Insecurities

Some creators wear their emotions on their sleeves. To understand these guys you have to understand the following (and this applies to Charles Schultz as well). These guys were victimized in school. Bullied and ridiculed (not all creators but you get an idea of who is like this the farther you read). So they post a webcomic and get a fan base and then it's a god complex. Now THEY have fans. So they feel like they are big shots. But they still suffer from incredible insecurity. So when someone criticizes them they have a flashback of being bullied but now they have power. They can lash out. You know what's sadder than the old rocker? The bullied geek who never let it go. Sad.