Friday Archive Dive: handling criticism
Friday, January 25, 2013 at 10:14AM Today's Archive Dive is from January 26, 2012, when we discussed handling criticism.
I've been dealing a lot with criticism over the past few weeks. The storyline I've been working on in "Evil Inc" hits a few nerves -- particularly with subjects like marital infidelity -- and as a result, I've gotten more communication than I've ever gotten for any one storyline or strip.
And not all of it has been positive.
One long-time reader -- someone who has shown up at almost every one of my east-coast convention appearances -- has written to say that he's not reading until this storyline is over. In addition to negative e-mail, I've gotten a few negative comments on Twitter and Facebook, and I woke up this morning to a negative review on a Web site (not to mention a listing on ComicsIDontUnderstand.com for a recent Courting Disaster comic).
And every time, the overriding urge is to jump into the fray and say, "No, no no! You don't get it! It's like this..."
But that would be a mistake on so many levels: