Creators Need to Take Criticism Like Adults

I found the above in the back of an old Iron Man comic released in 1968, and it immediately made me feel nostalgic for a time when creators (at least outwardly) respected the fans and absorbed criticism without lobbing baseless accusations of -ism and -phobia at the audience.

If you're a creator, you needn't heed every fan complaint; you do have a right to your own artistic freedom. But behaving like a bratty, entitled child is not the way to go. As the Marvel folks wisely observe above, your readers have spent their hard-earned money on your product -- and that means you have a duty to treat them with civility.