement community The Villages “was the only title among the 50 to post year-over-year growth.”

Comments ⁵

Atanwat

Given the way that Bezos has been driving the Washington Post into darkness, cancelling subscriptions and switching to the Atlantic or the New York Times is the only rational course. There are still some hardworking people trying to save the paper, but the Post will never recover until it gets rid of its owner.

John Hines

Endorsement by over the top butt-kissing is preaching to the choir. Journalism? Not so much…

Rick McKee

It’s not even good AI slop. The Baltimore Sun should be ashamed, but they wouldn’t even know why they should be ashamed. That’s the truly sad part.

K White

Can Uncanny Valley trigger from a font? Asking for me…

Paul Berge

What an absolutely wretched, sorry, insipid, dreary excuse for an editorial cartoon that Baltimore Sun slop is! I wish I had a subscription so that I could 1.) post a complaint about it on its web page and 2.) cancel the subscription.

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