AI Slop Has No Soul: AI in Comic Books
If you’ve been following the Invader journey since the beginning, you won’t need to hear this, but we want to be clear.
Invader will not be using AI for interior art.
Invader will not be using AI for covers.
Invader will not be using AI for any writing.
Full stop.
We are here to tell stories. Human stories.
Comics are a unique medium. No other artistic outlet is so inherently, intrinsically, and necessarily collaborativ, and creating them depends on HUMAN creativity and execution.
And this isn’t just a sentiment coming from the depths of the independent comics world. Marvel and DC, the biggest publishers of them all, have both taken strong stances against AI with Jim Lee saying “Not now. Not ever,” to express that they will not support any artificially generated art or stories.
The human experience itself makes a story compelling and worthy of being read by people who choose to indulge their senses in our comics. Art is intended to help us share our experiences as we maneuver through this unhinged world. It allows us to create rebellious visions from our wild imaginations, express pain and hope with authentic thoughts, create stories from our larger than life dreams, and share the trials, tribulations, joys, and pains that we go through on a daily basis as artists. This is how we choose to connect with the world and will do so while remaining real and respecting our readers.
This subject is by no means only a blog post. The very talented Jimmie Robinson wove a masterful tale about humans taking the power back from AI in his wonderfully written and self illustrated series ARTillery
To the writers and artists: If you use AI to create your books, do not submit them.
To our readers: Know that every single one of our books were made by and through human experiences, human thoughts, human hands.
With that said -
Yeah, we believe in this so strongly that we even had our Art Director Michael Nelsen create this "Death to AI Slop" shirt (and stickers too)! Wear it proud, and tell the world to keep AI the fuck away from our art.
