Another Arrogant, Malicious, Narrow-Minded Review
Last year I ran across Alan David Doane of Comic Book Galaxy fame on a message board and produced a portrait of him which I included in Portraits of the Creators Sketchbook. Some time later, I took him to task for having unjustly criticized Clifford Meth for his editorial policy in the The Uncanny Dave Cockrum Tribute. I asked him then to try to smooth things out with Clifford, but Alan chose not to take any such action.
ADD has recently maligned another friend and colleague with an arrogant narrow-minded review of The Comic Cartoonist's Workbook by Steven Bove', self-published through his Bove'works imprint.
Perhaps it's time that ADD receives a little taste of his own medicine to help him better understand the potential consequences of the narrow-minded insensitive arrogance he displays with his often spiteful reviews and commentary.
In your malicious disregard for the purpose and essence of the material you reviewed, Alan... As you wallowed in your self-importance and in the image of the loud-mouth crusher you easily allow yourself to portray... As you so heroically and ruthlessly attempted to show us what a mighty and ferocious pen you wield with the blabbermouth dribble you try to palm off as intelligent reviews... And in this dark hour for you where the comics industry will judge you with the same cruelty you judge others... I'd like to humbly remind you of one simple fact that has escaped your pitiful self-imposed eminence in the above mentioned review.
Steven Bove' makes no pretense of being on parity with the comic book giants you attempt to compare him to. Steven is a humble good soul with a love and passion for the comic book form that escapes the pompous arrogant elitism which characterizes you. His book makes no pretense of showcasing his talent as an artist. Its purpose, rather, is to introduce young newcomers to fundemetal basics of creating and publishing comics. This, Alan, Steven accomplishes with an eloquence that a proud and crude loud-mouth, parading as an intellectual snob, such as you, can never understand. Yet, Steven's art in the workshop publication is professional and proficient with a charm that the darkened crevices of your ugly soul simply cannot bring itself to enjoy.
Steven's book is a credit to his achievements as a professional instructor and artist. Steven's love for the craft and the community of comics creators comes through with every dot of ink and every fiber of paper in his marvelous and charming work. Steven's love for the comics and for comics creators drove him to choose to remain independent, upon discovering that the career he embarked on as a work-for-hire artist imposed upon him conditions that he felt would be a discredit to the craft's integrity. He chose to walk out on comics publishers who offered him work and forged an independent path early in his career, in pursuit of the due respect he felt that comics creators should receive from them. The integrity that Steven Bove' possesses in the tip of his toenail at any one given moment, exeeds, ten-fold, the integrity you have garnered in your entire physical being since the very day your were born into this world - as exemplified with the disrespect you display for a humble elegance such as his.
You have written another arrogant, narrow-minded review, Alan David Doane and stepped on one too may toes with your malicious pomposity and ill-hearted disregard for the essence of the work you reviewed. The piper now comes calling.
I do pray he'll find you well dressed for the occasion.
