Eric July's Weird Charity Scheme Explained

[@Seanakin]

All because Isom #1 was printed at a level of excess not seen since the 1978 KISS solo albums

[@RekietaLaw]

Did no one at all procure a charity receipt?

[@MRboomchongo]

Right, exactly how much of the 17.50 is going to charity?

[@briman5206]

@@MRboomchongo What does he mean by this "charity"........

[@ItotheCtotheE]

When you make donations to charity they add an option that says "would you like to cover operating costs for X$?" The idea here is if you donate 10$ and the operating cost is 2$ then the charity only gets 8$. So if you cover the operating cost in your donation they get what you would have wanted to donate.

[@markharrison6498]

Forcing the government to pay for the manufacture of some worthless comic books so Eric can give them to charity seems like it’d be against his philosophy as a libertarian. The guy gets triggered out of his skull when he thinks about his tax money going to the “hoe ass roads” ffs😂

[@MikePhillips]

I don't know cost or the way it was represented. You guys are not correct about charitable donations and/or donating a portion of proceeds or product to a charity.

[@iggi3985]

Talk about having a guy live rent free in your head, out of pure jealousy 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@OGC1970]

As apposed to embracing the other… that lives in your head, for free? I know nothing about the personality drama, but I am familiar with c3 charity work, and these 2 have a point with knowledge.

[@lazcoroner1483]

Big anti woke warrior i see

[@briman5206]

And all you're gonna say is he's jealous?? Did you read his comic?? Was it terrible?? Anyone can make millions these days.... And Rick does it in the worst way ever....

[@Purchaser.]

Im leaning more and more to your sides guys. Wow

[@mellowmoo6747]

Even if $17.50 is the “break even” price per unit, he was selling them at $100 through a preorder system, so that means he had ALREADY broken even on the production and labor and shipping, meaning the $17.50 was pure profit. This is the same reason stores can sometimes do clearance sales of like 90% off, because they already made the money back , the rest of the units are pure profit

[@lancebaylis3169]

It's kind of hard to believe it's only been half a year since Eric July self destructed so spectacularly. Dick was right all along. There's some dodgy stuff going on at Rippaverse.

[@VandalAudi]

Reading comments like this, after watching Kino Casino, is entertaining to me.

[@dannysummers4591]

@@VandalAudi those guys admittedly don't even know the lore, they just hate all the people calling out the scam

[@briman5206]

I swear he's liberal/BLM in disguise....

[@supermariosubpoena8793]

Hey uh where is episode 370 for the dick show? Thank you!

[@sheldonjplanktonn]

Amen!

[@sheldonjplanktonn]

I think there was an issue because last Dick Show had a bunch of gamer words in it. It was wild 😂

[@DRUNKENATHEISTSTUDIO]

He was on vacation

[@sheldonjplanktonn]

@@DRUNKENATHEISTSTUDIO - oh yeah. Makes sense cuz of the call in special lol

[@__-vu8io]

I understood it to be, people are buying comic books that will be donated to the kids. He is selling them at 30% off (the 30% being the usual profit on an item), so he is just breaking even on sales so he is not making a profit, just covering expenses. I dunno what is super shady, other than it is the buyers making the actual donation and the comic creator is the middle man, if he claims for the charity costs on his taxes then it would be an issue, other than that....not really.

[@veditoid]

That is the definition of charity scam

[@Foghore]

breaking even is not the purpose of donating to a charity ie. CHARITY SCAM

[@__-vu8io]

K, so by both of your definitions when grocery stores have Christmas charity hampers where you pay for the hampers of food at cost to be given to a food bank that is a charity scam? They are facilitating the charity, not making the donation themselves. It'd be like calling the red cross a charity scam because "all they do" is collect money from other people and then buy medication and services and give it at cost without going into debt, they never actually gave their own money! All charities need to be operating at a deficit to count I guess, otherwise they are breaking even and are hence a scam...wild. A scam would be if someone collects money and then never actually uses it to buy something for said charity. Admittedly a more helpful charity event would be to sell the comics at full price or an increased price and then give all of the profits (net not gross) to the charity, but it would still have them breaking even.

[@E_M_FEN]

@@veditoid No, it's not. That is YOUR definition so you can be butt hurt at a creator you loathe.

[@basementbrotherscollectibles]

Do people not know what “non-profit” means?

[@PeterTheHanssss]

I look forward to hearing these EJ comments to serious music

[@harrylimeracketeer]

Circling back now that Eric is selling these books for 5 bucks. Isn’t that at least a $12.50 loss for him??

[@pattybaselines]

You all should have a conversation with Him

[@simonsez2873]

Nah, they are scared little girls.

[@ItotheCtotheE]

Do you mean Eric? Because Eric will never agree to talk to them.

[@pattybaselines]

@@ItotheCtotheE Did he say that? He has people on all-the-time.

[@anthonyagureyev307]

He already talked with Dick on Flashcast. He made Dick look like a fool and Dick had a embarrassing outburst.

[@pattybaselines]

@@anthonyagureyev307 For real....all he does is take people on. Would be cool to see idk

[@onodatboi9041]

Pull up, Vigga

[@sheldonjplanktonn]

Eric needs to do some pullups himself Bro has 0% business wearing a sleeveless anything 😂😂😂

[@RookCustoms]

Sooo this where all those people Eric has been proving wrong come to wallow in the mud of disparity. 😅 🎉🎉 You clowns are funnnnnny.

[@extraHERO]

"Yet I built myself an empire, some of it the legal way, some of it not so much. But an empire neverthelest" - Eric July (Isom #1)

[@BlackAngusReviews]

PERFECTLY 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@RemiliaVampire]

"You didn't even read Isom!" "Even though you can quote and critique very specific parts that nobody even talks about, you're just a jealous detractor and a racist!"

[@na-vn5qy]

does it literally say 'neverthelest'?

[@robcoguy6909]

@@na-vn5qy My favorite Rippa starting line is "for whatever reason..." He did a community post about a video game and started it with that, and then didn't explain wtf he was trying to say.

[@hellishhybrid1839]

Comics for Kids publicly thanked him. Stay seething, chomos.

[@boblob3509]

it's clear that their egos have been bruised lmao. They don't care about doing the right thing its a battle of nerds lol

[@darthjarwood7943]

This dude is living in yalls head rent free....

[@handlemesshaiyah]

$8k, you mean 😂

[@markharrison6498]

Didn’t age well

[@ronnieronb73]

LOL. Can't wait to see this channel get crushed and hopefully get demonetized.

[@VandalAudi]

I'm just here for the feltening.

[@PavTheSlav1]

What’s your net worth?

[@axepagode33626]

Wow! Eric July is living rent free in your head. The more you complain, the more popular he gets. The more popular he gets, the more comics he sells. The comics he sells, the more money 💰 he makes. Keep it up. This back and forth with him is hilarious and making him wealthy.

[@BiggestProblem]

It is also making us wealthy

[@axepagode33626]

@@BiggestProblem 🤣🤣🤣 Two days and under 3000 views 🤣🤣🤣 Sure. This is making you wealthy.

[@MrCoolmaster12345]

​@axepagode33626 why are you Eric July fans always obsessed with money lmao, don't even try to hide the fact that it was never about making a decent piece of work

[@axepagode33626]

@@MrCoolmaster12345 I haven't purchased or read a comic book since the 70s. Once I found my older brother's Penthouse magazines, I stopped caring about comic books. To answer your question, there isn't an obsession with money. However, money is the easiest way to gauge if the public likes your work. More importantly, it is the only way to pay the artist for their work. Decent art vs crappy art is a matter of opinion and extremely subjective. Don't YOU .... for one second pretend that if you were making your own independent comic books that you would refuse $3.7 million for your first effort and an additional $2.11 million for your second effort. And personally, I enjoy watching this black man spank all these white "progressive" gatekeepers who think they own the comic book industry. Eric has left the plantation and the whip cracking progressives can't handle it. He is not following your rules and it is pissing you off.

[@basementbrotherscollectibles]

@@MrCoolmaster12345Imagine if manga and anime and video games and film and TV had this mentality. You have to make a profit to keep creating entertainment.

[@extraHERO]

Eric's next charity scam will be claiming that Rippaverse is a church because of the cross on Isom's crotch.

[@lazuruswolf6668]

You mean his holy crotch?

[@P3rformula]

that'd be funny

[@wouldntyouliketoknow7363]

If this was all true you all would have turned him into the police....seriously this is just petty now.😏

[@greygorygaming]

The Charity is called Comic Books For Kids, right? Why is it unreasonable to give them comics?

[@greygorygaming]

@@chipsandcheese124 self inflicted

[@themetalpig7613]

Well for starters, it's not suitable content for kids. Also, we want kids to be inspired by what they read, not confused and let down by a story written at a grade level lower than kindergarten.

[@latuman]

I don't get it. So if July is donating comics, who's paying for them?

[@carafro8108]

You are hes asking for people to pay for each one donated

[@iggi3985]

@@carafro8108 and, what is the issue? Is he forcing people to buy them?

[@Syzygy77]

It sounds like a strange tax deduction scheme at least. I bet he’s taking profit at half price, donating the book, then somehow deducting full price of the books donated on the taxes.

[@jonathansoko1085]

It isnt. Its literally for charity. Are you this dense, or what? And im not a eric fan btw but if yall are gonna attack something. Make sure it makes sense. Eric is literally donating whatever isnt covered, are you doing this on purpose? HE DOESNT NEED TO DO THIS TO SELL BOOKS ITS ALREADY A MULTI MILLION % CAMPAIGN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yall take something good and innocent, for kids, and try to dirty it. Grow up. Id call you racist, but stating obvious isnt needed

[@iggi3985]

All I hear is a whole lot of conjecture based from nothing.

[@kurtwagner7610]

Stop drinking the Hatorade …

[@LauFiu]

What are these guys contributing to society besides looking and sounding and probably smelling like DSP gaming

[@チャーリーブラウン-w8l]

Imagine being that jealous lol Another Isom video with just emotions and jealousy, no facts or context

[@extraHERO]

You have to ask yourself why he didn't just do a fundraiser for that charity. Eric learned at the knees of monied crooks so when it comes to charity he asks "But what's in it for me? Sure I might "help" that charity out but not before they help me artificially boost my comic sale numbers." That's why he chose to do such a convoluted scheme with this particular charity. And he might have gotten away with it to too, but he forgot to force a nondisclosure agreement on the charity.

[@zuffin1864]

why do people give toys to charity instead of money? I don't think that alone is a worthy criticism. now if you have evidence of that being the grounds to facilitate a scam, that's different, but the evidence here is not as convincing as they say. Vito's book is 52 pages, Eric's is closer to 100. it is not an apples to apples comparison of how much a comic book costs to make. Could eric cut some corners on who he hires to make art, or on printing/shipping? maybe, but he is trying to build a brand with a consistent quality, and he can choose what that means for costs, he owns it.

[@Ajeez1000]

​@zuffin1864 this dude just trying to find some reason to hate someone online they don't even know lol

[@zuffin1864]

@@Ajeez1000 yea kinda crazy they tried to make a price to print & ship comparison by comparing a book half the size of the other

[@Ajeez1000]

@zuffin1864 this is how they roll, and people just trust their words

[@SL2797]

"Eric July's Isom 2 Charity Scam" Either get a life, or keep coping and SEETHING at Eric's success. Wokeism is, and always will be, wrong.

[@jasoncoward-aintscared]

You had one fckn job, Eric. Don't commit charity fraud.

[@protennis365]

This comment age like milk.

[@deadpoolguy283]

Virgin!

[@MrRevolutionMars]

Dick is a real piece of work. May he and Vito get exactly what they have coming to them.

[@lancebaylis3169]

Endless praise for exposing a modern snake oil salesman? Yes, I'm sure they will.

[@c.f.n.d.3087]

How do you go from trolling Dr Phil and making Maddox a lolcow to being butthurt by an independent comic book creator?

[@TheShoguneagle]

By befriending lolicon enthusiasts, PDF files, and other degens/lolcows.

[@jasoncoward-aintscared]

According to Riley, that warehouse is pretty fckn sweet. I'm talking, "Put them on the glass" sweet. He would know!

[@resmarted]

we really have to hear about this shit every episode now? it's not even funny anymore

[@Romanski21]

this is a clip

[@chachis4849]

wrong. it's very funny.

[@MrCoolmaster12345]

​@jaybyhopword this shit always makes me laugh because Eric really doesn't help himself lmao, never seen someone so thinskinned

[@resmarted]

@@yuhbruhshiboi-wi4hq Oh, alright. Tbh I don't listen as much as I used to because I actually liked the format of the show, the problems discussion, and that seems to have taken a backseat to reading superchats, listening to voicemails, 30 minute intros, and weekly Eric July segments. The problems are less than half of the show now and usually Dick moves through his so fast half the time I'm not even sure what it was by the time Vito starts talking about his. I also liked how a lot of the problems were experiential slice of life stuff. Now most of the time it's just vito or dick reacting to what boomer cons are talking about on twitter that week. I don't want to hear about that shit, I want to escape it. I know boomercons are retarded and odds are whatever dick and vito are talking about regarding that is already being discussed to death everywhere else. For the record, I've been listening to everything since like the 10th episode of Biggest Problem 1.

[@GaryTurbo]

Funny how people don't realize this was weeks ago because his facial hair is a giveaway

[@keshonhend2047]

Dick got the funny beaten out of him by Antifa... damn

[@TuckerStrobel]

that cement ball damaged the humor cortex of his brain

[@ThaCityBoi]

This is actually hilarious. Don’t defend a dude that has so much arm hair it looks like a congregation of spiders.

[@whyhellotherestranger]

*Klantifa

[@keshonhend2047]

@@yuhbruhshiboi-wi4hq I don’t read comics and I’m definitely not a conservative lmao. Eric’s comic is making bank and instead of saying “good for him” and leaving it like a normal person Dick is being mad spiteful about it which is hella gay.

[@RookCustoms]

Dick has never been funny except that gallagher wanna be haircut. This dude better start smashing watermelons or I want my money back

[@willcifur]

So these are the guys huh ? 😂 They must not be aware of how many people watched this and had some strong feelings about it. There is a rotten desperate energy pouring out of their actions and I’ve never seen that not naturally resolve itself. This is bigger than Eric July I’d say , they are sneering at all of us. Ohh man , I hadn’t even heard the part about the charity yet. Ahhhhhhhh , got it , got it I have a better understanding of who these two are now. Interesting ..

[@achilleonv]

Came here just to give them a thumbs down.

[@willcifur]

“I wish I had two sets of hands so I could give them Ti++ies 4 thumbs down” ~Rick James~

[@harley4230]

@@achilleonv Imagine being so soft that you have to dislike a video through teary eyes without even watching the video lmao.

[@achilleonv]

@@harley4230 Teary eyes? I came here as a response to another video.

[@harley4230]

@@achilleonv Your IQ must be as low as carpet shoulders if you didn't understand what I said.

[@brandonlucas4173]

Dude ISOM is SO good best comic since Watchman. We 👏 need 👏 more 👏 black 👏 creators!

[@themightythor1974]

😅hi Eric.

[@TheCaptainhowdy11]

Oh no. This is a bad take.

[@ThaCityBoi]

Why do we need black creators exactly? How are black folks creative process different than any other race?

[@uncle_ben_rices_nephew]

@@ThaCityBoi One difference is our different life/cultural experiences that we can share or allude to in our stories. You have American culture, then racial cultures, then you have various subcultures. The comic book culture you and I participate in is an example of us in a specific subculture.

[@ThaCityBoi]

@@uncle_ben_rices_nephew Yeah no. You don’t need a person of color to explain their culture. You know why? Because they tend to state that they “own” and “claim” certain trends/style when in fact they borrowed it or inherited it from another culture. Let me give you an example: Black folks accused white folks of cultural appropriation for the use of braids. Braids did not start with black folks, it started with the Nordic culture. This is why historians should be the only ones to explain cultural differences, because they studied it and are experts in it. So again, WHY do we need black creators? Better yet, why should we elevate a person of color as a creative mind when most likely they contribute nothing new and their skin color does not make them more creative?

[@thekey777]

DNG

[@holdthetruthhostage]

Y'all Dropping Facts here wow

[@andystegall7407]

Imagine having cancer and you are given a shitty comic to read as you're dying. Things couldn't possibly get worse for you

[@kalkella8822]

I can imagine it now "Mom, did they not have any Batman?"

[@JawnLouis]

😂😂😂

[@lazuruswolf6668]

I mean the kids already dying no need to make him suffer.

[@sheldonjplanktonn]

I'm a simple man. The title talks about roasting Eric J, I click

[@mixmastermurphy]

Yup, you're very simple.

[@GaryTurbo]

Him adding extra charges to cover operating expenses shows how much Eric July contradict himself

[@andystegall7407]

He's simply not very smart. He thinks he is, but it's laughably easy to run circles around him intellectually

[@Ajeez1000]

​@@andystegall7407people really believe anything on the internet.

[@P90X_DVD]

Kinda getting bored of all this comic stuff ngl Update: ok this is hella funny now

[@jhonviel7381]

maddox lost? are you happy now?

[@P90X_DVD]

@@jhonviel7381 even more boring😴

[@sheldonjplanktonn]

Here's the door 🚪 Don't let it hit you on the way out. 👋

[@carafro8108]

Byeeeee

[@sheldonjplanktonn]

@@carafro8108 - moderator to the stars!!!! ........and Vito!

[@jonathansoko1085]

Blatent lie and mis representation.

[@realityshifter3399]

What is the lie and misrepresentation?

[@jonathansoko1085]

This entire video. Vito is playing the victim when his entire attitude towards eric is antagonistic @@realityshifter3399

[@jj3272]

Dude. Get over it. Pedo vito's comic sucks. Move on. This is sad.

[@MalabarTheGreat]

Is he really a pedo

[@EddyA1337]

Maybe they both suck?

[@basementbrotherscollectibles]

Where is Vito’s Superkiller PDF? I want a good laugh at another lame comic.

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

is it the sequel for cuties?

[@mbalisithole1984]

like

[@jareds8729]

heads up, eric july stans are here flagging comments for bullying, i was being nice and sincere in my wish that eric july was able to buy a trip to see the titanic ship. it looks amazing

[@basementbrotherscollectibles]

Eric July trolled you guys pretty good with his promo code “PIRATE” that donates to charity. 🏴‍☠️ I thought that was pretty smart on his part. After all, Dick is encouraging people to pirate the Rippaverse.

[@jsweatisdead]

First

[@petesaguy1707]

I think what's going on is that Eric July is offering comics at half price as a means of allowing people to buy and donate all in one transaction. If I wanted to donate a few comics to the comics for kids organization, I could buy comics at full price and then send them myself to the charity. However, in this case, Eric July is putting an option for people who want to donate the comic on his site, offering the discounted 50% off to let people donate without spending as much as if they had bought it normally themselves, got it in the mail, then sent it off to the charity. I think the $17.50 cost encompasses both the ability for someone who wishes to donate the comic to do so at a discount as well as having Eric July's company handle the shipping/handling to the charity so the donator/customer doesn't have to do it themselves. I believe July said that people who buy the discounted comic receive proof of donation for tax purposes, meaning each comic sent via this method is not being credited as a donation from July or his company, but rather to the purchaser.

[@vito]

Yes. And donating copies of Isom to charity is basically useless.

[@petesaguy1707]

@@vito but doesn't the charity ask for comics specifically? It may not be something most people would agree is a necessity for sick children, but since it's the prerogative of that charity to solicit comic donations then it shouldn't be an issue (pun intended) when comics are donated. I could see the problem in giving comics to a charity that doesn't ask for them, but that isn't the case here.

[@vito]

​@@petesaguy1707We contacted the charity. They said that while they still accept donations of comics, they have thousands upon thousands of comics already in storage and really just need money to help ship them.

[@basementbrotherscollectibles]

@@vitoSo it’s not illegal or a scam? You just don’t think it’s a good idea?

[@robwaters8848]

​@@vitoThat's the best response you could come up with 😑... C'mon man... Get real.

[@LeftCross_]

Turn him into the authorities. You won’t just like everyone else making this claim. 🥱

[@basementbrotherscollectibles]

Vito already got called out for being a snitch against Nerdrotic. He doesn’t want to get a reputation.

[@LeftCross_]

@@basementbrotherscollectibles understood. Your reputation is more important than allegedly stealing from kids.