I get asked if I am gay quite often. I don’t know if it’s inappropriate, but it’s always a little odd to me that people ask that as if it is anyone’s business but those I choose to share such things with.
The thing that I think is really starting to get me down is being asked loaded questions about other writers and books all the time, people want me to be as angry about EVENT ____ or CHARACTER ACTION _____ as they are, and I think they want me to trash other people, when I usually haven’t even read the book in question.
I don’t like to trash things without context. I don’t like to rip writers for passing story choices without knowing what they are thinking. And I personally just am not made to focus on only negative stuff all day. So it gets a little wearying.
And of course, if I DON’T get as mad as they are, inevitably, there’s name calling and accusations of being a sell-out or whatever. It’s kind of douche move. There’s plenty that makes me angry in comics, I talk about it all the time. But I am less likely to rail on someone for a story I haven’t even read, and frankly, that isn’t going to change.
Published on May 11, 2013 10:45