Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Darrin Bell was arrested Wednesday after authorities found a cache of child pornography, some of it AI-generated.

Nationally-recognized cartoonist Darrin Bell appeared briefly in court Friday afternoon to answer to accusations of possessing child pornography.

Darrin Bell, the famed comic strip creator of “Candorville” and Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, is based in Sacramento.

The sheriff's office says he is the first person to be charged in the county under an amended California law which makes child sex abuse material generated by artificial intelligence illegal.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist was arrested Wednesday and accused of possessing dozens of child sex abuse videos, police said.

Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Darrin Bell was arrested on suspicion of possessing child sex abuse videos, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday.

Darrin Bell, a renowned Pulitzer-winning cartoonist, was arrested in California for possessing over 100 videos of child pornography, including AI-generated material. Learn more about his shocking arrest and the implications.

More than 100 videos of child sex abuse material, some of which was computer generated, have been connected to Mr. Bell, 49, according to the authorities.