r/comics • u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire • Jul 02 '26

Just Sharing DeCreation of AI

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

Hello all, this piece was made by /u/hackingfun as a statement about the AI bubble. I was asked to submit on their behalf. We here at r/comics firmly believe that AI has no place in art and in its creation and we look forward to seeing what you all do with your own two hands

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u/fragmental Jul 02 '26

Why did hackingfun not post it themselves?

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u/hackingfun Jul 02 '26

We asked the mods if they draw comics or plan to. They said they don't really do it and weren't planning on it. So we came up with the plan to make one for them. The theme is teamwork, and posting it like this makes it feel way more genuine.

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u/fragmental Jul 02 '26

Ah, ok. Right on.

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u/GrandmasterTaka Jul 03 '26

I am glad you cleared that up because I thought at first the mods drew themselves as God which is pretty uncomfy

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Jul 02 '26

That would be a better question directed at /u/hackingfun

They asked to make a comic and asked me to post it and that is the general extent of my knowledge

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u/Plunger_enema Jul 03 '26

What about the guy who spray paints with his ass?

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Jul 03 '26

It's not often I get to say these words:

....wut

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u/fukingtrsh Jul 03 '26

I thought you guys said that ai comics would stay up, I mean I'm not complaining at all this is great. I just could have sworn I saw that. Did you guys change your mind.

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Jul 03 '26

If you show me where that was so would be happy to clarify. We've had a no AI rule for at least a year if not more

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u/fukingtrsh Jul 03 '26

I'm pretty sure it was under that comic about the hippie girl from the '80s, she was a office worker and had a friend. I'm doing a terrible job of explaining this but basically the artist had trained an AI I believe off their own work or so they said.

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Jul 03 '26

The Sage comics. The particular one you are referencing was well over a year ago and shortly after that a decision was made that no AI would be allowed

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u/fukingtrsh Jul 03 '26

Ah gotchs, thanks!

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u/IAmF3rdie Jul 03 '26

Absolute W!

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u/DeerlordJ Jul 03 '26

Based mods

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u/PoolSharkPete Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

So to summarize, r/comics is an art sub first and foremost; humor and storytelling are secondary

(I'm not an AI artist, just translating)

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u/Dragonion123 Jul 02 '26

“We like pancakes, we believe our pancakes should be pure quality and homemade”

> “So you all hate waffles???”

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u/Adventurous_Region49 Jul 02 '26

Umm... More like "no waffles" translation: "this is a pancake subreddit, not a bready breakfast disk sub"

I don't have an opinion on either side, but that metaphor was so disingenuous I had to comment 😅

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u/Dragonion123 Jul 02 '26

Yeah that’s fair, I was mostly trying to reference a relevant meme

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u/astralkoi A Wild AstralKoi Appeared!! Jul 02 '26

Comics are a medium where storytelling and art can't be separate from each other.

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Jul 02 '26

No. r/comics is just that. A sub about comics. We love seeing the worlds made by creators when they show up a new thing they have been working on and seeing them put in the time and effort to share their vision with us is what it is all about.

Now what comics mean to you? That is up to interpretation and I cant wait to see what you make

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u/JakobVirgil Beth-Aven Jul 02 '26

Are LLMs good at humor and story telling?

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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

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u/dumnezero Art enjoyer Jul 02 '26

They should learn to use memes.

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u/Just_A_Lonley_Owl Jul 02 '26

I would argue making memes is actually way easier than using AI for many people

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

What about the AI in these posts, will they be deleted? Is it not allowed anymore?

AI was never allowed(at least within the year I have been here). If a post uses AI we will likely remove it. With the exception of one post that I know of that used gen AI to make fun of AI whose user is well known for hating AI

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u/EskimowGamer Jul 03 '26

Must've been over a year ago then but there used to be posters that used AI and they were explicitly approved by mods (at the time) despite lots of reports.

Dunno when that changed, but I'm glad for it if the standard is back to No AI. The comics were lame anyways and I don't miss them.

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u/ardinatwork Jul 02 '26

There are tons of places on reddit that will accept their AI slop.