[Nate]

There’s a couple of reasons.

First off, the guy’s a complete and utter ass. He endears himself to no one and refuses to take criticism. This makes him a target – people can vent their frustrations, make edits of his shit, make fun of him. It’s fun and cathartic and he deserves it, so why not?

Second, because he lives off of his art. This is his day job, he makes money from it. So for him to put so little effort into something that thousands of others are also trying to do—and do far better, for far less gain—is downright insulting to creatives everywhere.

Third, public critiques also have a secondary purpose – they educate others on techniques, tools, mistakes etc. When somebody pens a blogpost saying “Dobson is a hack because he does x”, the people reading and folowing all of this are indirectly being given tips and pointers on what to do or what not to do in their own artistic endeavors. And utimately that’s a net gain for the community as a whole.

And fourth, the guy is a darling of DeviantArt and many younger artists actually look up to him, and he actually has the nerve to give (hilariously bad) advice to these people, as though he is an expert. So it becomes important to point out his flaws and mistakes so that these people do not take his advice and follow it to disastrous ends.

And yet huge numbers of people read his comics and he's clearly successful enough to support himself. While that remains true, why the hell should he change what he's doing?