I'd never wish the same on even an enemy. He's just a guy who comes off like he wants out of comics. And as long as I'm getting to write comic books, bitter cats can say whatever they want about me. And besides - all the real money and credible attention comes my day job anyway. I just hope that the comics field never loses its luster for me the same way it seems to have for Ellis.
Life's too short to keep score like that.
I've been signed up to all manner of porn sites and weight reduction programs. Upon closer inspection, it turns out the back-slapping was over my alleged bitching out of a comic book writer named Warren Ellis. And I would've responded to it over at the Warren Ellis board, but as I'm a computer idiot, I wasn't able to navigate that forum at all, and couldn't find the thread in question. My apologies to all those who are already bored to tears with this. I've never read the title, but I've met the artist of such once or twice, and he's given me two volumes of trade paperbacks that I've yet to read.