Okay, this is definitely insular. But it is also quite funny.

Recently, Bleeding Cool ran an article including a discussion carried out with John Layman at a comic convention. Then it continued into the comments. One regular poster, and DC Comics lover Joe Kalicki disagreed with the description of Layman in the article as "polite".

Joe: I don't know how "polite" he is, but Detective Comics has been pretty good and I have an affinity for the old Wildstorm guys so, well, good luck I guess. I'm still waiting for the trade to buy Detective though.

Cammy: He's totally polite as long as you're not an asshole.

Joe: I think that's proven not to be the case on this board.

John: I'm just a not a blind, water-carrying, corporate ass-suck, Joe, which seems to make me some sort of hypocrite in your book.

Joe: No, slamming a company and the people running it for years, then taking a job with them makes you a hypocrite. But whatever, I'm still going to buy Mars Attacks, since as far as I know you didn't go on an anti-IDW rampage in recent memory.

John: Joe, I have and do stand by every word I've ever said, positive, negative or otherwise. If I ever said "I'd never work for DC " and then did, THAT would make me a hypocrite. Saying critical things about a company is not tantamount to declaring a boycott from working for said company.

A more persuasive case for hypocrisy would be the person who declares they will not be buying a particular book by a particular writer, and the going back online later and reversing himself.

Joe: I said I wouldn't buy your Detective and I think with my very next post I added that yes, I probably will buy the trade. I'm sure I was too hasty with that first declaration, but at least as far as the monthly goes, I've stuck to it. My friend still buys it so I am reading it, and it is good, and I have no doubt if it remains good I will change my stance on that too. It very well may make me a hypocrite, yes.

John: While what *I* have said in no way, shape or form makes me a hypocrite.

Joe: Well I disagree, obviously. I'm not going to go back through your posts again to confirm it, but I'm pretty sure you had some negative comments about anybody that would work for DC , so I'm not sure how you could pass that off as better than saying you never would yourself.

John: Well, I say put your money where your big mouth is, shit talker, and find anything I said even REMOTELY sounds like me saying "I won't work for DC ."

You know, rather than continue to publicly disparage me about something that ISN'T FUCKING TRUE.

Joe: Again, I'm not going through all of your posts, but I assume by this one you're looking forward to leaving their employ soon: Gregory Noveck Out At DC Comics

John: "Whenever someone leaves DC an angel cries a tear of liquid gold."

To you, that sounds like me saying 'I'll never work for DC ? You need to work on your reading comprehension.

Joe: No, but it sure sounds like you have a low opinion of working there.

John: Again, work on your reading comprehension.

As before, I stand by every word I said.

Not only that, Joe, at such time when I leave Detective, not only will an angel cry a tear of liquid gold, but a whole HOST of angels will cry out in unison, and weep BUCKETS of liquid gold, and both Heaven and Earth will be cast asunder.

I don't see how you could possible derive from this me saying "I'll never work for DC ." I look forward to your apology forthwith.

Joe: I won't apologize for the tone you give off.