I had always wanted custom artwork to go with the site, to match the design and color scheme I had chosen. Lacking any artistic skill, it took me a while to find an artist to collaborate with on these pieces – someone who understood what I was going for, and …
Drome Ethics
The graphic novel Drome, by Jesse Lonergan, has received a lot of attention and awards this year, including the 2026 Eisner Award for Best New Graphic Album and the 2026 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Story. This graphic novel is described by the publisher (23rd Street, Macmillan publishers) as a “a …
Eisner-Inspired Reading List
In light of the recently announced Will Eisner 2026 nominations for comic book industry awards, I thought I would provide a quick reading list for newcomers to this site. Several of the nominees in key categories have been profiled here, and serve as great starting points for considering comics and …
Comic Philosophy’s 1st Anniversary
Today marks the one year anniversary of my launching ComicPhilosophy.com online. And what a year! Over 200,000 words written about comics and ethics (whew). I thought this would be a good time to take stock of where the site is – and where it is going. Has anything changed in …
Comic Philosophy is Fully AI Free
I’m proud to certify Comic Philosophy as completely free of any generative AI content! As I explained on my About Site page, all written content on this site has always been exclusively produced by a human being – me. And all the images used in my comics ethics posts are …
Praise for Comic Philosophy
I typically do a terrible job of promoting myself online. But I have received some heart-warming feedback from comics creators, so I thought I would quote some of their public comments here (with links to the published sources). With my gratitude and appreciation for all you do in creating such …
Why be Moral?
Despite being at the heart of ethics, the question as to why one should behave morally is a surprisingly difficult one to answer. So difficult in fact that I have plenty of ethics texts that don’t even try to address it. Instead, they are happy to explain the types (and …
Comics, Ethics and AI
Having hit a double milestone recently for this site (six months and over 100,000 human-written words of content about the ethics of comic books!), I thought it was time for something different: examining the promise and peril of AI through my experience of researching and writing about comic book ethics. …
Official launch of Comic Philosophy
Welcome to my official launch post for comicphilosophy.com! I have been working for many months on preparing the look and feel of the site, and writing the background pages and initial character ethics posts. It has finally progressed to a stage where I’m willing to share it with the world, …