Adam Barnhardt

@adambarnhardt.com

write comics at: @meltdown.press + @readsummit.bsky.social // bylines are/have been at: The Beat, CBR, ComicBook // member at: HWA + SFWA

I tried to best recap the new Kickstarter crackdown on @comicsbeat.bsky.social, getting some insight from one of the platform's largest #NSFW creators. Have approached KS itself for comment a few times. Among the questions I asked include: www.comicsbeat.com/kickstarter-...

Creators respond to Kickstarter's new adult content ban

Kickstarter is now cracking down on NSFW content on its website, banning adult-themed images from appearing on the platform.

comicsbeat.com

After the theft part and the being a detriment to the environment part, the next worst piece of AI has got to be the doubt and uncertainty it's sown. The consistent "Is this AI?" of it all causes a whole new level of paranoia I could have went a lifetime without experiencing.

In light of recent comics workforce news, now might be a good time to talk about how Hollywood uses comics as a creative incubator to avoid having to pay union creatives. And a big reason why comics needs some sort off guild or union to protect its folk.

I've been working on a little something neat. A web-based FinalDraft thing...but for comics. I'm looking for some comic folks who'd like to test it. HMU if it's of interest.

guilty of finding myself in a loop of thinking my end goal should be to write Iron Fist or X-O Manowar or Skulldigger and Colonel Weird when I could just, y'know, make and own my own characters and stories