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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?
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In terms of his attitude and asshole-ish behavior, that can and will actively drive away fans, potential employers, potential clients etc. That will actively hurt his financial success and his livelihood.
Second, without experimenting or improving his technical abilities, he’s stagnating. That means he’s stuck as he is, and for any artist trying to make a living that’s bad – it lowers the perceived quality of your work, and it makes people less likely to hire you as you show no drive for self-improvement or quality control.
And then there’s the simple fact that when a large internet collective hates you, that’s a big ball-and-chain tied to you – nobody is going to want to hire you, collaborate with you or defend you if they know that could affect them too. Showing some humility and setting out to improve himself would probably get a ton of people off his back and earn him a lot of respect. But he’s happy shutting out criticism, holding onto his contrary opinions and grade-school techniques, and moaning to his (teenage) fanbase about anything and everything.
He simply has no respect for himself or his work, and does everything he can to stay stuck in his ways. He has no artistic drive, he doesn’t try his best, he doesn’t try to improve, and yet wants to be seen as a ~*professional artiste*~ to his fans. And while he carries on like that, more people are going to realise he’s a hack and leave him behind.
And that will hurt him.