Overview
- Fans and online close‑readers flagged one concept illustration titled "Big City, Little Spider" in the newly released Spider‑Man: Brand New Day artbook for showing warped buildings and malformed taxis that they say match generative‑AI artifacts.
- The contested image is credited to artist Scott McInnes and observers also pointed to odd traffic lights and deli signage as additional visual anomalies that look mechanically generated.
- The reports so far focus on this single page and the rest of the artbook and the released film have not been accused of using AI.
- GamesRadar+ contacted Marvel Comics for comment and no official response has been published, while other outlets noted the episode in the wider context of recent film‑industry disputes over undisclosed AI use.
- The episode highlights how provenance in art books can be hard to verify, how community close‑reads drive detection, and how alleged AI use could affect freelance concept artists’ work and public trust in production materials.