So basically, because he as an artist, showed pride for his work, was publicly scorned? I have a "theory" that some people take up complaining as a hobby Otherwise they wouldn't do it so much or as freely as they do.
It quite possibly wasn't even the result of any complaints. This was the era of yellow journalism. If you need a story and don't have one, create one. If you have a story but not all the facts, make them up. We have newspapers to sell.
Oh Geez. Are we gonna start with the 'old jokes' again? If that be the case than Doug is millenniums older than me.....:devil: