Dick Masterson Reviews ISOM #1

[@stevenwayneart]

So this is the "bad faith" review that everyone is upset about? Bruised egos aside, I don't see why this caused so much controversy. There's actually a lot of great writing advice here.

[@gringles]

I don’t know about crazy, they’re just very “modern” with how consumed by Internet drama their minds and emotions are. They want to believe that Dick tried to torch Isom in this review that they haven’t watched because Eric’s “response” either misunderstood Dick’s points or he purposefully twisted things to persuade listeners like some Pied Piper. I think it’s a fine trash fire they have going on here, everyone thank Nina for badgering Dick into reading a book that she had never read.

[@anthroparion]

There's technically millions on the line from EJ's point of view. He seems to have invested in a lot of human and physical resources and would be counting on every release making millions. What is annoying is "the fellowship" grew from people finding others that thought the same way they were thinking.. "that star wars movie was cr4ppy, right?" and then we may have a moment where the owners / readers of Isom may have the same realisation and find a voice for that in the CG crowd. Hope that came out some what sensible.. :/

[@gringles]

@@anthroparion He reinvested heavily back into his business, so there is a lot riding on future sales as obvious as a statement as that is. He stopped releasing “transparency reports” so the people interested in crunching numbers are now in the dark as to his financials after the first Isom. I’ve heard that he spent 350k on employee salary in one quarter, which included contractor work and people have assured me that the warehouse was a big cost as well.

[@rogerborg]

It's mostly that sweaty paedos yelling random things isn't exactly what I'd call either great, or advice.

[@shoutingATclouds-btw]

It's been over a year since any positive viral anything has happened with Dick. A comedian that wouldn't be able to get a room full of drunk people laughing in a comedy club is a non-essential worker.

[@Dherkin_McGhurken]

A great fictional story of a black man getting disrespect at a club and instead of pulling a hi-point, he pulls on tights.

[@berrybluebird3842]

Eric July can NOT take criticism. This is a big problem for anyone who is supposed to be a professional.

[@JohnDavidSullivan]

maybe but Dick is a raging douchecanoe. Two wrongs don't make a right. And Vito is a nonce... so...

[@acidtester7470]

It's a bigger problem for anyone who want's to be successful. No way to improve if you wont accept criticism.

[@mitchjames9350]

But didn’t Dick state before he wants to derail Eric’s comic venture.

[@acidtester7470]

@@mitchjames9350 hahaha I think Eric is doing that well enough on his own.

[@Linklex7]

Ironically enough, Eric is a snowflake.

[@lakembra]

I would read The Incredibly Stupid Woman

[@oakey03]

I watch the live-action adaptation every day.

[@BuckROCKGROIN]

I read comics to ESCAPE reality. Thank you.

[@hellsonly8908]

Her stupidity allows her to solve crimes!!!

[@holdthetruthhostage]

Haha 😅 yo 😂

[@bell110]

Read it? I live it.

[@MRboomchongo]

I’ve been supporting Comicsgate since slightly before EVS was fired from DC. Came here after reading ISOM for the first time just now. It’s hard to get through. I almost couldn’t tolerate the nothingness. It’s like bad rap. The panels showing off ISOM’s (patent pending) powers feel shoved in because Eric thought they looked cool. One panel shouldn’t destroy continuity of the page. Yet in ISOM there are pages back to back with practically that same bright white lighting, posing, hero shot and overall feel. Directing the readers eye is so important in comics. Making the reader want to turn the page is an art not achieved with ISOM. The inner-monologue is obtrusive when introduced randomly in the middle of the book for no good reason other than to up the page count. Somehow it manages to feel like a long read while also being short and unsatisfying.

[@thestranger9608]

The issue is he tried making this a 90 page book rather than a 20-30 page book which caused all these continuity issues and pointless subplots. He's not ready for a mega sized issue he should have went the conventional route, let it run its course, get the feedback and improve on the next issue. Never thought i d see a comic creator who is doing too much and too little at the same time.

[@Cring3Party]

Wait tell you hear his music LMAO

[@bIametheniIe]

This comic was tough to get through. It's mostly filler in between incoherent action scenes. The comic is basically a child playing with their action figures. There's no rhyme or reason for why things happen other than Deric thinks it looks super awesome.

[@thetornquads3968]

Isom was 120 pages of setup, and after reading it I wasn't exactly excited for what it was trying to setup. So, it's good to hear someone not in the echo chamber talk about it.

[@Firebird1968]

Isom 1 120 pages ? You never read the book and just gave yourself away. 😂

[@earwigismadlove]

​@@Firebird1968 96 pages if I am counting right. It's a comic. I didn't hate it, but it did not rock my world.

[@Firebird1968]

@@earwigismadlove its issue 1 of a universe that will maintain its continuity. Start small and build up to big events, I prefer a slower paced story. If you jump straight into world or universe destroying stakes it gets old and you ultimately hit the reset button on the timeline because it gets harder to outdo the last event. Most people are tired of buying a series of books only for the entire timeline and list of events to be wiped out like it never happened or thrown into some multi verse crap where they can claim it was a different iteration of a character on earth #27437284 lol. I'll have way more patience with Eric's company especially after seeing the new talent hes bringing in.

[@earwigismadlove]

More power to you Tom. There's a fan for everything. And perhaps it might get good later down the line. X-Men wasn't interesting until I read up to Roy Thomas's work. If July can capture that spirit then trust me I will read more of Isom.

[@firstamericanmanga6827]

120 pages in a COMIC BOOK for setup is fucking stupid

[@holdthetruthhostage]

The energy from this man could power a Planet

[@weilam03]

for about 5mins then diabetes kicks in.

[@dantheanimator5072]

A weed plant? 😂 Naw I agree, could power a whole state

[@thebrownf]

I cant wait for the superkiller review.

[@username5227]

Just waiting for the *final* script

[@discipleofdagon8195]

Still waiting

[@WilloftheFans]

For what it's worth, with Valiant, it's one long track from him looking at photos (there might be a cut here) to showing his bro's desk, glasses and pipe, then some newspaper clippings showing them saving Donald Duck's nephews and Goofy, and then some family photos of them being clowns and having a sense of humor (totally not like Valiant is behaving in the movie) and then the three of them going into business (w/Delores) and then finally him asleep with an empty whisky bottle. Glorious cinematography if a little heavy handed on the mise en scene (it's a tracking shot for the audience only not just some accidental placement etc). But the point stands, you know everything you need to about Valiant in about 20-30 seconds.

[@thebruisedkind5345]

beats two guys that were only doing their jobs and runs from the police?...is Isom black or something?

[@crashandersen602]

"What're we? some kinda...black guy or something?" -Will Smith.

[@KeijiMaeda86]

I think people forget that Dick is actually a legit writer. Lol

[@theclawyaww3740]

And has done the whole Hollywood auditioning thing and pitching producers shows and projects

[@shindig9000]

Legitimacy doesn't mean anything. Someone either has experienced or they don't, and that doesn't even say anything about the quality of their work, along with people's subjective taste being different still after that.

[@KeijiMaeda86]

@@shindig9000 it does matter a lot you fking retard.

[@MichaelJPartyka]

You can't forget things about someone you've never heard of until now.

[@KeijiMaeda86]

@@MichaelJPartyka that's your problem Fslur

[@tutorialslave]

I love Eric for his commentary and in-depth comics knowledge. But Isom 1 and 2 were major back-to-back letdowns. Isom 1 should've dealt with Darren coaxing Avery out of retirement by kidnapping someone either his sister or himself used to be close to; without harming the girl, maybe even going so far as to showcase Darren's chivalry and respect towards women so he's got a redeeming quality other than his eloquence and charisma going for him. Have Altona dig up Santwan's physical weakness or psychological trigger that'll ultimately turn the tides and grant Avery the upper hand. The issue could end on Darren framing Avery and enlisting Alphacore. Isom 2 would then be about Isom vs. Alphacore and Avery mostly on the run / trying to clear his name since he can't take on all of them at once. Maybe he has some inside knowledge on Yaira (thanks to his Edna Mode tech support) so he can get into their good graces and convince them to set aside their hostility towards him as they've been trying to track down Yaira for a while; thereby putting their code of honor (superceding the handsome payment they received from Darren) on display and lightly characterizing them as well. Isom 3 could have Isom and Alphacore team up going after Yaira. Obviously, there's more to the crimes she's allegedly committed. Maybe Darren was experimenting on her or manipulating her during her fish-out-of-water status (depending on how old she is or whether she's even human). Darren could be pursuit of ancient/extraterrestial wisdom to be extracted from her, and his luring Avery out of retirement is both a way to reconnect with him and share said wisdom AND to tempt him and ultimately prove that Avery was never morally superior to him and nothing but a hypocrite. Such developments might seamlessly tie into the Alien/God metal heads etc.

[@machine-shopbilly6584]

This is what started it all. Get the popcorn going

[@goatymcgoatface3575]

I would buy The Incredibly Stupid Woman. Also, Dick and vito should do a 2nd podcast where they review movies, comics, and classic novels that Dick pretends are gay even though he's read a crap ton of them

[@Number69]

Think his main issue there was Lex picking a buzzfeed reading list that wouldn't overly challenge a 15 year old and it being seen as some intellectual tour de force by retards with no conception of actual intelligence who need metaphors explained to them.

[@rm06c]

Maybe they should call it The Biggest Review?

[@cmco.8836]

This is my favorite part of the episode. So glad it was clipped. it was such a great rant!

[@KeijiMaeda86]

One of his best thought out rants in a while

[@jonathansoko1085]

It wasnt, you arare aware this is an act and hes literally trying to be contrary for the sake of it right? And in the end he likes it

[@Maxxie89]

Just saw flashcast you killed them but you should’ve exposed nina for not reading it until you called her out what a 2faced snake at least evs had your back and wasn’t a sheep

[@agirlhasnoname6637]

The best was when he called flash out for saying isom could fly when he, in fact, couldn't!!! 🤣🤣 but Eric kept trying to ignore the fact that his FRIEND and COHOST didn't remember a major thing from the book he supposedly read & he said nothing! 😆 So both FLASH AND NINA Shoulda been called out

[@edgewiseCL]

Evs is the man

[@Zennsunni]

The problem with Eric is that he thinks he is intelligent and he surrounds himself with people who allow him to think he is, unfortunately he does not give us a reason to entertain his delusion

[@geartoothcartoons]

If you wanted to know all of these character details, you should have bought the $100 trading cards, where you can still learn nothing.

[@earwigismadlove]

😂

[@hatemongerofthetoxicbrood6561]

Oh have you then? Can you give us a short summary of each. And tell us why the cards do not give enough information? Oh you cannot becuase just like Dick and Vito never read it. Well atleast Dick did read it after getting called out for the Millionth time on his bullshit.

[@geartoothcartoons]

@@hatemongerofthetoxicbrood6561 I used to watch Eric. I bought Isom right when the #1 campaign dropped. I read it, it wasn’t good. Don’t be a silly billy.

[@hatemongerofthetoxicbrood6561]

@@geartoothcartoons The only silly Billy here is you bruv You are making an assertion. The burden of Truth lies with you. Prove your claim.

[@geartoothcartoons]

@@hatemongerofthetoxicbrood6561 what claim is there to prove?

[@nopewmv3377]

Who gets the best head? A. Isom Guy aka 'Black Bibleman' B. The Lightbringer C. Tails from Tails Gets Trolled D. Sonichu

[@KingN641994]

Obviously B, thanks to the great Iron Liz.

[@ThomasRoiloup]

@@KingN641994 But great work ethic.

[@ryuranzou]

Is b uther?

[@discipleofdagon8195]

Man, to think I heard about Linkara because of Oneyplays, I can't get Chris Oneills Linkara voice out my head

[@umbrasunbro2142]

I could think of a thousand ways to do this story way better for one: -His sister calls him up says no one’s heard from Jasmine in a while and Mrs. Newman is worried -He tries to kind of brush it off saying something like “Well, Mrs. Newman always worries too much anyways… ever since I knew her back at church. Besides I don’t do the hero thing anymore; I the police and Alpha core should be more than enough to handle it. -the sister begs saying “at least do it for me, your sister.” -he relents and says fine, but just a check in, nothing more. - he checks on her at the club and maybe we get some kind of monologue about how when he knew Daron he was a thug and he HOPES Darron’s past that life, but he has as bad feeling in the out of his stomach. -During him talking to himself/us, he mentions “I might be rusty but Super Strength, Durability, Agility, and muscle memory is probably overkill anyways, doesn’t matter if i been out the game for 10 years or so… besides this is just a check up.” He might also explain that being an except still requires a lot of physical fitness, training and conditioning to really tap into your ability, but since retirement he’s really just worked on looking good and feeling good while working now -During the check up he starts to notice some shady, supernatural stuff going on around the club but isn’t too worried yet. But talking to Jasmine that bad feeling doesn’t go away as she is refusing to talk to him and avoiding him. But he’s resigned himself to just head back and let his sister know Jasmine isn’t budging. But as he’s turns to walk away he notices a couple of Guard’s grabbing a girl kind of violently and saying some bad guy shit like “WHERE ARE YOU GOIGN? You’re property of Darron! You don’t leave unless the boss tells you to!” And she can say something with tears in her eyes like “B-but my baby? I’ve been here for 2 days! This job’s not worth it if I don’t see my- “ she gets slapped” -Isom appears behind the goons and says the whole “why are you so comfortable putting your hands on someone like that?” And hits the guy. A thought bubble appears where Isom says “ gotta remember: “light” touch. There’s every chance anyone can be an Excep. But always air on the side of caution…” - second guy comes up with like a taser that does nothing. Isom replies “this disrespect won’t be tolerated” and he knocks the guy out. And after taking on a few more thugs, Isom comes face to face with that big dude, everyone in the club has cleared out and now Isom is looking up at this hulking dude and he follows up on that first thought about assuming everyone is normal with “….of course…. Some are more obvious than others… no light touch with this one.” -Isom gets bodied and says to us…”welp… I said I was rusty, didn’t I?” Darron appeared, smug as can be, gives his little speech and has the big guy throw Isom out the club, literally and forcefully. There you can have the stupid car scene and Yaira. -Then just follow that up with him going to his sister telling her he found Jasmine, and she’s safe for now. He tells her Darron is up to something and that he wants to figure it out. -[Note: on the way to checking on Jasmine he can be noticing that there’s not much being done about a lot of the crime going on, in fact it’s mostly just guys in uniform waiting for someone else to come deal with it. He considers getting involved a couple of times but reminds himself and us that he’s no super hero anymore. - We end Issue 1 with Isom telling his sister whatever Darron’s up to he’s not gonna sit idle while he uses and abuses more people. And he says “I might not be a detective, but… if no one else is going to do something…maybe ISOM has to.” We end the final page with like a splash page where he’s completely suited up, doing some type of over the top training. [As for all the other set ups for characters that are clearly getting their own series, cut most of it out, even Alpha Core and Yaira shouldn’t take up more space than a mention; it’s ISOM, he should be the focus.] Definitely not a perfect alternative but it at least gives some information about the guy.

[@andystegall7407]

I bought Isom #1 and was up to reading it, but I was dismayed over how fucking badly it's written. The art is good, but it's written in this BS vague way to be "intriguing" but there isn't Anything substantial to hold onto to get excited about the next issue which I will not be buying. Eric tries to sound smart and it shows in his writing. His dialogue reads like he's rehearsing trying to not sound like a total dope when speaking aloud.

[@sethdanielw]

That's how most issue #1s are. Some of my favorite comic runs ever don't explain much at all in the first issue

[@truefanforum3273]

​@@sethdanielwBut at least most #1s have some sort of foundation and try to explain the basics. Isom doesn't do that. Characters are introduced that have no bearing on the main story and then disappear, and what should be important to the main story is ignored. Isom goes from looking for the missing girl to basically saying "forget about her." Unless Eric drastically improves the writing, which I highly doubt, then this thing is doomed to failure. Only the fanatics will remain while everyone else rightly abandons it.

[@sethdanielw]

@@truefanforum3273 you're right that "most" are like that, but some of my favorites don't do that at all. One of my favorite recent comics, firepower, barely even has words in the beginning. I think storytelling doesn't always have to follow the same formula. Also, I agree that the writing could use more work, but frankly, it's the art that I think could be even better. I've bought some horrible comics that kept me buying because the art was so good. Maybe that's just because I'm an artist and like the study material, but either way it stands. Also, full disclosure, I haven't bought isom 2 yet because the story doesn't intrigue me much and the art doesn't make up for what the story lacks, but I'm a big fan of what Erick is doing and I might buy it one day. Marvel and DC have let me down plenty of times, so I'm always supportive of good alternatives. Competition is great.

[@ThomasRoiloup]

Eric July had what doctors refer to as a "failure to cope" with this review. He actually had to announce that he was going to stop doing his "monetize your haters" videos for a while because of this.

[@jonathansoko1085]

You are aware this is an act right? You are aware this is a song and dance, to fool people like you right? Dick in the end likes it and wishes eric luck, you arent following eh

[@Raytheman581]

Hasn't he done one since this time?

[@YoshiRider9000]

"Monetize your haters" is on permanent haitus as of today.

[@alexadame7389]

Eric made a response video he doesn't say the name of his "critic" but i think it dick masterson review hes responding too

[@discipleofdagon8195]

Busta Baxta

[@gruntsrule1]

Wow, I can't believe I'm only now just noticing Vito wearing the Rippaverse Hat! Went thru a whole 2h30min live podcast without noticing LOL

[@mrbanks456]

Vito's hat is the secret 3rd co-host.

[@robotjox77]

Vito's hats tell you what he's thinking about.

[@TumzFestivalYT]

Luke never turned around and started chopping up Stormtroopers with his lightsaber. Vader was choking people from the moment we met him.

[@zsedcftglkjh]

Imagine if we followed Luke around for 100 pages of script listening to his internal monologue...Isom.

[@discipleofdagon8195]

The choking skill sets him up as a father figure from the beginning. Bravo, George Lucas.

[@jonyD143]

I love what Eric July is doing and there are valid points that I agree with this review such as the marry sue feeling I get from Avery, the confusing timelines in the book. My problem with this review and one other is that it seems as if you guys are hellbent on KNOWING EVERYTHING about this and that character. Should he give a huge backstory on every single character the second they're introduced? Maybe what you're trying to say is that the delivery of these mysteries are not layed out to draw the reader in? Are you saying that every bit of new information should have a hook?

[@illegalkiwi2193]

I enjoyed the first issue, and I think it's pretty obvious a lot of things are going to get explained just not right away. My only problem with the book was the price. I don't think it's worth $35.

[@jonyD143]

@@illegalkiwi2193 Fair enough. I think the prices are fair because I'm sure it is expensive for a small company to be profitable producing such things and keeping up with payroll while upholding quality materials. I think a lot of people are forgetting that Eric July promised he was going to take constructive criticism and continue to improve the book and the brand. And from the looks of it, he's bringing experienced writers like Chuck Dixon and the Soska sisters to do the next books so that tells me he will eventually let people who do the job better take control of development, and he will eventually just handle the business which I think is the right move. The book is not perfect but you have to start somewhere when you're starting a business. Thank you for replying to my previous comment.

[@GaryTurbo]

Eric July just did the same thing on The Force Awakens

[@MrKrk221988]

No one who streams with Eric July has the guts to give his comic an honest review. And have you noticed that NOBODY is talking about Isom besides the people who funded it?

[@BigSeanH]

Not wrong, but you could say that about all comics in general.

[@KeijiMaeda86]

It's consumer bias.

[@juh7025]

Ya it's weird when he streams with drinker and mauler. They have to tip toe about the actual quality of his comic

[@acoachinlunacy9815]

"Nobody who didn't fund this niche product that was only available from one source is talking about it"...correct, how else could they intelligently speak about it ?

[@MrKrk221988]

​@@acoachinlunacy9815 This is the internet. If this comic was really that good, people would be talking about it and sharing it with others outside of Eric July's own echo chamber.

[@tahnadana5435]

its like a comic book for snyder cultist...

[@LlyodLlwelleyn]

Richard Meyer’s aka ya boi Zack has a similar problem where he needs an editor. His stories never make sense.

[@ThomasRoiloup]

It's because he's also not a writer, he was always just a fan. This is why he went crawling to Iconic Comics last year hoping they'd do everything for him, because he thought they were a publisher who he could kiss up to, only to have his friend ethan van sciver completely meltdown on him for trying to team up with "the enemy" (people ethan's hated for years without ever admitting why, because they were successful without his permission).

[@earwigismadlove]

​@@ThomasRoiloup Iconic has put out some very good work. Soul Finder and Long Harbor were worth my reading time.

[@themwhiskers2067]

You should review moist's Godslap. It's barely above fan-fiction lvl writing. I was really hyped cuz i really love Charlie as a content creator but I almost cracked a rib lol-ing while reading it (it's not supposed to be a funny book fyi)

[@earwigismadlove]

Asking Aubrey Sitterson for help probably did them no favors. Nothing against Aubrey, but he's got that fanfiction flare from when he was on the "Tales From The Tavern" podcast and wrote "Skald" on the side.

[@zsedcftglkjh]

THANK YOU! Finally! I thought I was the only one.

[@houragents5490]

You were right!!!!

[@Elenthachat]

Dick is really selling me on buying isom seems hilarious

[@Elenthachat]

@@drifter402 “The Room’’ of comic books?

[@earwigismadlove]

It's a standard tier comic book. Nothing special. There are better trainwrecks out there. Check out David Simm's later work.

[@holdthetruthhostage]

I bought it, the writing is very bad, it's not hate it truly needed an editor a pro, Eric is good at concept but it was over 80 pages, and out of that he needed to cut 40+ due to the writing it was just amateur hour, I'm glad he is hiring people to create other books and successful but it's like that old saying the first person to do something isn't always the best. The book turns out to really be a white knight story that's also about emasculating a man, especially since he is a great hero that means he should be better at fighting or using his power

[@robwaters8848]

​@@holdthetruthhostageI think that's super fair criticism. Nothing below the belt and to the point. I appreciate that. Human moment 👌🤟

[@jordanhester4821]

just pirate it, surely it's out there

[@angryretailbanker5103]

Two things I’m surprised they didn’t talk about: 1) Avery and Darren’s first meeting makes no sense. They shoot the shit for a moment, then Avery asks Darren if he knows anything about Jasmine. Darren then immediately brings Avery into the club, has him sit down, tells him all about himself, says how valuable “young ladies like Jasmine are” to his operation that he flat out says does illegal things, and to order his guards to force Avery out. What makes this weird is that they aren’t having a back-and-forth; the last words out of Avery’s mouth before all this was to ask OUTSIDE if Darren had seen Jasmine anywhere. 2) Avery’s motivation for doing all this. He says it in narration in the beginning. His mommy would be mad at him. That’s literally it. I can see why Eric marketed his whole book on the back of “Marvel and DC have gone WOKE” and all that garbage. If I were him, I wouldn’t want to market it on the back of its content either.

[@jonathanmitchell9886]

Did he come up with the name Alphacore after hearing someone say "albacore" on TV? Because that's the level of sophistication we're dealing with, I strongly suspect.

[@FrogTony]

This was great! I was attacked by Eric's fans for giving constructive criticism on ISOM.

[@ThomasRoiloup]

Anyone who gave constructive criticism was attacked.

[@albertoalfredo1564]

Tell me what you said about his work because from what i am noticing a lot of people are just hating for free on his work and Eric actually recognizes where he needs to improve but he won't accept it if you are disrespecting or being biased when it comes to a review of his work.

[@FrogTony]

@@albertoalfredo1564 you mean honest

[@Karlonstark]

@@albertoalfredo1564 “hating for free” should we have to pay to hate him lol

[@rufrox9947]

Nah. I've seen the RTs and the threads. All of you come in the exact same way: 1) Never read the book 2) Hostile wording 3) Instantly butthurt when EJ says "Alright, that's your opinion, congrats" 4) "Criticism" brought usually involves getting things in the comic wrong or nitpicking.

[@CharlesKhan]

When I write, my first thought is structure and acts.

[@jasonbowman9521]

I just write what is fun. I live in reality, which is what it is, but I want to sip coffee with ant people in blue tunics.

[@VictorLugosi]

I’m glad they got to say it, the pansies on nicks show really cried about this opinion..

[@venomousmedia3370]

You and Vito are legends! For telling the truth

[@Gomezli16]

Don't think Rippa will make it as a comic creator. Sure, his past success and popularity got it funded but as an actual creator/writer I don't see it being above average. So far his character designs are generic and based off reviews the writing is subpar. He uses the same excuses regarding Isom's design - "Oh, it's supposed to be simple looking! You'll see why later!" Simple doesn't mean boring or less eyecatching. Many superhero designs are simple but they are iconic, too. He seems too hardheaded to improve.

[@theelitebattleangel]

or too f****** stupid

[@karlo9572]

I do. His second book is going good too. I think it’s pretty good. He is new and already a success. So I see it going further

[@garbagecan6969]

if he actually cared about it he wouldn't be calling everybody haters, he would point out everything good about it right. All this dude cares about is the money and he knows how to get idiots to buy bad shit but you will never hear him say it, he's too much of a bitch to admit he's just a talentless hack that uses the same tropes over and over, completely devoid of a single original thought

[@williamgrayson6942]

I said the same thing, the guy literally makes his main character not memorable at all. The 2 most important things of a character appealing to the human eye is costume, and what lies under the iconic costume! Those 2 things alone will grab new readers! Just look at icons such as Spider-Man, Batman, and Superman, their costumes alone grab the reader’s attention. Not to mention so many people cosplay as these characters BECAUSE of their great costumes, whereas Isoms costume wouldn’t even be something I’d where as pajamas. The main characters costume to me is very forgettable, and the entire “simple” argument to me is just a sorry excuse for why he can’t be more creative. Lack of imagination, the very thing he complains about in his comic reviews is ironically going to be his downfall.

[@thestranger9608]

Yup, i think if Isom was written a lot better the costume could be a bit more forgivable at least for this first arc, but it's important to sell the character and their design. I don't see him making it either tbh, sure he might fund a few projects but after that he's gonna be done, his methods are not gonna last in the long run especially if he doesn't get smart about this and try to improve his craft.

[@saltybuckeye]

Ej argues like a woman. a whole generation of men raised by their "mothers" that's why it's almost impossible to have a conversation with them. it's important to be in your children's life as a man as a father to show them how they conduct themselves in polite society.

[@kaywood6495]

“You just produced Santa inc.. amazing” WAT? 😂

[@Yabanmf666]

The response to this by Eric was more confusing than the comic

[@robcoguy6909]

His fans too, im starting to think there's alot of sjw's that jumped ship and joined Rippa as a safe alternative, he makes videos about haters, doesn't name them, confuses people, and they attack even when you try n defend the guy. Its the same stuff that made me wanna leave any mainstream conversation lol. Does he care? Not if he's making money off them, and that's really all I see besides videos of him arguing with anonymous voices on the internet.. On a side note, last night in the Flashcast chatroom, one of Nerdrotic's fans asked "does Gary let us watch EVS anymore? i don't remember?" like a cult member... it's getting weird and anti- everything it once stood for.

[@BigSeanH]

@@robcoguy6909 I think they're just dumb... The average IQ of his daily defenders had gotta be like 80

[@Yabanmf666]

@robcoguy6909 he's definitely turned into a smug kunt, but it's ok. The future issues of the comics will perform worse and worse over time. He'll then blame the "haters" for the failure instead of the product being average.

[@robcoguy6909]

​@@Yabanmf666 He can turn it around if he wanted, he hired a writer, maybe flesh out the characters, take some time to reflect on the meltdowns, (but you're right, i don't see his attitude changing for the better) and he spent most of the time angry with his voice cracking and calling them names on his stream today. He pretty much stated he won't listen to anyone he considers "hostile" when approaching him with criticism (i.e. echo chamber) ..I don't even think this review was done FOR eric, someone asked Dick, and he followed through. Eric has to grow emotionally and take feedback from anyone consuming his product and use it properly.

[@BigSeanH]

@@Yabanmf666 Yeah, and at this point, we know what will happen with Isom 2... Even if it sells $1m+, a resounding success, the detractors will say it's a "failure" and then that will fuel another whole round of his defending flipping their shit. One side can't admit ANY SUCCESS and the other side can't admit ANY FAILURE. They're both just locked.

[@tomtinakiyama9949]

superhero that tell women you better do what I say or I beat you. and go around killing random people for no reason because they told him to leave. Run away from the cops after killing people. Did he really do the super heroe Blackman. 🤣

[@robcoguy6909]

the funniest part of this is eric is streaming your notes, but wont show the video with the context and feedback.

[@ThomasRoiloup]

He's afraid.

[@albertoalfredo1564]

Eric is the kind of guy that would do a live video of him debating this man, i don't think he is afraid

[@robcoguy6909]

@@albertoalfredo1564 He already had one of the 2 dudes (from this video review) on a while ago (eric doesn't name the haters he monetizes, so it gets confusing for his fans to follow), and said "put your money where your mouth is"..and he did..the other guy has a campaign that's over 40k now. Just look it up, its all there, well hidden lol. Eric thinks by not naming names, he's "monetizing the hate", but its just in his favor, and makes him look like an unprofessional induvidual.

[@LoveRocketsable]

Vito’s a real ass hater to have the turnaround on this clip so fast. It’s only been like a day lol

[@earwigismadlove]

Vito is jealous of July's earnings. And he likes drama. If he put that energy into a comic book he probably could write something more interesting than July's story.

[@LoveRocketsable]

@@zephirol4638 bro he didn’t have to anything. He could’ve just not ever bring it up and be at the very least respectful about the situation. Vito inserted himself into the situation. He proactively add energy to a situation that really had nothing to do with him. Regardless of him being right about the guy (which I think he is). He’s still a hater. The reason why I commented this is because vito is lazy af with the clips. It takes him weeks to make any clips of the show. However, for this clip in particular, it was uploaded not even a day after the episode came out. That’s why im saying he’s a hater. Him being correct is absolutely incendental of his distastefulness. He’s a hater, a pedo, and a fat neckbeard.

[@davidbeverly6411]

I love The Rippaverse hat on Vito...

[@kamper114]

Great

[@QuantumAgeComics]

Well, I can guarantee that if you read my comic, Nephilim Squadron, you certainly won't have to wait 96 pages to see the Nephilim Squadron finally become the Nephilim Squadron!

[@TaddiestMason]

it's a 96 page issue 1, though and effectively 3 or 4 regular comic books in length. that was part of how Eric was pitching it before he even launched the campaign for the first issue. why it was going to be more expensive than a regular comic book. high quality materials going into the book and 96 pages of high quality, ad free content, unlike a regular comic book that's less than 30 pages and has ads in it. if he still has them up, go watch old videos of eric talking about isom before the first campaign launched. the excuse that it's just a first issue comes off as weak to someone who remembers part of their reason for buying it in the first place was being told i'd effectively be getting the first 3 or 4 issues of any other regular comic book series bundled in this one 96 page book. if Eric still has them up, you can probably find videos on his channel of him talking up how much content we'd be getting in Isom 1 and that being part of the reason for the price he wanted to charge for it.

[@thekcsugethe_kc_suge7930]

So he’s on a farm. Where Superman came from. Hmmm 🤔

[@bianki3090]

I love this part of the episode. Honestly, Dick's critique is constructive but he has an edgy audience so he had to be funny about it.

[@obscuramask7435]

It's not constructive when you didn't fucking read it in the first place.

[@DebasedAnon]

Eh from Erics reply looks like he has terrible reading comprehension and nitpicked it to death

[@awzome8888]

@@DebasedAnon I'm sure Eric had an unbiased, grounded take on his own story.

[@DebasedAnon]

@@awzome8888 Most of his arguments had nothing to do with subjective takes it was just factual (objective) errors and also assertions of how things "should" be done without any argument for it. For example if i decided to review something like Attack on Titan negatively I'd go: "Here's this writing contradiction, heres this terrible character writing, heres this horrendous CGI animation after season 3" and so on. What Dick did was more like "This makes no sense, why did Eren turn into a Titan? It wasn't immediately explained to me therefore its bad" and then "Why is Eren even trying to kill Titans? It makes no sense" Even though anyone who paid even 1% attention would know since episode 1 exactly why he wants to... You see the colossal difference right? The first example is how reviews are done, you talk about specifics and you explain your reasoning as to why X thing is bad to you. The second example is someone who has no argument and is trying to pull crap out of his ass desperately so he can fling it. DIck got absolutely annihilated as far as that goes. Oh and for the record, since you commented very recently, I'm not on Erics side with this whole lawsuit bs, mostly cause I'm fairly sure Dick wouldn't do that bs BUT I'm not even 1% as charitable to Vito since hes an absolute moron and a pos.

[@Sigmacenturion]

Their history is that they are on the DL together.

[@Illiadofmalorne]

"Spider-Man walks around like a @)#@ing spider" Edit: about 25 minutes later we get a much better description.

[@jordanhester4821]

I asked chat gpt to write a good, and a bad review of ISOM. The good one was vague and couldn't really tell me why it was considered good, but the bad review was pretty clear why the comic was bad.

[@blacksundarkskies]

ak-ak-ak-ak-ak-ak

[@tonydak8573]

I like that Avery is a bit of a mystery. I’m sure there’s a big twist to his origin story.

[@tonydak8573]

@@ratskraad5890 Which can only get better over time.

[@thekcsugethe_kc_suge7930]

Even anti heroes don’t start off killing. Think Walter White. I know it’s not a comic but you get my meaning. Anti heroes ease into being anti heroes.

[@SupremeCommanderBaiser]

Scream louder.

[@MusicSetAdrift]

I started work on a project today. I thought of a name; then, I literally typed it in to see if that thing already existed. Turns out there is another name that is the same, in Brazil. So that means my brand will have some conflict if it were to go international (so no real problem at all). I then thought....hey....let me just see what comes up for Isom considering I've only just heard about everyone/thing involved. ...Did July literally not take 2 seconds to lookup his name XD XD XD. They only thing that comes up is International School Of Ministry. He had to have known this would be an issue. "Hello, I'm creating Bruce Wayne, shouldn't be problem."

[@level1dodo896]

I’ve always wanted to write my own stuff, I have a good premise and a lot of the story in my head. The main character has the power of quantum superposition(Wanted to make him busted)

[@spock_elvis]

What this book really needed was an opening crawl.

[@thekcsugethe_kc_suge7930]

This is the first story breakdown of Isom. Which is a dumb name for a character & comic

[@wizardcat7654]

Its the star wars sequal triligoy style of story telling. We have these insteresting seeming things, but they are really undeverloped and possibly they dont really know what they are doing with these stories......... After thinking more on it, listening to more criticism of what's in it. My opinion on ISOM is....degrading. Atleast they cant say I didnt give it a fair shake.

[@a-damthemansixtynan4463]

I remember Eric saying at the beginning of this venture that he'll never have a "multiverse" in his comics. I'm like...never? This book is going to become stale so fast. 1 issue a year is too much.

[@vito]

The idea that Eric is promoting his comic by saying he won't do a multiverse is so mind-bogglingly stupid. DC Comics only introduced a multiverse because they had decades of continuity to clean up. Eric has ONE BOOK.

[@BuckROCKGROIN]

@@vito DC comics introduced the multiverse in "Flash of Two Worlds!" in 1961, Vito.

[@vito]

​@buckrockgroin And Superman was invented in 1938. Thus they had two decades of continuity.

[@BuckROCKGROIN]

@@vito I would say they needed a plot device to consolidate their continuities. "Clean up" in the context of comics generally denotes an event for the purpose of purging redundant or contrived literary elements, i.e. Crisis on Infinite Earths/Flashpoint. But sure.

[@a-damthemansixtynan4463]

@@BuckROCKGROIN You’re both saying the same thing, just in reverse. You’re Barry, he’s Eobard. I don’t think most ppl are shitting on Eric for his come up, but instead because of his piss poor storyboard. You should be getting WAY more information about this world Eric has created in 100 pages-but you don’t. He may as well have done this book in black and white bc it feels like bland nothingness. I’ll be shocked if the #2 gets even 1/5 of the sales that #1 has. I don’t even care about the “anti woke” agenda Eric has in all of this, but that “no multiverse” shit blows my mind because it’s such a dumb self sabotaging decision to make. Idk. Rough times ahead for the RIPPAVERSE, unfortunately. He’s ouuut of it.

[@jimmneedle]

I don't think they are saying topple Hollywood - They are saying topple the mainstream comics business which one may say is owned by Hollywood but it's really owned by tech companies who run hollywood.

[@u4yk]

I wouldn't say either Disney or Warner are tech companies.

[@jimmneedle]

@@u4yk Those may be 2 exceptions but they are all run like tech companies in the streaming war.

[@staleezy]

100 pages!!!!? Imagine johnny depp playing the halftime supper bowl

[@thestranger9608]

Isom should have been a 20-30 pages like a normal comic. He lacks the knowledge and expoerence to do a 90 + page book. Isom is a mess

[@thekcsugethe_kc_suge7930]

I still don’t know what Isom character even is. But I haven’t read however I think I would know through word of mouth & I haven’t.

[@loliH9]

*>Santa Inc.*

[@jasonfuqua4284]

The reckoning coming Vito’s way when Superkiller comes out… he’s been talking shit for years. Hopefully there won’t be much ammo for people.

[@FrogTony]

Vito's book is 🔥

[@jasonbowman9521]

Some things these two men got wrong. Eric July never said he was competing with Marvel or DC. If today's Hollywood is what you consider the gold standard than I do not even know what to say to that. They keep remaking Star Wars, Alien, Predator, Terminator ect, ect and many of them rarely out do the original or early years of why they was popular in the first place. I do disagree with Mr. July on a few things. He isn't a big fan of alternate universes. I like stuff like that as stand alone or what if type stories. Mr. July also stated people who like Miles Morales are " fake fans." Miles Morales is my second favorite Spider Man character and he feels like his own thing because he travels the multiverse or spiderverse in this case. I do agree with Mr. July, it's not always a good thing to erase a hero's sacrifice because then it does seem like their life and death was pointless or a fake out and you should handle it like how Guardians of the Galaxy did. If you encounter someone who dies but is alive in another universe it may not really be the full version person you was with. I liked how they did that. Our Gamora really did die after all.

[@jonathansoko1085]

His first point tells it all, if any of yall doesnt see hes acting, i feel sad

[@jhonviel7381]

VITO WAS RIGHT !

[@obscuramask7435]

Vitos a pedo.

[@slapthekillswitch]

I wish Dick would actually make that comic LOL

[@nexusvideo]

I think the secret sauce behind ISOM powers is some kind of super soldier serum. His sister works for a mad scientist company called projexus. Her boss seems to have similar powers. Isom seems to hate being compared to the "excepts". I don't think his power is natural. Plus his super suit adds a bunch to his ability.

[@earwigismadlove]

Vito is Jealous as hell about July's book. However July's s book really wasn't much to write home about. I am really surprised it made as much as it did.

[@u4yk]

I'm not He has a large following, great marketing, and no one has read the comic yet. Plus, Eric July is likable, and many people bought his book sight unseen. 40,000 copies sold to his 500K+ fan base seems like the right number.

[@artbell259]

@@u4yk it's his own system, we will not know the true # unless he goes on kickstarter

[@u4yk]

@@artbell259 I'm just saying that 40K units for the size of his KZbin fanbase sounds about right. IDGAF about the real number -- I'm just here for the goss.

[@artbell259]

@@u4yk KZbin trinkets are a real thing, a great business plan if youtube is your full time career. IF ISOM2 fails to sell well, not sure we will ever know. Also it's a business failure, since his hiring of pros will ensure it's OK vs the first. If it wins as a book, OK he hired good people. It's a shrug. EVS and Masterson worrying that ISOM might stop many fans from ever buying an indie for $25-40 ever again. This could be interesting. Once bitten 2x shy etc.

[@smallmediumatlarge]

Yw

[@heroineburgh]

I didn't purchase this comic, or Cyberfrog either. I'm not knocking anyone who did, though. I tend to support the smaller campaigns from the indie KZbinr sphere, especially those with a superheroine as the main antagonist: Firebitch, Arachna, Nira X, Blue Bombshell, Punchline (Matt Weldon - not the DC character), Tap Dance Killer, Gemshock. Or I back a book that a friend has worked on, such as our cover artist Jason Wright on Inglorious Rex, Starlight Cats, and Ethos. There are enough of those campaigns that I don't have to throw money into a pot that already has more than a million dollars in it. Seems like anyone who reaches that level has a big target painted on their back that loudmouths like Masterson have to hurl invectives at. Since our KZbin channel simply showcases our TV series and comic book, and doesn't thirst for "clicks", I don't have to engage in negative criticism of anyone - it's just a waste of time when I could be creating instead. But best wishes to Eric July, and we look forward to meeting EVS next month!

[@BuckROCKGROIN]

Anti-SJWs: "SJWs only make race-swapped, self-insert ripoffs!" Also Anti-SJWs: "My comic is about a race-swapped, self-insert Bible Man ripoff."

[@BonJonBovi64]

SJWs: Any time a black person murders a white person its cuz they wuz tryin to git milk n bred for dey kidz

[@agirlhasnoname6637]

Who is also a former track star who is also all about "Muh Ruhspeckt"

[@BuckROCKGROIN]

@@agirlhasnoname6637 that's called an inferiority complex

[@anthonythomasexperience]

They make Decaf coffee 😅😂

[@Rughead12319]

I wouldn't go around telling people I was involved with Santa Inc..it sucked!!! And I'm not buying a comic book from someone who never wrote one. Who is Mrs. Newman needs too be known!!!

[@Yoyod000]

Peope who dont read comics reviewing a comic. 👍 Nice.

[@chiefwahoo6408]

How is this even against "the culture war" anyway? It's basically crappier black panther.

[@tomo-wg5pz]

Isom is a big problem in the universe maybe the biggest

[@Orion-ox3hb]

I would love to see Dick review one of Ben Shapiro's horrible books.

[@fffx2]

"Start at the start", meanwhile writers know that in media res is a common trope.

[@kiddynamite3984]

Are they trying to be generic morning zoo radio show? Its mostly the voices.

[@harrylimeracketeer]

This story sounds incredibly boring

[@you2449]

"Image comics was a bunch of guys who knew how to write and draw... Most of them were pretty good at it." Oh, H#ll No. We know that isn't true. Definitely not in the case of the top two creators. McFarlane wasn't the worst - - but ( most would agree ) 99% of what carried that book was the art. And maybe the concepts. The storytelling was pretty blah. And Liefeld (who I actually think is great - as an "idea man") Youngblood was so grotesquely bad, it made me quit comics for years. I look back on reading it, the way some would look back on 'Nam.

[@christophermunoz2004]

🙄

[@Dustin101]

Weak view count for a 7 month old video

[@jacksonperez5615]

Definitely disagree, I thought the book was fine and it was marketed as an introduction to the characters within the verse and was dropping us in the middle. I feel a lot of peoples complaints revolve around there not being an origin when it just isn’t this book.

[@redrogueart8697]

Not that your point aren't valid about the book, and it is a "meh" book, but repeatedly mentioning the race of a character(s) over and over creates this weird and unnecessary sub category when you talk about the characters themselves. There's descriptors and there's unnecessary cataloging.

[@nexusvideo]

He doesn't have to choose, he has an utility belt.

[@xLordOfNothingx]

Making comic books is free, you dont need 100ks of dollars to make a comic book, and yet Eric July only felt passion to write one until he could amass that amount of money. Thats why it sucks, he is an amateur with access to youtube money, thats it.

[@Rughead12319]

How is it free?

[@u4yk]

@@Rughead12319 it's not free, but I think OP is trying to say the barrier to entry for comics is extremely low -- which it is.

[@agirlhasnoname6637]

Good point. It's made with you tube money & bought with you tube money as you tube merch.

[@MichaelJPartyka]

Hey guys, I watched this video like you requested. Let me hit the high points: *Complaint #1:* We don't know what Isom's powers are up front. *Rebuttal:* You're not supposed to. It's intentional that we learn Isom's capabilities as we go. If you're used to comics that tell you what the hero's powers are up front -- well, this isn't that kind of comic. You can say you don't like that kind of comic, but that's a personal preference. (Personally, I don't see much difference between ISOM and the mentioned-later SPAWN in this respect: In both cases the author knows things about the main character's powers that you don't. The only difference is that in ISOM the main character knows what his powers are, too, but that doesn't obligate the main character, or the author, to tell you what they are. After all, John Wick never turns to the camera and says, "What these jerks who killed my puppy didn't know is that I'm a retired master assassin with gun-fu skills, a personal arsenal, and access to a hotel that offers lodging and helpful accessories to people in my former line of work" -- you learn that as you go through the movie.) *Complaint #2:* Rippaverse doesn't have a good editor. *Rebuttal:* Well, we actually agree there. Somebody with actual editing skills needs to go over each Rippaverse book before it goes to print so that little errors can be found and fixed. (Here's a good assortment of errors I found of almost every kind: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6nPepJ6eaiisKc&pp=gAQBiAQB) *Complaint #3:* The book starts "Two Weeks Earlier" instead of now. *Rebuttal:* I cover all the issues generated by this in the following video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nmbOl3Zog9eZjtk&pp=gAQBiAQB *Complaint #4:* "Mrs. Newman" is an undefined character in the book. *Rebuttal:* Mrs. Newman is explicitly defined in the comic: kzbin.infomSUCjl886ok *Complaint #5:* Isom punches through a security guard's stomach, basically murdering the guy. *Rebuttal:* Misinterpretation. Isom cracks the guy's ribs, that's all. *Complaint #6:* The origin of the character isn't given right away. *Rebuttal:* The book's title is "Ill-Advised, PART ONE", so it's not realistic to expect everything be revealed in the first issue. Besides, holding off on a hero's origin is seriously *not* unknown in comics: kzbin.infoOicLDLEXG0o *Complaint #7:* In the first fight between Isom and Santwan, Santwan wins handily. How does Isom win the second fight with no training or powering-up in-between? *Rebuttal:* There may actually have been a powering-up in-between, but it's not depicted well enough to be immediately recognizable, so you can't really be blamed if you missed it -- I missed it, too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaSrXpttnNeUhbc&pp=gAQBiAQB. Worst-case, Isom won the second time on account of using different tactics (i.e., ramming Santwan through a wall rather than just punching him). *Complaint #8:* Avery and Althea talk about Althea's husband's death in front of her young daughter. *Rebuttal:* Yeah, that was an awkward moment. Would've thought they'd save any comments like that for after the girl was put to bed. *Complaint #9:* We never find out what Avery's ranch specializes in. *Rebuttal:* We never read any of Clark Kent's Daily Planet articles, either. That's not really important. Avery has a ranch. It does some thing that ranches do. P.S.: "Image Comics was a bunch of guys who knew how to write and draw." OMG what? So far as writing was concerned, YOUNGBLOOD and WildC.A.T.s were ass from the get-go. SPAWN only kept its level because McFarlane almost immediately stopped writing it -- and then he effed up the numbering so issues 19 and 20 came out after 21. SHADOWHAWK was a detective story minus any actual clues. God only knows what WETWORKS was supposed to be. Then only founding Image comic that turned out original in any way, shape, or form was SAVAGE DRAGON, and even that didn't feature the best writing -- Larsen himself added pages in the first trade paperback of SAVAGE DRAGON to help out his original story.

[@vito]

Everything about John Wick is explained in that one scene about 20 minutes into the movie. He's the greatest assassin ever, the boogeyman, killed a man with a pencil, killer who will stop at nothing. We never get that scene in Isom. And I see little point in keeping so much of his power secret for 100 pages. You have to give the audience SOMETHING. We are watching a guy who fully understands the rules of his universe and we the audience are clueless to them. It's like if Aladdin started making wishes without the genie explaining what the lamp is and how it works. With Isom we are sitting around for a hundred pages waiting for a genie who never shows up.

[@MichaelJPartyka]

​@@vito "He's the greatest assassin ever, the boogeyman, killed a man with a pencil, killer who will stop at nothing." Yeah, but how does that actually play out in the "real world"? It's not until we see him fight for the first time that we see a bit of what being all that *means.* Moreover, did it have to be written as ham-fistedly as that? I thought all that up-front exposition made "John Wick" a lesser movie. I would've rather seen a movie that started out with the wife's death, introduced and then killed the puppy, and then *gradually* showed just whom the mob guys had messed with. Now, that's my preference -- it's not *wrong* that "John Wick" basically gave the whole game away up front. But it's clear "John Wick" wasn't written for cerebral people. Likewise, people who want to be challenged when they read will go more for things like Brad Meltzer's IDENTITY CRISIS (which I recently made a couple videos on), which constantly had this vibe of "there's something really bad going on here but I can't put my finger on it". Building to the revelations makes the revelations more fulfilling. So it's okay to want that "faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to yadda yadda" power summary in a book. But all you're telling me is that you're preferring not to do any heavy lifting. If Eric *wants* his readers to do some heavy lifting -- and it's clear that he does -- then you're simply not the kind of reader to whom he's appealing. (Also, make sure you watch the video attached to my rebuttal to Complaint #7 because there might be more about Isom's powers in the book than y'all think.)

[@vito]

@@MichaelJPartyka But the mysteries around Isom's powers aren't even interesting. He isn't firing energy blasts or using crazy tech. He just seems to have super strength. I have to wait for an issue 2 to confirm that a guy has super strength? That's the big mystery you're building up to?

[@robcoguy6909]

@@vito yo, i lurk in CG chatrooms, for some reasons since the rippa thing, anna's been doing her diligence and telling creators to stay away for you in chats (this is the same girl that has YOU and dick in her intro video). im not trying to stir the pot, half of cg are still individuals who think for themselves, and low info/knee jerk anna isnt gonna stop them from buying the book, but she's directly and publicly doing this to artists in their chats, and that's anti-everything these nonsense movements stand for.

[@vito]

@robcoguy6909 If you can send me screenshots I'd be much obliged. Or let me know what groups these are.

[@martinstephenson4160]

There's a lot of things I don't give a damn about, I sure as shit would never ever waste my time talking about and something I don't care for, I sure as hell wouldn't be writing a bleeding essay on them too. Me think you do protest too much fair maiden.

[@stalexvink6168]

imagine generating content

[@truthedministry]

... I like how Dick brings up Eddie Valiant, but then pretends that Isom needs to have a family member be kidnapped or killed for Isom to have stakes. Eddie refused to do jobs related to toons, but took the job at the beginning for the super high stakes of ... $100!!! Man those were some super high stakes to get people invested in the story right away and that movie didn't have any jarring cameos from characters that had no bearing on the main story.... oh... wait... the opposite of all that.

[@jewishwario]

The movie takes place in the 40s, $100 wasnt a small amount of money you smooth brain

[@truthedministry]

@@jewishwario $100 in the 1940s would be worth about $2k in 2024...maybe that sounds like a lot of money to you, but there are billions of people that have worked for $2k, but significantly less people have had a family member kidnapped and/or killed. As far as stakes go, $2k is way lower than having a family member abducted and/or killed. You can pretend I'm an idiot all you want, but no one with a standard IQ is going to buy what you are selling. Just like no one is going to believe that you are actually Mister Metokur. He is actually smart, you're just an imposter.