Let’s talk about nepotism/cronyism
There’s been some talk going around about whether or not people are getting opportunities they don’t “deserve” based on other relationships, and I’m not going to touch the subject of “qualification” in comics because it’s so dumb as a conversation it hurts my entire head even to consider typing about it.
The other part of it: as an ad hominem reductor it’s gibberish: almost everyone I know in comics is on some level through a door based initially at least on familiarity. A friendly face vs a stranger’s. This wasn’t less true when I worked in any other business… people would rather work with someone they know is not going to make their day any worse.
That’s not the part of your argument that’s ridiculous. Even if we accept your potentially flawed supposition in that case (and I really really don’t) that’s not where your idea falls apart.
Where it falls apart is that foot in the door somehow blocking your entry. Where that person’s illegally squatting on your career, on work that would be otherwise yours.
No matter what you think of anyone’s work, no one hires someone they think is bad for their book. So even if someone else helps you peek into the room, that other foot gets in the door if they like what you do when you get there.
And if Alan Moore II’s standing next in the line, they don’t tell him the inn is full. They’ll find a spot for him.
No one’s blocking your entry into comics.
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