[AerieC]

How is it pathetic? It's just like any other business. Identify a consumer need, provide that need, ????, profit. You could make the same argument for almost any other business, especially anything related to art.

"Drawing pictures seems like an incredibly pathetic way to earn a living. Surely those with the intelligence to accomplish such things could contribute their time to something more productive?"

If we all we ever did was "something more productive" the world would be a damn boring place, and one in which I would not want to live.