https://darrinbell.substack.com/p/todays-editorial-cartoon-and-daily-c19

#art #cartoons #DarrinBell #enshittication #illustration #meta #Zuckerberg

The nightly consistency checker for my comics aggregator (https://comics.kamens.us/) notified me about a week ago that #DarrinBell's editorial cartoon and "Candorville" strip had disappeared from #ComicsKingdom.
I looked into it today to see if they had moved to another syndicate I could point the aggregator at, and found this: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/pulitzer-prize-winning-cartoonist-arrested-alleged-possession-child-se-rcna188014
I think this may be the first time a syndicated strip has stopped being published because its author was arrested for #CSAM. 🤔
#comics

Under new law, cops bust famous cartoonist for AI-generated child sex abuse images

"The creation of CSAM using AI is inherently harmful to children because the machine-learning models utilized by AI have been trained on datasets containing thousands of depictions of known CSAM victims"

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #GenAI #machinelearning #CSAM #DarrinBell #technology #tech

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/01/under-new-law-cops-bust-famous-cartoonist-for-ai-generated-child-sex-abuse-images/

В США за дитяче порно заарештували Дарріна Белла, відомого художника — Пулітцерівського лауреата, творця сатиричних коміксів і затятого анти-Трампіста. Уявіть, скільки такої порнографії і педофілії в членів "команди" наступного президента? #comics #trump #darrinbell #childporn

🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥🤥

I am flabbergasted on who the American pulblic will accept as a legimate candidate for our highest offices. Both #Trump and JD Vance have zero regard for even a modicum of truth

It would be easier for the fact checkers to just tell us their truthful statements 🤔 rather than all the lies.

How can anyone support candidates who make up fantastical stories about #Haitians eating pets and schools doing sex change surgery?

“Simply put: JDVance lied his ass off during the debate about both his and Trump’s plans for the USA.”
— Comment and Cartoon by #DarrinBell for #Counterpoint
#Haiti #trans #transgender #lies

How the H does a person like this get where he is today?

“CNN reported that as a private citizen, #NorthCarolina Lt. Governor #MarkRobinson posted disgusting statements online 20 years ago, which are just about as disgusting as the stuff he says in his official capacity today.”-DB

Cartoon by #DarrinBell for #Counterpoint
#blacknazi #nazi #trans #kkk #trans #guns #politics

“Republicans seem as giddy as children blowing their first dog whistle when they use the phrase ‘DEI Hire’ to describe Vice President Harris.”
— Darrin Bell for Counterpoint

PS: I’m really excited about the Kamala Harris candidacy. Good podcast on the phenomenon here:

#DEI #kamalaharris #DarrinBell #counterpoint #republicans #racism #characterassasination #nword

https://overcast.fm/+AAoIe_SphTo

Friday Cartoons II

““Donald #Trump supposedly influenced the RNC to ‘soften’ its draconian platform to be more appealing to voters, while at the same time influencing his associates and the #HeritageFoundation to write a #fascist manifesto that'll be the actual blueprint for a second Trump term.”-DB

Cartoon by #DarrinBell for #Counterpoint
#project2025 #fascism #ChristianNationalism

https://counterpoint.substack.com/p/its-nice-up-here-edition

‘Chump Change' Edition - Thursday Cartoons
(some good ones today!)

Thanks, #DarrinBell, #isaBenson and #ChrisBritt for #Counterpoint
https://counterpoint.substack.com/p/chump-change-edition

Editorial & Political Cartoons @EandPCartoons #DarrinBell,
@newcounterpoint @DarrinBellArt #cartoon: #alttext

Cartoon Friday 🤗

1. “With the arrest of Alexander #Smirnov — the main source of ‘evidence’ for the impeachment of Joe #Biden — for lying to the #FBI, and all the other witnesses refuting the notion that President Biden committed any high crime or misdemeanor, could the #House inquiry get any worse for the #GOP? Maybe.”-#RickMcKee

2. “The shoes are the least tacky aspect of the #WhiteSupremacist, #Fascist, neo-#NAZI-infested #MAGA movement.”-#DarrinBell

3. Historical (old Reagan gem by #HerbLock)

#republicans #republicancult #voteblue #counterpoint
https://counterpoint.substack.com/p/how-much-is-too-much-edition

#DarrinBell nails it with this #Cartoon on #Counterpoint!

“House Republicans are refusing to pass the ‘border deal’ they’ve been demanding, so that Donald Trump can claim #Biden did nothing to strengthen the border.”-DB

#republicans #republicancult #immigration #border #trump #johnson #mcconnell #mitchmcconnell #abbott #texas #fascism #nazis #bendtheknee #kissthering

#RudyPark #cartoon by #DarrinBell, dist. by #Counterpoint

https://www.gocomics.com/rudypark
#vote #voteblue #election #elections #election2024 #2024election #biden #trump #dictator #dictatorship #democracy #fascism

#Loser #LoserDictatorWantToBe
“Donald Trump’s attorney argued Trump could have Seal Team 6 assassinate a rival with impunity, as long as Congress didn’t impeach and convict him in the Senate.”
#Cartoon by #DarrinBell for #Counterpoint

The Poisoned Blood of America (=#MAGA)
#trump #nazi #dictator #vote #election
#Cartoon by #DarrinBell for #Counterpoint

“From its impeached, indicted, fraudulent, rapist ex-president to its heavily-bribed #SupremeCourt justices, the self-professed ‘party of law and order’ doesn’t resemble a political party as much as it resembles an organized crime syndicate.”-DB
#Cartoon by #DarrinBell for #Counterpoint #republicans #RepublicanCult #Trump #Alito #ClarenceThomas #MikeJohnson #vote #election

“While Jewish people worldwide are being threatened by people outraged over Israel’s excessive response to Hamas’s 10/7 attack, Elon Musk — who’s been flirting with right wing bigots ever since he bought #Twitter — retweets an antisemitic message and tells the user they spoke the truth.”

#darrinbell #counterpoint #hamas #israel #gaza #musk #tesla #x

Don't know much about History 🤓

“When they’re not quoting #Hitler or listening to speakers who tell them fascist dictators have been ‘taken out of context,’ the extremist group #MomsforLiberty is passionately working to remove books by #Black authors, #LGBTQ authors, and others they deem inappropriate from libraries.” -DB

#Cartoon #DarrinBell #Counterpoint
https://counterpoint.substack.com/p/erasing-history-edition

Michael Cavna: A Black father wrote a book about ‘the talk’ — to show why it’s necessary: ‘You don’t want to take away any of their innocence. But you have to,’ says Pulitzer-winning artist Darrin Bell, whose memoir recounts how he taught his son about #racism in the U.S.

#darrinbell #thetalk #blackmastodon
Free (gift) article from #wapo:
https://wapo.st/4604QU0

Looking forward to this with #LarrySabato & #CenterforPolitics

DRAWING THE LINES: Political Cartoons in the Digital Age
- #LaloAlcaraz – Winner ‘22 Herb Block Prize, 2-time #Pulitzer finalist, Emmy nominated writer & producer.
- #DarrinBell – Pulitzer-winning political cartoonist and creator of the comic strip “#Candorville”.
- #AnnTelnaes – Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist for the #WashingtonPost.
- #MattWuerker – Staff cartoonist and illustrator for #POLITICO.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/drawing-the-lines-political-cartoons-in-the-digital-age-tickets-595952278307