original_post:_8/29/2003_______________________ Now, sometimes I get a little competitive, but I'm usually most competitive with either my sisters, or my wife. As an artist, when I was dating another artist in the past, it was a constant ego check to how my art measured up to hers. I'd imagine Max feels the same way hearing about Alli doing a comic. It's encroaching upon his domain. He knows that Alli is talented, and might even be better at it than he is.