A lot of people have been writing today to ask if I’ve seen Mike’s review of Joel’s book (the one in which one of my comics was published).

The answer is: Yes, I’ve seen it.

My response is: Who cares. I did the comic for fun. If Gunderloy feels cheated in any way, then he might have been expecting a completely different book, and it’s his Gunderloy-given right to hate my comics, so Gunderloy bless him for doing so. I used to hang out a lot in Chris Sells’ off topic yahoo group (where Gunderloy is a regular part of the conversation), and I’m used to his curmudgeonry.

If I had a dollar for every time somebody thought I stank, then I’d be in the stinkin’ business, and I’d be rich. But I don’t, and I’m not. There will always be people who think you stink.

And I still read Gunderloy’s site.

I’ll tell you what that guy needs, though – he needs a nice little Pollyanna to come skipping into his life. She just has a real knack for setting old grumpy codgers straight :)