Diseased #Comicsgate - The Culture Wars Hit The Funny Books!

[The Holmes]

Heads up, Liam is announcing he's deleting his YT channel in a live stream presently. Nobody can seem to talk him down.

[I should added that this is my Eye Rolling font]

Give him a week or two, he’ll be back.

I'm sorry but who is Liam?

You must be new here. He has his own thread where you can witness some of his nuclear powered autism.

 

[Ike Aim]

He breaks 1 million on day 2.

How many total hours after launch did he cross $1M? Wasn't it Billy Tucci telling him on Friday that he should launch it later in the day? Looks like Billy was right. Seems like Rippa deprived himself of the ability to tout "$1M in the first 24-hours" by going live in the morning EST (despite @FROG and CG Kings best efforts to put him over late that night with a marathon stream)

Oh, nevermind. Rippa will just claim it anyway. Day? Day-and-a-half? No big deal, i guess:

Nice to hear Comicsgate get a "last and implicitly least" shoutout rightfully behind leal-to-the-core allies over at FNT/G+G/Nerdrotic (and The Blaze... and "Salty Cracker"...).

Rippa probably had to think long and hard about who his true friends were after Ethan and co. refused to see him across the finish line for a strong symbolic victory that was well within grasp, instead opting to sabotage his efforts by auctioning their own high-dollar, must-have unique items and adding insult to injury by broadcasting lurid and grotesque internet videos while making a bewildered elderly man watch:

Shameful that Ethan couldn't see it through for a mere additional 8 or 10 hours or whatever it was just to make up for it. Maybe it could have come in under the 1-day mark by making Renie do pushups. A real low point, overall. But this is why the successful YouTubers play Mario Cart and show off Pop Vinyls. That stuff is cute and fun. I guess the point of Jeremy's competing show here is that it's sort of like browsing an auction, except instead of bidding on items to buy you have to try and steal them from his house at a later date. I dunno. But there was definitely strong Rippa simp energy in his chat for the entire brief stream despite doing relatively little shilling for Mr. July.

 

[Mr. Zed da Robot Poon Fed]

I'll give Rippa the benefit of the doubt here. I don't know much about the story, and I don't plan on pre-ordering this or anything he's offering considering that after a decade or so of video games shitting the bed when they come out, pre-ordering is the worst of options, but I'm willing to give him a chance here. This is supposed to be a foundation towards something intended to be larger, and Rippa seems passionate about ending the constant tokenization the comics industry has been engaging in for some time.

Kevin Grievoux, creator of Blue Marvel and Underworld, along with some other stuff, also tweeted about this:

 

[Rupin]

How many total hours after launch did he cross $1M? Wasn't it Billy Tucci telling him on Friday that he should launch it later in the day? Looks like Billy was right. Seems like Rippa deprived himself of the ability to tout "$1M in the first 24-hours" by going live in the morning EST (despite @FROG and CG Kings best efforts to put him over in the early A.M. with a marathon stream)

Oh, nevermind. Rippa will just claim it anyway. Day? Day-and-a-half? Big deal, i guess:

Nice to hear Comicsgate get a "last and implicitly least" shoutout rightfully behind leal-to-the-core allies over at FNT/G+G/Nerdrotic (and The Blaze... and "Salty Cracker"...).


Rippa probably had to think long and hard about who his true friends were after Ethan and co. refused to see him across the finish line for a strong symbolic victory that was well within grasp, instead opting to sabotage his efforts by auctioning their own high-dollar, must-have unique items and adding insult to injury by broadcasting lurid and grotesque internet videos while making a bewildered elderly man watch:

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Shameful that Ethan couldn't see it through for a mere additional 8 or 10 hours or whatever it was just to make up for it. Maybe it could have come in under the 1-day mark by making Renie do pushups. A real low point, overall. But I guess this is why the successful YouTubers play Mario Cart and show off Pop Vinyls. That stuff is cute and fun. I guess the point of Jeremy's competing show here is that it's sort of like browsing an auction, except instead of bidding on items to buy you have try and steal them from his house at a later date. I dunno. But there was definitely strong Rippa simp energy in his chat for the entire brief stream despite doing relatively little shilling for Mr. July.

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the reality is, Rippa really didnt need that much help from Ethan to make it to the million dollar mark. He could have done it on his own to be quite honest.

 

[chalkyresidue]

the reality is, Rippa really didnt need that much help from Ethan to make it to the million dollar mark. He could have done it on his own to be quite honest.

Indeed his most impressive accomplishment might have been to get FNT viewers consume a product not produced by a blue chip stock company

 

[Elwood P. Dowd]

Reddit is keeping the black man down. (Twitter) edit: https://archive.ph/t5iML

 

[Car Won't Crank]

Indeed his most impressive accomplishment might have been to get FNT viewers consume a product not produced by a blue chip stock company

Why would that be impressive when that's what the FNT viewerbase wants though? Every week you have people superchatting $100 just to have Gary read how much the woke are going broke and the like. I bet there's a lot of intersecting viewers between Nerdrotic FNT audience and Eric's audience.

 

[SaidNoOneEver]

Reddit is keeping the black man down. (Twitter)
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YR couldn't ask for better publicity than that. Now there's a hook for the rightward media to latch onto.

 

[Headshotmaster138]

Reddit is keeping the black man down. (Twitter)
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I don't know if they did that to shitpost but promoting your work on reddit is the worse thing that you can do, especially if you're on "the wrong side of history"

 

[Ashley]

Reddit is keeping the black man down. (Twitter)
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That sub and its Discord are a shithole. I got banned because the URL to a scan I posted had numbers that resembled a "pirating website" or something utterly fucking batshit like that, which is funny considering it was on the first page of Google. I remember they'd be bending over backwards to please tranny comic writers/artists no matter how rude and fucked up they were. Then not too long ago one of the mods there, who's this misogynistic Indian guy from Austin, recently trooned out and thinks he's extra super oppressed and an authority on it.

 

[Rupin]

Reddit is keeping the black man down. (Twitter)
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figures Reddit would do that. That exposes them for what they are, they don’t really care about race. It‘s all about the agenda.

 

[Frosted Snowflakes]

Reddit is keeping the black man down. (Twitter)
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When there's success from non-woke people, there's salt flowing.

 

[NSA]

I would wonder about how redditdurs can avoid breaking their brains trying to justify banning the promotion of a black guy for racism, but the real reddit trick they've mastered is not thinking at all.

 

[LoZza]

So someone did a bit of investigating and it's showing that Eric is manually putting in the amount he's earning

 

[SaidNoOneEver]

So someone did a bit of investigating and it's showing that Eric is manually putting in the amount he's earning View attachment 3485889

I was worried about that but not sure what that source code screenshot is supposed to prove. I will say $50/book means 20,000 books to a million dollars.

 

[Elwood P. Dowd]

YR couldn't ask for better publicity than that. Now there's a hook for the rightward media to latch onto.

Right on schedule:

ComicBooks Subreddit Bans Eric July’s Rippaverse Comics For “Supporting Comics From Hate Groups” / https://archive.ph/Z16sE

edit:

Spoiler: Article Text

Eric July’s launch of his Rippaverse Comics was banned by the ComicBooks subreddit, which touts over 2.5 million true believers.



Twitter user UncappedTurtle shared a screenshot showing the subreddit banning July’s promotional video for Rippaverse Comics titled “Welcome to The Rippaverse.” Not only was the promotional video banned from the subreddit, but the user attempting to share it was also permanently banned.

An error message on the post reads, “Sorry, this post has been removed by the moderators of r/comicbooks. Moderators remove posts from feeds for a variety of reasons, including keeping communities safe, civil, and true to their purpose.”

A message from a moderator then stated, “You have been permanently banned from participating in r/comicbooks. You can still view and subscribe to r/comicbooks, but you won’t be able to post or comment.”

It continued, “If you have a question regarding your ban, you can contact the moderator team for r/comicbooks by replying to this message.”



The user did indeed contact the moderator team and asked, “I’m curious, why was I banned?”

A moderator responded, “You broke rule #1 as pertaining to supporting comics from hate groups.”



Rule 1 on the r/ComicBooks subreddit reads, “Rule 1: Be Civil: Racial, sexual, homophobic, or cultural slurs will result in a permanent ban. Do not disparage the differently abled or threaten or incite harm against other users, creators, or industry professionals. Any form of bigotry or support of hate groups (such as comicsgate) is not permitted.”

It continues, ” Please be respectful of people’s pronouns. Intentionally continuing to use the incorrect pronouns after being corrected is a violation of Rule 1. While debate and differing views are encouraged, please keep all discussion on-topic and do not resort to personal attacks. As a general rule, don’t be a jerk.”



It goes on, “Individuals of every demographic are important and deserve representation, both in media and as creators behind media. Deliberately propagating forms of erasure, belittling the wants and needs of other individuals, and similar complaints about ‘forced diversity’ have no place in this community.”

“Posts with comment patterns meeting certain negative criteria (such as excessive amounts of rule-breaking comments) may be locked at the moderation team’s discretion,” the rule concludes.


The ComicBooks subreddit is no stranger to banning comic book creators for having different views than the moderators of the subreddit. The subreddit previously banned Florida Man editor and Bleeding Fool editor-in-chief Chris Braly when he shared a link to the IndieGoGo page for Florida Man.

Like the Reddit user attempting to promote the Rippaverse, Braly was informed he was banned for “comicsgate support.”

A moderator informed him, “Comicsgate support is not tolerated on this subreddit, such as pro-comicsgate websites like Bleeding Fool and comicsgate-lead crowdfunding campaigns like those from Chris Braly.”


The ComicsBook Subreddit ban does not seem to have affected the launch of Rippaverse Comics’ first book, Isom. The book has currently grossed $1,009,086.39 from 10,385 total purchases in just its second day.


July also responded to the ban writing on Twitter, “It’s all good. We do not need the folks that wish to protect the old guard. They can’t stop us and we’re going to win.”


As for Isom’s story, the campaign details it follows Avery Silman “a common rancher, but that wasn’t always the case. After obtaining some unique abilities, Avery spent a brief stint being a hero under the moniker Isom in the city of Florepark, Texas.”

The description continues, “Realizing that it wasn’t for him, he walked away from this life. But after responding to a call from his sister, some violent altercations ensue and has Avery reconsidering his approach.”


The book is written by July with art work by Cliff Richards and former Superman: Son of Kal-El colorist Gabe Eltaeb. Eric Weathers provides his skills as the letterer.

The book, which is 96-pages long, and other add-ons such as t-shirts and trading cards available as part of the campaign are expected to ship to backers in August.

July recently thanked his supporters writing on Twitter, “Your response to the launch of this comic book universe has been something we couldn’t have prepared for or anticipated, yet we hit $1,000,000 in just over one day. Thank you so much to everyone for your support. We’re just getting started!”


What do you make of the ComicBooks subreddit banning the promotion of The Rippaverse?

 

[Car Won't Crank]

So someone did a bit of investigating and it's showing that Eric is manually putting in the amount he's earning View attachment 3485889

A Whois query of rippaverse.com shows the domain registrar is godaddy. If you look at the source html, you can see in the head element section, there are various scripts that call Wordpress javascript files.

The rocketlazyreloadscript is a wordpress plugin you can find on github https://github.com/wp-media/rocket-lazy-load. Because it's wordpress, Eric is probably manually inputting the total amount from paypal and other payment processors he's using for the campaign. I'm not sure that twitter post really means anything if this is his method of compiling the numbers.

 

[Analog Devolved]

I knocked over TUG's mailbox, shit on Ethans lawn and egged the breitweisers house all for young rippa.

hail the new caesar!

Right on schedule:

ComicBooks Subreddit Bans Eric July’s Rippaverse Comics For “Supporting Comics From Hate Groups” / https://archive.ph/Z16sE

Reddit: NOT EVEN ONCE.

 

[verissimus]

A Whois query of rippaverse.com shows the domain registrar is godaddy. If you look at the source html, you can see in the head element section, there are various scripts that call Wordpress javascript files.

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The rocketlazyreloadscript is a wordpress plugin you can find on github https://github.com/wp-media/rocket-lazy-load. Because it's wordpress, Eric is probably manually inputting the total amount from paypal and other payment processors he's using for the campaign. I'm not sure that twitter post really means anything if this is his method of compiling the numbers.

But that still means he can manipulate the numbers if he wanted to right?

 

[Car Won't Crank]

But that still means he can manipulate the numbers if he wanted to right?

Yeah, if the assumption that all he's doing is inputting numbers in a wordpress field and clicking publish, faking the numbers is still a possibility.