creative people shouldn't be allowed to do whatever they want (the major example being George Lucas and his prequels of course).

Heh. After the fall of communism in Russia practically all creative people went through collective artistic crisis. The majority of them never recovered. :(

I found the whole kitty thing ridiculous - not the vampy kitten idea, which could be neat, except it just went completely haywire.

Maybe the issue would have been more successful if they invited a manga artist. *shrugs*

For now I'm very busy finishing the next chapter of my WIP...

You're talking about My Immortal? *salivates*