Rippaverse Goalposts

Sometimes, creative risks play out differently than expected. Our Editor-In-Chief, Eric July, made a call in Bloodruth #1 that might not have landed as intended—but we’ll let you be the judge. Let us know what you think when your books arrive!

@EthanVanSciver Eric July and his mongrel-minded baboon fans deserve nothing but mockery and ridicule. Pile-drive them into the ash heap of history.

What did I base my opinion on? Uh, okay… Based on a combined 1 millions subs between him and Eric July. ISOM #1 pulling 3.7 million. Everyone expected at least 500k for a new #1 from this power couple. Eric needed to prove Rippasend could make money for others, figured he’d clear the runway, not close and launch new books on top of Flash’s. I thought it’d pull around 2 million, be a nice win for Dillard. Under 300k was unthinkable with that much marketing horsepower, but it looks to be happening. Based on that. Absolute disaster.

@ComicsGateDrama Also: EJ drained the market with his own comic release prior to pushing YF"s MGP. After all, everyone who goes through Rippasend are official competitors. So there's a conflict of interest in EJ's services to promote competitors books.

@ComicsGateDrama After the MGP announcement 8 months ago Eric has since churned out tons of subpar books assembly line style which led to many potential customers to move on but also it’s because flash burnt bridges with real comic fans and artists.