Comic-Con International has responded to the discovery of an Eisner Award nomination that included generative AI work. According to the San Diego Comic Convention organizer, the editor of Stardust the Super Wizard Anthology has withdrawn their submission. The work had been nominated for Best Anthology.Additionally they say had judges known about the AI content they […]
Over the weekend the Cartoonists’ Club of Great Britain posted their position on their member’s use of generative AI. The policy was originally printed in their July 2025 edition of The Jester. Earlier this spring the Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation updated their FAQ page to include their policy.Both organizations take similar positions on the following: The […]
Byron O’Neal, Editor-In-Chief at Comic Book Yeti, has started a petition to change the submission guidelines for future Eisner Award nominations to disqualify any works that used generative AI in the creative process. The petition is in response to the inclusion of Stardust the Super Wizard Anthology in this year’s nominations for Best Anthology which […]
Today kicks off the three-day Comic Barcelona in Spain. Unlike other gatherings, they are not waiting to the end of the event to announce winners of their annual prizes. Below is a list of their Grand Prize winner, along with their category winners and nominees.Grand PrizeEsteban Maroto Torres was awarded the Grand Prize in recognition […]
Speaking of commencement address speakers, Colby College has announced that Mo Willems will be their commencement speaker and receive an honorary doctorate in fine arts. Mo is an award-winning author, illustrator, and animator. He’s published over 70 children’s books with more than 50 being New York Times best sellers. He’s an Eisner Award Winner and […]
The Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS) has announced this year’s commencement speaker will be cartoonist and comic author Scott McCloud. Scott is an Eisner Hall of Famer, author of the best-selling series Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comics, and Making Comics, as well as co-creator of The Cartoonists Club (Raina Telgemeier).Commencement will be this weekend on May 17. Included […]
The Eisner Award nominees have been announced. Here’s the breakdown on who had the most nominations starting with the publishers.Works with the most nominations:Creator stats:Here is full list of nominees.Eisner Award Nominees 2026Best Short StoryBlood Harvest, in Brain Damage, by Shintaro Kago, translated by Zack Davisson (Fantagraphics)The Curse Room, in Brain Damage, by Shintaro Kago, translated by Zack Davisson (Fantagraphics)Football Is Not War, by R. K. Russell and Wilfred Santiago, in Come […]
Fifteen years since Steven Spielberg‘s “The Adventures of Tintin,” Peter Jackson has confirmed that we may finally get his promised sequel. During a Q&A at Cannes, he told the audience he’s “currently writing the script and plans to direct the movie himself.”From the Q&A session: “The deal was that Steven directs one and I direct […]
Lee Lai’s graphic novel Cannon has become the first graphic novel to win the Stella Prize given to women and nonbinary Australian authors. The prize amount is $60,000. She is also the first trans person to win the award.Here’s how Lee describes her book (per ABC): “[Cannon] is a story about small-scale human follies and […]
Roy Lichtenstein’s long-lost Anxious Girl (1964) is up for auction this weekend and is rumored to go for $60 million. Roy was a leading artist in the Pop Art movement. Some of his best known pieces were large stylized pieces that looked like cut-outs from a newspaper or comic book. Anxious Girl was derived by DC […]
This year’s Glyph Award Winners were announced at the East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention (ECBACC). The awards “honors outstanding achievements in comics made by, for, and about people of color, celebrating the creativity, vision, and storytelling excellence of writers, artists, and creators from across the industry.”This year’s winners:Story of the YearOrí: Holder of […]
Kickstarter has updated its rules on the types of mature content that comic creators (or anyone) can post to fundraise using the social platform. The new update is causing worry and anger for some comic creators who rely on the platform to fund their comics.Prior to this update the only rule regarding prohibited fundraising for […]
The nominees for the 2026 Doug Wright Awards and Canadian Cartooning Hall of Fame inductees have been announced.The nominees are:Best Book The Nipper (Emerging Talent)The Pigskin Peters Best Small or Micro-Press BookThe Egghead (Best Kids’ Book)Additionally Emily Hearn (1925–2015) and Mark Thurman, the co-creators of The Mighty Mites, which appeared for many years in Owl magazine; and Arch Dale (1882–1962), an editorial cartoonist […]
The trial for Egyptian cartoonist and translator Ashraf Omar was to begin yesterday, but has been delayed until July 13 for reasons of “witness discussion” according to Ashraf’s attorney, Khaled Ali. Ashraf has been in custody since detained since July 2024 on four charges after he was arrested and seized from his home. The current […]
The Lakes International Comic Arts Festival is taking fire from British politicians for inviting Jordanian cartoonist Emad Hajjaj to be one of 13 guest cartoonists for their 2026 event in October. Critics, including Prime Minister Keir Starmer, are demanding public funding be withdrawn and the cartoonist be disinvited. At issue are two of Emad’s cartoons […]