>>89685324>except it wasn'tHere's the historical context for that sidebar. SGR had already printed a list of faux-pas "things one mustn't do" which included "read QuestionableContent" while poorly redacting the title.
Allison in the sidebar is unwisely saying "No, I'm really calling out the habit of cramming unwieldy adult dialogue into the mouths of youths" when that is de facto his own signature as a writer while never quite explaining WHY that required drawing someone else's webcomic characters instead of OCs or outright likenesses of the TV characters he claims were the real offenders.
As to why he'd bother backpedaling, it's simple. Most people in January 2006, webcomic creators outside the US included, did not know that multi-con appearances for webcomic creators were being organized by a team who managed registration, booths, travel and lodging. And that team were Randy Milholland and Jeph Jacques.
Even if JJ himself never complained, it's likely that Randy privately told JA something along the lines of "this was a pretty catty thing of you to do; make a public excuse and mend your fences because it would be very frustrating to have every US convention hall situate your booths behind weight bearing pillars" and surprise of surprises, not only did that excuse appear but JA's first appearance in the US was a tiny indie con JJ himself ran in Easthampton.
