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I don’t equate volume with breadth. Much like Liefeld and Land, if Jeph’s work was truly so hated, it wouldn’t sell so well so consistently–not even just in the moment, but also in collected form thereafter. The people that have a dislike of Jeph’s work tend to be loud and vocal about it, and like those that don’t like Liefeld or Land, they don’t seem to ever stop talking about it, but none of that has an effect on the overall or ongoing sales of what he does. That tells me that there are many more people who read Jeph’s work and enjoy it, and don’t feel the need to talk about it ad infinitum on the internet. Also, I think it all depends where you look–I’ve sen just as much vitriol aimed at Brian Bendis and Matt Fraction and Geoff Johns and pretty much any of the most successful writers in the field. Dan Slott’s gotten more hate-posts in the last six months than the entirety of the rest of his time on Earth. When you’re playing at that level, there’s always going to be a segment of the audience that doesn’t like what you’re doing, and that makes it almost a personal crusade to try to bring about a change. So it goes.