A Bay Area comics figure with a long record of attacking right-leaning creators is now facing serious criminal charges after an alleged hidden camera scheme at his own home.
Andrew Farago, 54, a pop culture writer and former curator of San Francisco’s Cartoon Art Museum, was arrested earlier this month in Berkeley, California. Police say he secretly recorded guests using a bathroom during a birthday party he hosted on May 23. He faces 20 counts of invasion of privacy.
According to Berkeley police, a woman at the party discovered a cellphone concealed in the bathroom and actively recording video. Investigators say the phone had been placed under a towel and positioned to capture guests as they used the restroom. The footage allegedly included Farago setting up the device himself. Authorities noted that both adults and children attended the gathering.
Police said Farago admitted to the act when confronted. He also claimed he deleted the videos from both his phone and cloud storage. Officers later secured a warrant, arrested him at his home, and seized about a dozen electronic devices as part of the investigation.
Indie comic creators quickly weighed in on the news.
This is the guy who wrote an impassioned letter to the head of Warner Brothers to get me fired from my job at DC Comics. It got forwarded to Dee Dee Myers, who worked for the Clinton Administration.
Andrew Farago. He wanted me dead.
This is sublime. God is real.… https://t.co/q3Mv7tMIyC pic.twitter.com/9x97L72m42
— ETHAN VAN SCIVER (@EthanVanSciver) June 23, 2026
Another “huge defender of women’s rights,” Andrew Farago, gets outed as a sex pest/pervert.
You may remember Farago as a loud, outspoken, defender of every instance of “the current thing.”
It’s almost as if these virtue-signaling “male feminists” are throwing up a…
— Aaron Sparrow™, Blocked But Never Forgotten (@Aaron_Sparrow) June 23, 2026
In an email sent to guests after the party, Farago appeared to confess. “I hid my phone in our bathroom for the purpose of spying on our guests, my closest friends in the world,” he wrote, according to court filings. “This was an inexcusable violation of your privacy and our friendship and I am prepared to face whatever consequences will come from this tremendous lapse in judgment.”
The case has drawn attention inside the comics industry, where Farago held a prominent institutional role for years. He served as curator of the Cartoon Art Museum since the mid-2000s and received the Inkpot Award from Comic-Con International in 2015. His published works include titles tied to major franchises such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Batman, and Minecraft, and been affiliated with organizations like the National Cartoonists Society and major publishers including Simon and Schuster.
Farago built a reputation online as a combative progressive voice, frequently targeting members of the Comicsgate movement, accusing them of “bigotry” because they don’t share his far-left, progressive political views. In comments highlighted by contributor Avi Green, Farago once wrote, “Never forget that everyone in ComicsGate took personal offense when Superman took a stand against the Klan,” without providing any receipts for his claims. In other posts, he frequently compared Comicsgate supporters to comicbook villains.
Following news of his arrest, Farago’s professional standing quickly changed. According to the New York Post, a museum representative has now confirmed that he is no longer employed at the Cartoon Art Museum. The case remains under investigation as authorities review his seized devices and prepare for further legal proceedings.
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