Scott McCloud responds to the backlash against his latest micropayments missive. It’s amazing to watch artists squabble among themselves over perceived sleights and the impression that one of their number is getting too big for his britches. Make art. Fight for art. Don’t fight against one another. Jeez.
Goddamn it, Tycho — why the fuck do we have to be enemies?
Neither of us is making a living at this. Both of us need “day jobs.” Maybe both of us have families (I don’t know anything about you personally and unlike you I’m ready to admit that). I’m offering one solution to the exact problem you describe and your only response is to kick me in the teeth for it in front of thousands of people!
Well I’m not kicking back. In this whole response, you’ll notice I haven’t once attacked you personally. Why? Because the idea of a feud between online comics artists over something like this is beyond pointless — it’s suicide.
You want a debate. Fine. Any idea that comes along should be subjected to every test we have. But this isn’t how ideas get tested, Tycho. This is how ideas get buried.