Art Spiegelman uses AI artwork
The gist
Cartoonist Art Spiegelman used AI-generated artwork for a sticker on the new edition of In the Shadow of No Towers.
The Maus author's admission of using AI drew criticism from comics readers online.
How it unfolded
- Sep 11, 2001Spiegelman and his wife Francoise Mouly were outside their Soho apartment when they saw a plane hit the north tower of the World Trade Center.
- 2004Pantheon collected Spiegelman's strips into the book In the Shadow of No Towers.
- Sep 2026Pantheon issued a new edition of the book for the 25th anniversary of 9/11, including a cover sticker depicting the burning towers as birthday-cake candles.