Originally published March 7, 1997, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1216
While Harlan Ellison was busy putting fans in their place, I was busy being put in mine.
Harlan started quite a stir during his opinion piece on the Sci-Fi Channels Sci-Fi Buzz. Ellison stated that writers “owe” fans nothing beyond their best endeavors at plying their craft. Writers who receive wide fan support do not owe the fans any sense of gratitude for “putting” the writers where they are; the writers owe their relative success entirely to their own efforts.
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