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I haven't really decided how I feel about this. Is it legit? I could see either opinion. It certainly drives her to make whatever comics that appeal to the masses. They function as an advertisement, and I know how I feel about advertisements.
If I'm curating something that I'd publish, there's no way in hell I'd include her stuff. Banning it from a platform is a number of steps farther than that, though.
Artists need to make money, and there are certainly projects I appreciate where I'd encourage the artist's method of making money. Where to find the line between the art as advertising for money and the money as funding for the art is an interesting discussion. You can absolutely tell in her case, but she shows that the line is blurry.