Comics community takes a stand against AI

He opened his Facebook business page for the usual reason. A comic book creator, after all, uses technology to showcase their work and network with others. On that day, however, Elias Chatzoudis "connected" with something else: His colleagues from America, where he lives and works, shared a sketch - a pinup girl - which had been created with the help of artificial intelligence and looked very similar to an older one of his own. He was asked if he knew of it; "no" was the answer. And Elias made a post where he contrasted the two images and among other things noted: "What is art to me? When I draw, I feel joy, I have a creative energy and the satisfaction of having created something from start to finish."

Elias' original work was the cover of his own artbook titled "Hallowitches." It's happened to him before though, he tells Kathimerini today. It doesn't scare him...