Interesting things happen when you interact with the public, especially when you interact with the comic book public and talk about things like art in comic books.
As some followers know, I write reviews for 7-8 current comics every week at www.weeklycomicbookreview.com. It's a fun thing to do and I think it has made me a better comic reader because I'm constantly trying to think of ways to put into words what a comic makes me feel.
But, you see some interesting things in the comment thread.... And, I LOVE our comment thread. There's no better feeling that knowing that something you wrote caused someone to spend some of their time interacting back, so I always try to respond to everyone on our threads.
Ordinarily, I think comics should be a no arguing zone. I mean....when I think of the people who get into fist-shaking rages over comic book arguments, I feel kinda the way Allen Iverson used to feel about "practice". My attitude is usually, "C'mon....we're arguing about comic books! Are you fricking kidding me??"
And, you'll see that attitude on most of the "feel good" internet comic forums: Hey! We're all entitled to our opinions!
But....what if their opinion is legitimately dumb?