Patrick,
I'm not familiar with your work, but I saw your striking writer cartoon today, and I have to say, your POV here is really ignorant. I assume you live in Southern California. Don't you know any TV writers who, as they reach their 40s and (God Forbid) 50s, are deemed too old to understand their audiences and can no longer find employment? Or writers who maybe hit it big with a movie deal but the script never got produced and they never got another assignment? Or young writers turning out spec after spec, unable to find anyone willing to read, much less produce them?

Sure, there are several hundred writers making great money in this town, but there are several thousand more stuggling to pay the bills without a regular gig to rely on.

Your sarcasm would be better directed toward the other side -- the CEOs making tens of million a year in bonuses and stock options while turning out products that are mostly garbage. These guys are hurting their companies by refusing to foster better relationships with the writers who are their most valuable assets.