The person drawing the comic is an artist.

I fail to see who gave you the final authority on who’s allowed to reflect and joke about their own professional landscape and who isn’t.

“Get off my lawn”

Please stop doing something that artists have doing since practically the invention of paper

Tell me, what new medium is ruining the kids today?

Is it low-effort? Sure. But so are boobs and farts and piss. Artists got to get practice in drawing something, doesn’t hurt anyone but your fefes if they use a meme.

Heck, for the context of this tired argument, I wouldn’t even care if it’s AI. (And I broadly do not like AI)