MORE JIM SHOOTER: By Bill Sherman via Jay Zilber. Bill seems Shooter-neutral, and his explanation for the origins of widespread Shooter-hate sounds reasonable:

But if the larger-than-life myths that have grown around the man are unfair, it’s clear from the testimony he’s made on the issue of creators’ rights that Shooter’s vision of the role of writers and artists in a mainstream comics company conflicts with the views of many hard-working comics folk. Nothing wrong with that – but in that dichotomy lies the groundwork for plenty of bruised feelings. . .

And, y’know, Marvel's New Universe really did suck.

A quick appreciation of the New Universe: you can find them in the four-for-a-dollar bins at conventions and comics stores and put them in every bathroom in your house so you're never at a loss for reading material. You can probably make this claim about old issues of Micronauts and ROM: Spaceknight too.