I must have been long since infected as Card is one of my favorite authors alive...I go to his website daily and frequently try to decide weather the fundemental questions of race relations and warfare ethics addressed in the Ender's Game series or the fantastical look at what America might have been and the underlying connections of America's early years found in the pages of The Tales of Alvin Maker are more fun to read.
His column, Uncle Orson Reviews Everything in the Rhino Times is a fun read, and very informative. His column, Worldwatch in the same publication is a political breath of fresh air from a conservative Democrat who, while I don't always agree with his views, always presents fair and logical argumets.
I guess I tend to give him the benefits of lots of doubts when it comes to his comic career.