Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell, photographed in February 2024, was arrested Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, by Sacramento County sheriff's investigators on suspicion of possessing child pornography. (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee/TNS) TNS

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.

Award-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell was arrested Wednesday in California for possession of child pornography, some of which police say was AI-generated.

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

Darrin Bell, author of “Candorville” and “Ruby Park,” began his career as a staffer on the Daily Californian at UC Berkeley.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office has arrested a Sacramento-based Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist on accusations of being in possession of child pornography. Detectives from the Sacramento Valley Internet Crimes Against Children served a search warrant to 49-year-old Darrin Bell's home Wednesday morning after receiving a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

Darrin Bell, a Pulitzer prize-winning cartoonist whose political illustrations frequently appear in The Washington Post, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion

A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist with Bay Area ties has been arrested in Sacramento County on suspicion of child pornography.

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

Darrin Bell, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, has been arrested following an investigation related to the possession of unlawful material. Authorities have connected Bell to serious allegations involving digital content under newly enforced laws.