CBR bashes Marko Djurdjevic because they have nothing better to do

One of Marko's Covers (Via)

One of our favorite artists to feature on this site, Marko Djurdjevic of studio SixMoreVodka, recenty came under fire from CBR (Comic Book Resource) following his departure from Marvel.  They wrote him up as a an ungrateful jerk who was badmouthing Marvel and his former coworkers.  The rest of the "comic media" decided they woud paraphrase this article and smear Marko all over the net.  Luckily, the truth is coming out, and it's not nearly what CBR woud make it out to be.  A full explanation on CBR's yellow journalism after the jump!  

According to them, Marko was on a Fantastic Four Panel at FanExpo in Toronto, when he allegedly had a breakdown and started angrily smack talking his previous colleagues and Marvel as a client.  According to this CBR article,  Marko dominated the stage, every time he spoke he cut off and interrupted his fellow panelists, and he did it all in a mocking tone.  CBR's favorite quote was that Marko referred to Duane Swierczynski as writing like "toilet paper."  CBR realized they'd misquoted him and corrected the name to J. Michael Straczynski.

Marko is a very confident forward guy with a booming German voice, and he did resign from Marvel: so some of the article is based in fact. The best lies usually are. Unfortunately for CBR, other people who were at the panel are calling BS on the article. According to Jonathan Hickman's twitter feed, "This stuff with #MarkoDjurdjevic is not being conveyed accurately. AT ALL, in my opinion." "He certainly wasn't disrespectful to me or Steve. Hell, I thought everyone was just having a good time." Since he was sitting right next to Marko on the stage and supposedly one of the victims of Marko's tirades, he should know.  

So with the credible sources backing Marko up, and all the libel against Marko basically paraphrasing the one original CBR article, it seems this is a case of yellow journalism: CBR exaggerating and spinning facts to create controversy, and therefore interest.  It's too bad that in order to do so, they had to write their article "like toilet paper."  If they had a printed edition, that's just what I'd be using it for.

update: CBR has tried to patch things up, and an audio recording of the panel is available for people to make their own conclusions.