For the record, the "sigh" was me finally getting fed up with zerodrone/Jackie Blue and banning him.
The REASON I banned him is not that he is unhappy with the comic, or that he had criticism. It was that he had the sheer GALL to assume that he knew my motivations, state of mind, and feeling towards my own work. He put words in my mouth, he was a condescending prick, he's done it before and been warned, and I got sick of it, so he's gone.
This is MY website. I am literally spending MY hard-earned money so that YOU people have this place. If you don't respect that you WILL be gone.
I see no reason to tolerate the presence of those I find tiresome.
Complete agreement on your right to do as you wish. For all my comment about "stuck with us", I meant it much more as a friendly compliment. As I said, you have created something people enjoy or find some level of connection with.
This is still Jeph's playground, and he DOES have the right to take his toys and go home.
As a volunteer admin on the Car & Driver forums, I have had similar conversations with the moderators and the paid web staff. We had a user hack the forum and make some changes, which many felt were an improvement. But if this had been the real world, the comparison would be that someone broke into your house and re-arranged all the furniture. Even if the layout was better, or the Feng Shui was stronger or whatever, they still BROKE INTO YOUR HOUSE!.
To apply that idea to this discussion, why would Jeph (or anyone who hosts a forum) continue to invite in some one who had insulted him, bad mouthed him in front of others and had been warned to stop but continued anyway? I wouldn't tolerate someone like that visiting my home, and I doubt most of you would, either. Friendly debate, even sometimes disagreement, yes. But the admin of the forum has the right to decide what is over the line. If people leave because of it, that is their option as well.