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

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

Sacramento County deputies arrested the nationally syndicated cartoonist at his south Sacramento home on Wednesday.

Under new California law, Darrin Bell was arrested for possession of AI-generated child sexual abuse material.

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.

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.

A prominent California-based comic strip creator, cartoonist and author has been arrested on suspicion of possession and creating child pornography.

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.