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You are!

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At this point I am very much letting the stories "write themselves," so, believe it or not, this bit of nastiness didn't occur to me until about a day before I drew it.

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From time to time.

In fact--and this will surprise you!--I had annoying occasion happen a few years ago on just this point. Working on a particular series, I came to the end of an issue and realized there was a place for a humorous "punch line" which would wrap up the whole thing. Since it was the teeniest bit on the rude side, I called the editor and asked if I could do it. I was told I could.

A few years later, the same editor was busting my chops over something (no longer remember what) and he brought this up--but in his mind it had become that I had "written the whole story just so you could use that punchline."

I reminded him of the reality, and suggested he stop telling that story.

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Good will always triumph over evil cuz it's nicer.

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Back in the day, when he was letter column editor, Roger Stern used to moan about all the "Me am think you great!" letters that would come in. Letters that were clearly being written solely with the intent of getting published.

Here, of course, your "letters" are "published" automatically, so there's no need for sucking up. If you tell me you like the work, I assume you mean it--and there's no way I can hear that too often!