>Um, don't you mean as long as there are readers who buy this tripe,
>they'll keep producing it?

Agreed. What comprises popular entertainment to most people is a *business* for the folks making it, and fans would do very well not to blur those lines.

*You* might worry about Ollie and Dinah. Mr. DiDio is worrying about getting his books into as many grubby hands as possible.

Ard Sumhenner
that Janice chick
Usual Suspect and general menace