You always hurt the ones you love

The better something is, the more important it is to criticize it. You owe it to the thing to make sure it adheres to its own high standards.

That’s why you should read Dave Intermittent‘s critique of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s involvement in amicus briefs, and Alan David Doane‘s comments on Gary Groth’s biographically fixated interview with Phoebe Gloeckner in the Comics Journal.

If the CBLDF and the Journal weren’t of such vital importance to a healthy comics industry and art form, people wouldn’t bother getting upset when they see them drop the ball.