San Diego Comic-Con quietly changes rules around AI art for 2026

San Diego Comic Con Quietly Bans AI Art

The San Diego Comic Con has quietly updated its policy to ban AI-generated art, 404 Media reports, providing a major victory to artists. The about-face is a welcome surprise. Until now, the massive convention — which has become a melting pot of all kinds of pop entertainment beyond the comic medium, with everyone ranging from game developers to movie studios using it as a platform to tease new content — has allowed some AI art to be displayed, s…

San Diego Comic-Con bans AI art after artist pushback

San Diego Comic-Con reversed its AI-friendly art show policy within 24 hours of artist pushback, implementing a complete ban: "Material created by Artificial Intelligence (AI) either partially or wholly, is not allowed in the art show," 404 Media reports. The previous policy had allowed AI art if marked as such and not for sale — rules that had been in place since at least 2024. — Read the rest The post San Diego Comic-Con bans AI art after arti…

San Diego Comic-Con quietly changes rules around AI art for 2026

Previously, the rules for the Comic-Con Art Show said that AI-generated art was acceptable to display, but was not permitted for sale.

Comic-Con Bans AI Art After Artist Pushback

San Diego Comic-Con changed an AI art friendly policy following an artist-led backlash last week. It was a small victory for working artists in an industry where jobs are slipping away as movie and video game studios adopt generative AI tools to save time and money. Every year, tens of thousands of people descend on San Diego for Comic-Con, the world’s premier comic book convention that over the years has also become a major pan-media event wher…