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Isom Issue 2 Campaign Off to a Super Start

AlexGherzo | Jun 12, 2023 | 0

The campaign for Isom #1, the first issue of Eric July’s Rippaverse Comics, was a massive success, generating over $3 million in sales. Today was the beginning of the second issue’s campaign, and it’s following a similar trajectory. As of this writing, Isom #2 has accrued $763,643 in sales, mo...

REVIEW: Isom #1

Matthew Carmosino | Oct 25, 2022 | 1

Whether you’re a Marvel or DC fan, fell out of enjoying comic books in recent years, or are a complete newbie to the genre, Isom’s debut book is a delight through and through. The perspective of this review is from the latter, someone who’s read maybe one or two comics in his entir...

Comicbooks Subreddit Banning all Rippaverse Discourse

Matthew Carmosino | Jul 13, 2022 | 2

Rippaverse Comics has skyrocketed to great success after more than $1 million of revenue on its first day. Independent comic publishing is the way to break free of the politically correct echo chamber that is mainstream comics, and that’s what Eric July has done. Getting banned from huge subr...

Rippaverse Launches to Astonishing Sales

AlexGherzo | Jul 11, 2022 | 2

Today is the official launch day for the Rippaverse, Eric July’s independent comic book line, and his detractors are already crying in their Cheerios. The Rippaverse website is now up and running, and the first issue of the initial comic release, titled Isom, is available to order in three differe...

Doug Ernst’s Soulfinder: Demon’s Match IGG Comic Book Campaign is Here!

Spike | Jun 14, 2019 | 0

The history of the consumer hashtag #ComicsGate is a complicated one. But there’s a group of people who have certainly impacted the development of the struggle to make comic books great and viable again; Englentine from I Love Comics, Captain Frugal, and Washington Times journalist Doug Ernst ...

Why I’m Excited: Downcast

brettstevens | Apr 21, 2019 | 0

I’ve never been one for crowdfunding. Before this year, the only crowdfunding effort I had ever been involved with didn’t go well, and I had pretty much decided not to engage in the idea again. However, after discovering Cyberfrog and Downcast over the last few months, I’ve had to revise my pr...