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Dr Gareth Brookes @garethbrookes.bsky.social · 11d

Conference report by Dr Linda Berube about the exceptionally interesting Comics & AI: Critical Prompts conference @comicsandai.org held earlier this month.
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Comics & AI: Critical Prompts

A heartfelt thank-you to everyone who joined Comics & AI: Critical Prompts

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Dr Gareth Brookes @garethbrookes.bsky.social · 15d

I read this on the train this morning. A fascinating and important article.

Nataliia Laba @nataliialaba.com · 16d

New study in Memory, Mind & Media: "Memory of the multitude and representation in AI-generated #images of #war;
#AI and #Memory special collection. doi.org/10.1017/mem....

#criticalAI @universitypress.cambridge.org

Memory of the multitude and representation in AI-generated
images of war

Abstract
This study addresses how AI-generated images of war are changing the making of memory. Instead of
asking how AI-generated images affect individual recall, we focus on how they communicate specific
representations, recognising that such portrayals can cultivate particular assumptions and beliefs.
Drawing on memory of the multitude, visual social semiotics, and cultivation/desensitisation theories,
we analyse how visual generative AI mediates the representation of the Russia-Ukraine war. Our
corpus includes 200 images of the Russia-Ukraine war generated from 23 prompts across proprietary
and open-source visual generative AI systems. The findings indicate that visual generative AI tends to
present a sanitised view of the war. Critical aspects, such as death, injury, and suffering of children and
refugees are often excluded. Furthermore, a disproportional focus on urban areas misrepresents the
full scope of the war. Visual generative AI, we argue, introduces a new dimension to memory making in
that it blends documentation with speculative fiction by synthesising the multitude embedded within
the visual memory of war archives, historical biases, representational limitations, and commercial risk
aversion. By foregrounding the socio-technical and discursive dimensions of synthetic war content,
this study contributes to an interdisciplinary dialogue on collective memory at the intersection of
visual communication studies, media studies, and memory studies by providing empirical insights into
how generative AI mediates the visual representation of war through human-archival-mechanistic
entanglements.
Keywords: visual generative AI; AI-generated images; memory of the multitude; war representation

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Dr Gareth Brookes @garethbrookes.bsky.social · 27d

Call for Papers: Comics and Machines Conference, Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm & Uppsala University, 22-23 April, 2026

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Comics and Machines Conference | Echo Chamber

About Projects Shapereader Expub Futures of Comics Synthetic Comics Disintegration Lab Comics Studies Comics Archives Topovoros Books Residency...

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Comics & AI: Critical Prompts @comicsandai.org · Sep 4

It's now @garethbrookes.bsky.social on The Autographic Witness in the Algorithm! #ComicsAndAI

Gareth Brooks at the podium with his title slides on the screens behind him

Gareth Brookes speaking with slides behind showing Palestine and Safe Area Gorazde graphic novel covers by Joe Sacco

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Dr Gareth Brookes @garethbrookes.bsky.social · Sep 3

Looking forward to presenting @comicsandai.org tomorrow. Full schedule including list of presenters and abstracts here: comicsandai.org/schedule-abs...

Schedule, Abstracts, & Bios

The schedule outlines a series of presentations at a comics and AI conference, discussing generative AI’s impact on comics, copyright, creativity, and ethical considerations.

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Álvaro Pons @alvaropons.bsky.social · Aug 24

Las texturas pueden ser en el cómic un recurso narrativo con una fuerza orgánica, visceral. @garethbrookes.bsky.social las ha explorado en esta dos obras, del collage al bordado. Dos temáticas alejadas con el resultados de experiencias lectoras tan distintas como sugerentes.Ojalá se publiquen aquí.

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Comics & AI: Critical Prompts @comicsandai.org · Aug 18

Kind reminder deadline to register to attend Comics & AI: a one-day multidisciplinary conference on the future of comics, technology, and creativity @citystgeorges.bsky.social is this Friday! www.citystgeorges.ac.uk/news-and-eve... #ComicsStudies #GenAI

Comics and AI: Critical Prompts | City St George's, University of London

A one-day multidisciplinary conference on the future of comics, technology, and creativity.

www.citystgeorges.ac.uk

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · Aug 15

"Brookes’ art in this graphic adaptation seems to be perfectly adapted to his subject matter, existing as an item of beauty in its own right..."
Thank you to Bookmunch for the new review of @garethbrookes.bsky.social's #TheCompleatAngler!

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#selfmadehero #indiecomics #fishing

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Dr Gareth Brookes @garethbrookes.bsky.social · Aug 13

All four now in my webshop! www.gbrookes.com

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Dr Gareth Brookes @garethbrookes.bsky.social · Aug 2

I'm into my final month as Visiting Research Fellow at Merton College, Oxford University, so it's time to knuckle down. Here are some pics of WIPs of my project exploring the materiality of the Michael Field archives, plus one of my living arrangements, which I shall sorely miss come September.

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Dr Gareth Brookes @garethbrookes.bsky.social · Jul 25

There's a new review of The Compleat Angler over on Living the Line @selfmadehero.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJgO...

Gareth Brookes - THE COMPLEAT ANGLER - Review

YouTube video by Living the Line

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Dr Gareth Brookes @garethbrookes.bsky.social · Jul 25

Looking forward to presenting a paper at this conference on comics and AI

Comics & AI: Critical Prompts @comicsandai.org · Jul 24

Habemus programme! Full abstracts and bios to follow, but here's the listing of accepted speakers and their presentation titles: comicsandai.org/programme/ Join us on 4 September in London for a one-day multidisciplinary conference on the future of comics, technology, and creativity!

Programme

Evemt start: 9:00hrs. End: 18:30hrs followed by social. The City St George’s Interaction Lab, The Centre for Human-Computer Interaction Design (HCID), and The Artificial Intelligence Researc…

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · Jul 23

Our fourth and final book released this Spring: @garethbrookes.bsky.social's #TheCompleatAngler!
"The Compleat Angler is a delight, an absolute delight." — The Slings and Arrows

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #angling #fishing

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Dr Gareth Brookes @garethbrookes.bsky.social · Jul 19

Great! Thanks

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · Jul 17

"#TheCompleatAngler is, truly, a gorgeous object. It's no exaggeration to say that every single page of this book would sit handsomely on a gallery wall."
🎣🎣🎣
Thank you to @irishtimes.com for naming @garethbrookes.bsky.social's The Compleat Angler one of the year's best graphic novels so far!

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Dr Gareth Brookes @garethbrookes.bsky.social · Jul 12

I had a great time last week at the 2025 joint IBDS-IGNCC Conference in Brussels. I delivered my paper on the archives of Michael Field, picked up an award, caught up with old friends and met some legendary comics scholars. Thanks to the IBDS-IGNCC team for a great conference.

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · Jul 5

A mid-year round-up of decidedly non-mid books. It's my favourite graphic novels of 2025 so far, including incredible works by @pbrainey.bsky.social, Yvan Alagbé, @brianabreaks.bsky.social, Katie Fricas, @garethbrookes.bsky.social and Guy Delisle.

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Best graphic novels of 2025 so far: ‘One of the most affecting reading experiences I’ve had for many years’

Paul Rainey’s follow-up to Why Don’t You Love Me?, 1653 book The Compleat Angler revisited, queer love, teen angst and more

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Dr Gareth Brookes @garethbrookes.bsky.social · Jul 5

My latest graphic novel, The Compleat Angler is now available in my webshop: www.gbrookes.com/shop/the-com...

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · Jul 5

Did you know? @garethbrookes.bsky.social's #TheDancingPlague helped inspire the album Dance Fever by Florence and the Machine!

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#selfmadehero #florenceandthemachine #thecompleatangler #indiecomics

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · Jul 4

"To disconnect and dwell in nature, and have time to yourself that can’t be measured as value. It’s something that humans require on a visceral level." - @garethbrookes.bsky.social interviewed in @comicbookyeti.com!

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#selfmadehero #thecompleatangler #indiecomics #graphicnovel

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Dr Gareth Brookes @garethbrookes.bsky.social · Jul 1

I had a good chat with @keepingitgeekly.bsky.social about The Compleat Angler over on @comicbookyeti.com www.comicbookyeti.com/post/fishing...

Fishing transcends time with the graphic adaptation of The Compleat Angler - An interview with GARETH BROOKES

Cody from Keeping it Geekly sits down with acclaimed UK illustrator Gareth Brookes to talk about his Graphic Novel adaptation of Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler. It's time to cast a line and dive i...

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · Jun 24

Thank you to everyone who attended #TheCompleatAngler's launch party at @goshcomics.bsky.social last week! From @garethbrookes.bskt.social and the SelfMadeHero team: happy angling!
🎣🎣🎣
🔗 buff.ly/3xFurgv

(📷: Mauricio Molizane de Souza)

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #graphicnovel #booklaunch #angling

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Cartoon County @cartooncounty.bsky.social · Jun 19

TODAY!
Get along to @goshcomics.bsky.social because this book will delight and Gareth will enlight ... en

Dr Gareth Brookes @garethbrookes.bsky.social · Jun 18

Tomorrow!

SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · Jun 17

#TheCompleatAngler's UK release is in 2 DAYS!
Come join the launch party at @goshcomics.bsky.social this Thursday at 7pm!

@garethbrookes.bsky.social

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #fishing #booklaunch #graphicnovel

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SelfMadeHero @selfmadehero.bsky.social · Jun 19

"The Compleat Angler is a delight, an absolute delight." - @sandagnguide.bsky.social
@garethbrookes.bsky.social's #TheCompleatAngler is OUT NOW!

🔗 buff.ly/d9efBQo

#selfmadehero #indiecomics #newcomics #outnow #graphicnovel #angling

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sandagnguide.bsky.social @sandagnguide.bsky.social · Jun 18

"The Compleat Angler is a delight, an absolute delight". Thanks @garethbrookes.bsky.social for having the vision to adapt a centuries old book on fishing lore as a graphic novel. A success on every level. @selfmadehero.bsky.social

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