You gave Grifta $35 for a comic, that turned out to be a pamphlet where he just cut n pasted Sketch-Up 3D assets and didn't even bother to personalise anything, just straight up copied the assets and slapped them into panels. Even the ISOM character model is an asset, he didn't create anything new and there was no artistry to anything in those pages. You were ripped off by the Rippa.
I love this. When companies like Marvel & DC can't sell a book worth a damn, its attributed to all kinds of mysterious forces out in the ether. When a comic book company releases books and merch that a fanbase legitimately buys into .. the company is predatory? So being a failure is noble and being successful in the comic book industry is looked at sideways. I need to know what chin came up with this shit take.
6:53 You do you even know what he has in his store? To answer $330 ruffly what takes. But here the deal, calling me a cuck is going get me to stop spending money with Eric and start spending on you? Because for the low low price of 15 dollars I could be getting nothing of value from you on a as you feel like it bases. Sells pitch you gave is such a winner.
I read it, didnt pay for it :P It's mid nothing else. Alpha core is better but that Chuck Dixion he knows how to write. Eric needs to come down from the clouds. We can all see that.
Lol,why are people so upset that someone else than them are making good money from a comic,if they dont like it then dont buy it no? Whats the big deal.
Because ISOM isn't a fucking comic. It's a pamphlet full of SketchUp 3D Assets. There is no new character, ISOM is an asset from that same software. That generic black character model can be found in dozens of other comic strips, ISOM was supposed to be something new, something special, something unique but once the Riptard got comfortable knowing the money was in the bag he couldn't be bothered anymore and just straight lifted other peoples work and tried to pass it off as his own. The writing is fucking terrible, even Tumblr fanfiction can tell a story unlike Eric July. And Alphacore is just the fucking same, it is only slightly better because Chuck Dixon wrote it but the artwork is disgusting to look at. Yaira is going to be the final nail in the Rippaverse coffin, nobody is going to be talking about it in a years time other than to laugh and use as an example of how not to do business and comics.
The membership tiers are hilarious and I personally find it ridiculous. BUT! He's not forcing anyone to buy into it. He's just being a salesman and I know for a lot of creative/content people that's the greatest sin. Selling = selling out = salesman = snake oil. This is the wrong mindset for anyone embarking on an entrepreneural endeavor. You MUST learn how to sell to sustain yourself and your work/craft. He's providing entertainment and (I guess, I don't own any) quality products, he's engaging with an audience he's cultivated. At the end of the day, he's not "scamming" anyone if he's providing goods and services in exchange for currency. I think most people are mad, because he's made a lot of money, is working with professionals, and don't agree with his politics and so they're looking to find his "angle". Well, his angle is to make money and make comics. If he was going to take the money and run, he could have did it after ISOM#1 campaign like SO MANY DO in the crowdfunding, go fund me, kickstarter spaces.
Seriously. Like, oh my God, someone is trying to make money in a capitalist society! Is it fairly priced? Not to me. But that's how everything is. Value is what you give it. To someone else, they might think it's worth it.
VITO'S DOING GODS WORK!! I want to call out rippa and all these other "anti woke" content creators but i'm not good at writing scripts and i'm even worse at talking off the top of my head, and i'm not editing 400 ums out of a video. I got in a heated debate with rippa and the dude just gaslights you and then acts all big because he ripped his viewers off. meanwhile random furry comics are making more money in hours than his whole campaign does in months. like 2% of his audience spends millions on him and he thinks he is bigger than marvel... no it's like 2k people spending thousands because they want to stick it to the woke man. or it's money laundering. OH AND he gets free promotion from the other "anti woke" grifters that will tell you to give paramount billions for top gun and panderverse even tho they make and host kid drag shows
What exactly is the bad business practices of Eric July? And I would also like to see your list of bad business practices among the likes of Marvel, DC, IDW and so on.@@sirmustardofhousemayonnais9907
Watering down legitimate terms for foolishness has brought us to this point. Having an optional sub is not predatory. You are free to think it is stupid, you are free to not buy it. That said being a member does not drastically alter your experience around ISOM if it is a book you want to read. This is quintocentially the "i want more and im willing to pay" option. You would beg companies to favor this over many of their current "offerings". Preditory is exactly that. Micro transactions are predotory. An optional sub that has no effect or bearing on the products in question? Not so much. It doesnt prey on fomo, doesnt take advantage of phycological tendencies in humans. Its litterally just extra fluff with a few freebies most people would never need or even want. To me that is perfect, a person selling something totally optional that doesnt affect the thing id want to enjoy. This is unlike microtransactions where despite allegedly being optional the games are actually built around them and altered to house them. They fundamentally change the experience for the worse. So yes if companies offered useless guff instead of kneecapping their games i would prefer that. As for the price its a free narket. He can chage whatever and if hes happy with the money then fine. Same with other content creators. Sell whatever you want for however much tou want. If the market is there you will capture it. If it isnt revisit the price. Nothing wrong with doing just that.
Having been involved with growing a small business for 20 years, I see the indicators that show he is marketing to successful people at all income levels and reinvesting a large % of profits back into the company. This is how he gets a legend like Chuck Dixon to further improve his company and himself while you grift off his success and hock plushies of yourself while whining.
He simply marketing to a large built-in audience, which is smart. I just find it interesting he criticized other books, but doesn't like criticism of his.
Great video in light of your own derivative concept getting delayed yet again. Taking peoples money and not delivering fits the scam description much better than EJ
@VitoTwo Villains/superheroes already existing in other comics. Not exactly original. Also the shamelessness to use scam in the video title when your own project has been delayed by how many months? It's never coming out is it? Do the right thing and refund the money
He's called Eric a millionaire multiple times in this video. I'm starting to think that deep down he's a little bit jealous about Rippaverse. Eric may be doing well with the company but he is by no means a millionaire. He's said on s3veral occasions that the majority of the profits go right back into the business. People in his chat like to still make the joke sometimes telling him to buy a Lamborghini, but he still insists on driving his old car that has well over a hundred thousand miles on it lol
When is your comic actually coming out? I've been waiting......... Edit: I just saw the update and SuperKiller isn't coming out till Q2 2024 now........which means we won't receive it till June at the earliest. I assume there will be another delay again and it will be pushed back to Q4 of 2024. We have all seen these campaigns before and they either never get fulfilled or the end product is such low quality that you end up just throwing it in the trash. It is my own fault though, the warning signs were there. I guess we continue to wait.
If Eric is scamming people yet you have not reported him to the Better Business Bureau to be investigated, what's the point? I have reported scammers to the BBB and they started investigating right away. I think I know why you haven't reported Eric. It's because you know he's not scamming people.
Eric is awesome. Ordered and recieved your comic book order and purchase from the online store in no time. The packaging and presentation is better than Marvel and DC comic books. I ordered Alphacore in December and received it on Christmas Eve. Awesome Christmas gift I wasn't expecting to receive so fast.
I honestly tried to come up with an answer to this and I can't. The story has nothing redeeming about it. All I can say is that the art and layouts seem well done and easy to follow.
Even if you only got Ultra for 2-3 months that's still $200-$300. With that kind of money you could buy a bunch of vintage comics (especially considering the markets are at all time lows).
Cool thing is you don't have to actually purchase the subscription because you can still buy the book without it and save 100% on the subscription because you didn't purchase it.
I feel like "exclusive wallpapers" is one of the key hallmarks of bullshit cashgrab "memberships". Like you said, in 2023/24, who the hell is excited about something like that.
You know Rippa wouldn't be doing so well if the regressive P.C. amateurs were capable of producing quality entertainment. Instead I'm expected to give my $ to billionaire scum for sub quality entertainment. This is why cinema, T.V., video games, books, comics & all of pop culture is now a financial failure!!! 👍for🌰
OH AND he gets free promotion from the other "anti woke" grifters that will tell you to give paramount billions for top gun and panderverse even tho they make and host kid drag shows
Agree, however Eric's plan was always to use his channel to push into the business however if DC and Marvel were still the Kings like they were in the 90s he would have been just a small fish.
6:16 Once or Twice he has a permanent storefront with hats and all types of merchandise that you just pointed by denigrating the discount on said merchandise. In a previous tier and all higher tier perks stack with the lower tiers. Either you don’t understand this or are conveniently forgetting so you can present it as you only get the perks under the tier label. Free shipping and the 10% can add up quick.
I have no skin in the game but you come off as extremely salty, complaining about him having memberships or a Patreon because hes already rich is like crying about people donating to xQc or Asmongold.
I used to be a Rippa fan. The dude is becoming Marvel Comics in every way that drove us away from Marvel Comics, sans the woke trash but they're still SJW enough to call everyone racist for not liking ISOM &/or making fun of Eric. I'm embarrassed I ever backed the guy.
@@TrevorNickellpress x to doubt, but you can be anyone on the net, even if it's a lie nobody would known. Well despite the fact that your charge makes little sense, perhaps you simply don't like him, and that's ok. You don't have to like people either, or pretend you did.
@@TrevorNickell Plus, he's a fake An-Cap; dude refuses to point out that Donnie Doe174 Chump is a leftist clown, because most of his audience is Trump cultists. He has no principles.
@@straybeans6561woke trash = its actual policy that every Marvel comic has to have at least one of every race. Even if there's no logical reason. There has to be at least one gay or bi character in each comic. Women can't have larger than a C cup unless it's a callback to an older story. And the men and women have to have as close to equal dialog as possible in each. So in a Captain America comic Cap can't have more than 51% of the amount of dialog of the female co-lead. And the minorities have to have at least 33% of the total dialog for the book. You may think that's cool, but those kind of demands make some weird comics.
You realize that just because someone sold 3+ million dollars worth of comics that they're not immediately a millionaire right? There are taxes, employees, shipping costs, printing costs, etc. You don't make 100% of the money. That's just basic business.
So Eric is a millionnaire so what? if he wants to use Patreon more power to him. As for what he charges and what he gives in return that's....up to him to decide and up to consumers to decide whether they'll pay or not. Even if we wanted to accept he's scamming consumers it really comes off as personal and petty in this video lol.
You aren't supposed to say this part out loud the idiots get mad because they don't understand how markets work and think they are being forced to subscribe to something that is really just a way for fans to support the business/creators like thousands of other small creators do. Also these people believe a few million dollars is a lot to a business and don't realize having overhead cost quickly takes away a majority of that money.
You blew it and exposed the real problem you have with Eric when you mentioned his politics. While making a disingenuous argument, never reveal your tell.
Vito went into great detail for nearly 15 minutes about why he feels this is a waste of money. I didn't hear him mention anything about politics. If Vito did mention Eric's politics, it was a minor point.
@@LorenzoSleestakthe fact that he mentioned it at all proves Vito is being disingenuous altogether. He has been on a personal vendetta against Eric since the beginning of his take off project for Rippaverse. Vito is also cuties fan, so that should tell you all you need to know about that POS.
Happy Rippaday eve everyone. Get them books, memberships, hoodies, jailbroke firesticks. Eric refers to his fan as Hamsters, because he keeps them on the never ending wheel.
@@moxavenger Not until you superscribe to the Ultra Roided Hamster Tier, it's only 799.99 a month. That's when Eric drives Isom's truck to the border and steals a kid to run the wheel for you.
You make no sense dude he makes a product his fans want and he sells it it's simple I don't understand what your issue is. Do you criticize marvel and DC that way no because it doesn't make any sense for anything
@@jonathansoko1085 it makes total sense, Erics a youtuber with merch, not a comic guy, icant even get a bead on hows its going for applecore, the site is so predatory and stupid, he really screwed this up lol Also i don't criticize marvel or dc, i don't care about those big stupid corporations, Eric made you believe that they matter for some reason. It's like grown men obsessed with snow white, its weird af. I focus more on the indie sphere, Eric claims to be part of that right?
@@VaeVictus17 Still just a claim. Provide a specific time stamp in a specific stream or it didn't happen. Also, the Soskas are bigger degenerates/pedophiles than Vito could ever be.
I'd never even heard of Eric July until your videos about him, so I don't have a dog in this fight, but saying "you don't charge people for the privilege of buying your product" isn't really accurate. Many creators offer early access to their content as a part of being a Patreon member.
@@cdv1qafor a content creator like Vito, you get early access to videos like this before they go public. What Ripperverse is asking is you to pay him now so you can pay him even more later to buy his products early.
@cdv1qa Exactly what @DudleyDawg said. There is a huge difference in getting content early/extra content for donating, vs. paying some guy that charges a subscription for the "privilege" to then pay him even more money to then buy the actual product 30 minutes early. You're paying twice. Vito is right. It's a scam.
He thought what she did was poor form but not nearly worth getting her channel taken down because the address she exposed was already publicly available
All these cats are phony. It's like that Cecil jagoff who appears on collab videos with ThatStarWarsGirl - dude had a fundraiser to publish a graphic novel called "Cash Grab" which is exactly what they were doing, but that clown totally stole the main character from The Cannonball Run movies, Dom DeLuise's character, Captain Chaos.
4:11 Are you saying an arts time and effort is not worth any money and should be just given away? You really don’t understand business. No wonder you are slow in providing your member perks.
I wanted an objective approach and was happy to listen to see if there was any foul play, but when you said "libertarian dufus" I checked out. I'm not a libertarian, I have views all over the place, but it's people like you that make it hard to take anyone serious anymore. Would've been open to hear what you had to say, but mentioning his politics shows that I already understand what this video is going to be and I've heard plenty of it already, so no thanks.
Hi, I checked and the membership start at five dollars and with that, you get ten percent off. Even if it is t shirts and posters and extras, it's a pretty good deal to me. I can put in a big order if I want. Pay the $5. Get ten percent off and then cancel the next month.
Marvel makes comic book stores order 20 - 50 issues to get a single variant cover, which is wrong... But financially beneficial, even if they have to throw out 90% of the regular cover issues. What Eric is doing is worse.
But The Membership is really Worship Eric July, this is just pure greed his company isn't even over 5 years yet he wants to burn out the Fans when they are already paying $40+ for a comic book hahah
Is this channel just the Eric July two minutes hate now? Legit the last 3/4 videos have been about this dude. I actually just don't care about this at all LOL.
What it is, is, is that the confabulation of the tribulation is accusatory and as such, inflammative. And what it is, is that we are gonna see, what these jokestas are up to. If I had to pontificate, I would say that anybody that is making fun of my crownfunding campaign is, malicious, and is under suspicion of being falsely auspicious of my delicious product, the aforementioned being therefore and as such, ISOM.
So obviously many creators use patreon, I used to also, topping out at twenty bucks, I also used to have a monetized channel so now that I don’t I use kofi and a tip jar, never expect ur audience to pay you for BS, its the quickest way to lose them. This is such bad optics for a millionaire 😂
Yeah, Vito has messed up bad on this one. If he would have dialed down the hate and kept it civilized I'm sure he would have gained a bunch of new customers. Instead he scared off a ton of potential buyers. I know Vito will probably say that's a good thing because he doesn't want people who think like Eric July buying his comic even though I am willing to bet most of his customers don't care that much about politics but instead are just tired of reading comics that mirror the real world political field. Vito had a chance to make his comic something great but instead it will be a 3 run issue at best and be lost to history.
I respect what Eric is trying to build. I don't agree with the fighting on both sides, and really think that CG and EJ could build something really good together if both sides dropped the egos .i think crowd funding still needs to be a big part of the indie scene and imagine a hub for all indie creators to be able to publish limited run books. I also disagree with how quickly he's trying to ramp up and the tactics. Both sides could stand to be better.
As ive said before, Eric is trying to emulate his libertarian idol, the grifting author Tom Woods. Tom has a $100/month membership club called the "Tom Woods School of Life" where you basically pay him to tell you how to not be a loser. Eric wants that so bad it hurts
It's 'Pay to Engage' with the creator. Likely anyone in their audience who wants a YT channel would pay this for the possible connection to The Fellatioship Network. I have no problem if people want to pay it, just be honest in what you actually are selling...
This seems like a revenue stream ploy to keep the lights on. Eric is probably not a millionaire; his comic made million(s) of dollars but as you pointed out, he probably has some overhead issues and (poorly) reinvested his profits. What a loozah.
What a loser... Some fat neckbeard who doesn't like him bc of a political stance made a video. Even had him saying "suckas", bc Vito is progressive and that wasn't racist at all...
@@frontierlandfrank5314 Who knows what you're implying with that sentence structure. Digging into the finances of Eric July would be an interesting discovery. I wonder if his enterprise survives the forthcoming financial crisis. Perhaps I'll buy the warehouse from under the property manager that rents it to Eric for pennies on the dollar and burn the structure to the ground. CRE is going bust anyway and we need to make room for all the migrants America's most Popular President is bringing to America. Better yet, I'll buy the ISOM intellectual property from Eric when he's desperate and broke and turn it into a pro-LGBTQIA2S+ comic. It will be an inspiring message to the community on how to deal with people who disrespect them and how we need to 'Pull Up' and 'knock the block off' those who would disrespect the LGBTQIA2S+ community.
So, I have been thinking alot about story crafting over the years. And ISOM more recently with respect to that. It takes alot of time to think through and develope your own ideas. And lots of proof reading. This all has inspired me to take up writing again. And Im attemptig to write my own fantasy novel with its own world. Wish me luck and thank you random internet people who I dont know. For the inspiration. Also. I think ISOM would have been fine or atleast been able to stay "on the tracks" as it were. Still not great, but woud have been much better. Had it not been for the hell monkies who kidnapped ISOM's friend. If the farmer had been kidnapped in retaliation for ISOM's actions. It would have lead in to ISOM 2 better and continued that arc. You could have even included a supernatural element (like one hell monkey to the side) That got brought on by the thugs or anything small and to the side. If you want to have a reason to bring on Blood Ruth.
World will always need good books. Just don't forget to think of a business strategy to get eyes on your novel (and I don't mean be ham-fisted with it like Eric has been). Goodluck. Cheers.
Did you guys see that most recent Alphacore animation? What a joke. Everyone in the comments praising it was just the best. Edit: Honestly the full trailer was released, and it looks much more promising
1:21Eric might not be a genius business man but at least he’s stupid enough to insult his possible audiences. If we are so stupid it should be easy to get us to by your master piece… I assume it going to rock my world as soon as it comes out.
So let me get this straight. Eric July fans have no problem with buying a half-ass comic that has no editor but memberships, is where they draw the line?
Eric put up the Ultra Membership because he knows a paypig will buy it thinking 30% > 20% (Anyone, feel free to comment if the numbers don't add up. Long day, lol) Using a $300 merchandise package as an example, which I believe Eric sold for ISOM #2 (Maybe doesn't qualify, as that had comics ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯), but to set a basis for the math: UPDATE: If there is a comic in the bundle, you can’t get the discount, confirmed by Eric. You have to buy items separately. lol Mega Membership costs $49.99 for 20% off and free shipping over $75. $300 Package with free shipping - $60 Savings + $49.99 Membership = $289.99 Ultra Membership costs $99.99 for 30% off and free shipping with no minimum order. $300 Package with free shipping - $90 Savings + $99.99 Membership = $309.99. A person with an Ultra Membership would have to spend $500 to break even, then more to start seeing the savings over a Mega Membership. Even the $29.99 Super Membership holds up close to $475 worth of merchandise, but doesn't include the Games/Hangout. All of this at a MONTHLY rate, the worst insult. "Respect the community." lol
Lmaooo Vito, how are you such a hater? If he's scamming people is it your job to consistently make videos on him? Way more people out here than just this guy scamming people online. This is looking passively aggressive racist on your part dude. There are bigger names out there that have bigger subscribers that are scamming people.
Ok, as someone who knows nothing about this guy besides what you've said about him, I thought up till now you were too hard on him, too obsessed, etc... "He's just selling a comic, it's bad, who cares?" But....yeah. Those membership tiers are ludicrously greedy. Like Liminal Order levels of value : money ratio.
If you can afford any of those tiers than you don’t need a discount lol the lowest tier is more expensive than season passes to a cedar fair park or six flags park
Here's what I find funny: I gave Rippa money, and I got BOOKS. What do people get when they give you money?
You gave Grifta $35 for a comic, that turned out to be a pamphlet where he just cut n pasted Sketch-Up 3D assets and didn't even bother to personalise anything, just straight up copied the assets and slapped them into panels. Even the ISOM character model is an asset, he didn't create anything new and there was no artistry to anything in those pages. You were ripped off by the Rippa.
I love this. When companies like Marvel & DC can't sell a book worth a damn, its attributed to all kinds of mysterious forces out in the ether.
When a comic book company releases books and merch that a fanbase legitimately buys into .. the company is predatory?
So being a failure is noble and being successful in the comic book industry is looked at sideways.
I need to know what chin came up with this shit take.
6:53
You do you even know what he has in his store?
To answer $330 ruffly what takes.
But here the deal, calling me a cuck is going get me to stop spending money with Eric and start spending on you?
Because for the low low price of 15 dollars I could be getting nothing of value from you on a as you feel like it bases. Sells pitch you gave is such a winner.
Vito when is your book coming out? Seems like we're pretty far behind schedule here.
Super Fat Vito Part 2: The Baked Ziti stories?
Take my money
When you fix this dam door
Bro just can’t help taking shots despite not releasing one book yet😂
All creators get shots taken at them. He needs to grow a thicker skin.
I read it, didnt pay for it :P It's mid nothing else. Alpha core is better but that Chuck Dixion he knows how to write. Eric needs to come down from the clouds. We can all see that.
Lol,why are people so upset that someone else than them are making good money from a comic,if they dont like it then dont buy it no? Whats the big deal.
Jealousy
Imagine being a creator that has to put up with negative reviews. Poor baby. This has never happened before.
Because ISOM isn't a fucking comic. It's a pamphlet full of SketchUp 3D Assets. There is no new character, ISOM is an asset from that same software. That generic black character model can be found in dozens of other comic strips, ISOM was supposed to be something new, something special, something unique but once the Riptard got comfortable knowing the money was in the bag he couldn't be bothered anymore and just straight lifted other peoples work and tried to pass it off as his own. The writing is fucking terrible, even Tumblr fanfiction can tell a story unlike Eric July.
And Alphacore is just the fucking same, it is only slightly better because Chuck Dixon wrote it but the artwork is disgusting to look at. Yaira is going to be the final nail in the Rippaverse coffin, nobody is going to be talking about it in a years time other than to laugh and use as an example of how not to do business and comics.
When’s your book coming out?
When it reaches the funding milestone. Like, is it that hard to pay attention?
@@SummerSwan50so never basically 😂
@@excelegbunike7232 ummm, it’s almost there.
@@excelegbunike7232 It met its milestone and is waiting for the artist to complete his work.
@@excelegbunike7232Are you the crowdfunding police? You all sound like SJWs monitoring people lol
The membership tiers are hilarious and I personally find it ridiculous. BUT!
He's not forcing anyone to buy into it. He's just being a salesman and I know for a lot of creative/content people that's the greatest sin.
Selling = selling out = salesman = snake oil.
This is the wrong mindset for anyone embarking on an entrepreneural endeavor. You MUST learn how to sell to sustain yourself and your work/craft.
He's providing entertainment and (I guess, I don't own any) quality products, he's engaging with an audience he's cultivated.
At the end of the day, he's not "scamming" anyone if he's providing goods and services in exchange for currency.
I think most people are mad, because he's made a lot of money, is working with professionals, and don't agree with his politics and so they're looking to find his "angle". Well, his angle is to make money and make comics. If he was going to take the money and run, he could have did it after ISOM#1 campaign like SO MANY DO in the crowdfunding, go fund me, kickstarter spaces.
Way to grift. Eric is a clown
Seriously. Like, oh my God, someone is trying to make money in a capitalist society!
Is it fairly priced? Not to me. But that's how everything is. Value is what you give it. To someone else, they might think it's worth it.
@@Vicious0Sephiroth people like you make excuses for bad business practices and then wonder why they continue to get worse all across the board.
VITO'S DOING GODS WORK!!
I want to call out rippa and all these other "anti woke" content creators but i'm not good at writing scripts and i'm even worse at talking off the top of my head, and i'm not editing 400 ums out of a video.
I got in a heated debate with rippa and the dude just gaslights you and then acts all big because he ripped his viewers off. meanwhile random furry comics are making more money in hours than his whole campaign does in months. like 2% of his audience spends millions on him and he thinks he is bigger than marvel... no it's like 2k people spending thousands because they want to stick it to the woke man. or it's money laundering.
OH AND he gets free promotion from the other "anti woke" grifters that will tell you to give paramount billions for top gun and panderverse even tho they make and host kid drag shows
What exactly is the bad business practices of Eric July? And I would also like to see your list of bad business practices among the likes of Marvel, DC, IDW and so on.@@sirmustardofhousemayonnais9907
Watering down legitimate terms for foolishness has brought us to this point.
Having an optional sub is not predatory. You are free to think it is stupid, you are free to not buy it.
That said being a member does not drastically alter your experience around ISOM if it is a book you want to read.
This is quintocentially the "i want more and im willing to pay" option. You would beg companies to favor this over many of their current "offerings".
Preditory is exactly that. Micro transactions are predotory. An optional sub that has no effect or bearing on the products in question? Not so much. It doesnt prey on fomo, doesnt take advantage of phycological tendencies in humans. Its litterally just extra fluff with a few freebies most people would never need or even want.
To me that is perfect, a person selling something totally optional that doesnt affect the thing id want to enjoy.
This is unlike microtransactions where despite allegedly being optional the games are actually built around them and altered to house them. They fundamentally change the experience for the worse. So yes if companies offered useless guff instead of kneecapping their games i would prefer that.
As for the price its a free narket. He can chage whatever and if hes happy with the money then fine. Same with other content creators. Sell whatever you want for however much tou want. If the market is there you will capture it. If it isnt revisit the price. Nothing wrong with doing just that.
Having been involved with growing a small business for 20 years, I see the indicators that show he is marketing to successful people at all income levels and reinvesting a large % of profits back into the company.
This is how he gets a legend like Chuck Dixon to further improve his company and himself while you grift off his success and hock plushies of yourself while whining.
He simply marketing to a large built-in audience, which is smart.
I just find it interesting he criticized other books, but doesn't like criticism of his.
This dude is making valid points. Stop sniffing ripoffs ass and open your eyes. He's doing the same shit the leftist mega corps are doing
His detractors are absolutely hilarious 😂
@@FloridaGoth you sound as stupid as the blue haired land wales
@@FloridaGothirony
Vito calls it a scam but has yet to release a single book or do anything to support rhe comic book industry. Vito is the only scammer here.
Great video in light of your own derivative concept getting delayed yet again. Taking peoples money and not delivering fits the scam description much better than EJ
deriviative of what?
@VitoTwo Villains/superheroes already existing in other comics. Not exactly original. Also the shamelessness to use scam in the video title when your own project has been delayed by how many months? It's never coming out is it? Do the right thing and refund the money
Bro looks like a living wojack. Hit the gym, lay off the snacks, get a clue.
I think vitos got Rippa derangement syndrome, and Vitos fans aren't any better.
He's called Eric a millionaire multiple times in this video. I'm starting to think that deep down he's a little bit jealous about Rippaverse. Eric may be doing well with the company but he is by no means a millionaire. He's said on s3veral occasions that the majority of the profits go right back into the business. People in his chat like to still make the joke sometimes telling him to buy a Lamborghini, but he still insists on driving his old car that has well over a hundred thousand miles on it lol
@@darkultra9605 that's true lol
You're bashing Eric July, and praising Limited Run?
I forgot you were around.
Why did this come into my recommendations?
I’d like to see yall run a business.
Are you brown
@@sirmustardofhousemayonnais9907 I’m purple
They did you didn’t see his book that flopped ?
When is your comic actually coming out? I've been waiting.........
Edit: I just saw the update and SuperKiller isn't coming out till Q2 2024 now........which means we won't receive it till June at the earliest. I assume there will be another delay again and it will be pushed back to Q4 of 2024. We have all seen these campaigns before and they either never get fulfilled or the end product is such low quality that you end up just throwing it in the trash. It is my own fault though, the warning signs were there. I guess we continue to wait.
It’s not, he’s going to help Rippa with more press 😂
So cringe 😂. Good luck with that hate
the soy are always jealous of the giga chad rippaversers.
Cool he got Chuck Dixon though
If Eric is scamming people yet you have not reported him to the Better Business Bureau to be investigated, what's the point? I have reported scammers to the BBB and they started investigating right away. I think I know why you haven't reported Eric. It's because you know he's not scamming people.
lol "better business bureau" What are you, 12?
@@barfo281 uh you realize the Better Business Bureau is an actual organization right?
Eric is awesome. Ordered and recieved your comic book order and purchase from the online store in no time. The packaging and presentation is better than Marvel and DC comic books. I ordered Alphacore in December and received it on Christmas Eve. Awesome Christmas gift I wasn't expecting to receive so fast.
6:26 Millionaire….. cucks…. I’m really going to “give” you money for a book you haven’t even put out yet.
What was your fav part of ISOM?
I honestly tried to come up with an answer to this and I can't. The story has nothing redeeming about it. All I can say is that the art and layouts seem well done and easy to follow.
@@VitoTwoat least someone has an answer
I liked the last page of every number.
@@VitoTwo I asked Riley what was his guess for Alphacore sales numbers. He said 20k, I said 10k, what your over/under?
The part where vito's comic is finally released😅😅😅😅😅
Even if you only got Ultra for 2-3 months that's still $200-$300. With that kind of money you could buy a bunch of vintage comics (especially considering the markets are at all time lows).
In my country you could buy an Omnibus or two.
Cool thing is you don't have to actually purchase the subscription because you can still buy the book without it and save 100% on the subscription because you didn't purchase it.
I feel like "exclusive wallpapers" is one of the key hallmarks of bullshit cashgrab "memberships". Like you said, in 2023/24, who the hell is excited about something like that.
You know Rippa wouldn't be doing so well if the regressive P.C. amateurs were capable of producing quality entertainment. Instead I'm expected to give my $ to billionaire scum for sub quality entertainment. This is why cinema, T.V., video games, books, comics & all of pop culture is now a financial failure!!! 👍for🌰
OH AND he gets free promotion from the other "anti woke" grifters that will tell you to give paramount billions for top gun and panderverse even tho they make and host kid drag shows
Agree, however Eric's plan was always to use his channel to push into the business however if DC and Marvel were still the Kings like they were in the 90s he would have been just a small fish.
Smells like jealousy 😂
It is they couldn’t do what Rippa doing, so they do this instead. 😂
I’m not even a fan of rippaverse and it sounds like you BIG mad 🤣
i didn't knows tiers of support were forced onto fans by creators, since when did that happen?
6:16 Once or Twice he has a permanent storefront with hats and all types of merchandise that you just pointed by denigrating the discount on said merchandise. In a previous tier and all higher tier perks stack with the lower tiers. Either you don’t understand this or are conveniently forgetting so you can present it as you only get the perks under the tier label.
Free shipping and the 10% can add up quick.
I have no skin in the game but you come off as extremely salty, complaining about him having memberships or a Patreon because hes already rich is like crying about people donating to xQc or Asmongold.
I used to be a Rippa fan. The dude is becoming Marvel Comics in every way that drove us away from Marvel Comics, sans the woke trash but they're still SJW enough to call everyone racist for not liking ISOM &/or making fun of Eric. I'm embarrassed I ever backed the guy.
@@TrevorNickellwhat woke trash?
@@TrevorNickellpress x to doubt, but you can be anyone on the net, even if it's a lie nobody would known.
Well despite the fact that your charge makes little sense, perhaps you simply don't like him, and that's ok. You don't have to like people either, or pretend you did.
@@TrevorNickell Plus, he's a fake An-Cap; dude refuses to point out that Donnie Doe174 Chump is a leftist clown, because most of his audience is Trump cultists. He has no principles.
@@straybeans6561woke trash = its actual policy that every Marvel comic has to have at least one of every race. Even if there's no logical reason. There has to be at least one gay or bi character in each comic. Women can't have larger than a C cup unless it's a callback to an older story. And the men and women have to have as close to equal dialog as possible in each. So in a Captain America comic Cap can't have more than 51% of the amount of dialog of the female co-lead. And the minorities have to have at least 33% of the total dialog for the book.
You may think that's cool, but those kind of demands make some weird comics.
You realize that just because someone sold 3+ million dollars worth of comics that they're not immediately a millionaire right? There are taxes, employees, shipping costs, printing costs, etc. You don't make 100% of the money. That's just basic business.
Don't forget about pointless warehouses and paying superfluous staff $ 350.000 per quarter. Rippa's economically illiterate.
So Eric is a millionnaire so what? if he wants to use Patreon more power to him. As for what he charges and what he gives in return that's....up to him to decide and up to consumers to decide whether they'll pay or not. Even if we wanted to accept he's scamming consumers it really comes off as personal and petty in this video lol.
You aren't supposed to say this part out loud the idiots get mad because they don't understand how markets work and think they are being forced to subscribe to something that is really just a way for fans to support the business/creators like thousands of other small creators do. Also these people believe a few million dollars is a lot to a business and don't realize having overhead cost quickly takes away a majority of that money.
people are allowed to remark and comment about predatory business practices, step off bootlicker
I agree the membership isnt worth the price point
You blew it and exposed the real problem you have with Eric when you mentioned his politics. While making a disingenuous argument, never reveal your tell.
Vito went into great detail for nearly 15 minutes about why he feels this is a waste of money. I didn't hear him mention anything about politics. If Vito did mention Eric's politics, it was a minor point.
Hes good Fuck Uncle Ruckus Eric 😂
Libertarians don’t have serious politics lol.
@@LorenzoSleestakI just heard him mention it but 30-45 seconds of a 15 minute video is nothing
@@LorenzoSleestakthe fact that he mentioned it at all proves Vito is being disingenuous altogether.
He has been on a personal vendetta against Eric since the beginning of his take off project for Rippaverse.
Vito is also cuties fan, so that should tell you all you need to know about that POS.
Happy Rippaday eve everyone. Get them books, memberships, hoodies, jailbroke firesticks. Eric refers to his fan as Hamsters, because he keeps them on the never ending wheel.
Can I stop running now? I wants them wally papers!
@@moxavenger Not until you superscribe to the Ultra Roided Hamster Tier, it's only 799.99 a month. That's when Eric drives Isom's truck to the border and steals a kid to run the wheel for you.
You make no sense dude he makes a product his fans want and he sells it it's simple I don't understand what your issue is. Do you criticize marvel and DC that way no because it doesn't make any sense for anything
@@jonathansoko1085 it makes total sense, Erics a youtuber with merch, not a comic guy, icant even get a bead on hows its going for applecore, the site is so predatory and stupid, he really screwed this up lol Also i don't criticize marvel or dc, i don't care about those big stupid corporations, Eric made you believe that they matter for some reason. It's like grown men obsessed with snow white, its weird af. I focus more on the indie sphere, Eric claims to be part of that right?
@@jonathansoko1085 so all you do is consume interesting!
What tier will we find out ISOM's powere?
Something is fishy about him. He uses "Jealously" as a shield but I'm not sure he's as successful as he says he is. But time will tell.
Vito supports child grooming and admitted to watching and enjoying cuties. Vito has no valid credibility in his argument by those facts alone.
Citation needed
@@YoshiRider9000 He's admitted to watching cuties in his own streams and supports mainstream comics. citation provided. You are welcome
@@VaeVictus17 Still just a claim. Provide a specific time stamp in a specific stream or it didn't happen. Also, the Soskas are bigger degenerates/pedophiles than Vito could ever be.
Rippa's starting to smell like he's done the MLM racket.
I'd never even heard of Eric July until your videos about him, so I don't have a dog in this fight, but saying "you don't charge people for the privilege of buying your product" isn't really accurate. Many creators offer early access to their content as a part of being a Patreon member.
You misunderstood what he said...
@@sowder Really? In what way?
@@cdv1qafor a content creator like Vito, you get early access to videos like this before they go public. What Ripperverse is asking is you to pay him now so you can pay him even more later to buy his products early.
@cdv1qa Exactly what @DudleyDawg said. There is a huge difference in getting content early/extra content for donating, vs. paying some guy that charges a subscription for the "privilege" to then pay him even more money to then buy the actual product 30 minutes early. You're paying twice. Vito is right. It's a scam.
@@sowder Ah yeah ok I see your point now, thanks for explaining!
Didn’t you defend ssniper wolf?
He thought what she did was poor form but not nearly worth getting her channel taken down because the address she exposed was already publicly available
Not even two minutes in an already starting with insults. Great way to win an argument…. 1:15
Eric July saw Jack Murphy's hustle and was like "Hold my Soy Latte!".
All these cats are phony. It's like that Cecil jagoff who appears on collab videos with ThatStarWarsGirl - dude had a fundraiser to publish a graphic novel called "Cash Grab" which is exactly what they were doing, but that clown totally stole the main character from The Cannonball Run movies, Dom DeLuise's character, Captain Chaos.
4:11
Are you saying an arts time and effort is not worth any money and should be just given away?
You really don’t understand business. No wonder you are slow in providing your member perks.
I wanted an objective approach and was happy to listen to see if there was any foul play, but when you said "libertarian dufus" I checked out. I'm not a libertarian, I have views all over the place, but it's people like you that make it hard to take anyone serious anymore.
Would've been open to hear what you had to say, but mentioning his politics shows that I already understand what this video is going to be and I've heard plenty of it already, so no thanks.
Hi, I checked and the membership start at five dollars and with that, you get ten percent off. Even if it is t shirts and posters and extras, it's a pretty good deal to me. I can put in a big order if I want. Pay the $5. Get ten percent off and then cancel the next month.
Marvel makes comic book stores order 20 - 50 issues to get a single variant cover, which is wrong... But financially beneficial, even if they have to throw out 90% of the regular cover issues.
What Eric is doing is worse.
Try and buy a 9.8 cgc.. 😂.. hes hoarding them
Rippaverse.....more like 'ripp-off' verse.
Am I right?
To easy
You’re the first person to think of that joke.
@@Dreadnaught1AwI was just about to comment the same thing LOL
How it it a rip off and scam? Y'all are weird
But The Membership is really Worship Eric July, this is just pure greed his company isn't even over 5 years yet he wants to burn out the Fans when they are already paying $40+ for a comic book hahah
Ya it’s a niche that he is exploiting all the way to the bank
You both sound so hurt . 😂
@@SanDiegosGreatest u anything for Daddy Eric Daddy Eric might one day rub his beard on my back hahaha 🤣
@@holdthetruthhostage instead of being chronically online , mad at Eric you should definitely retake some English grammar classes 🤮
@@SanDiegosGreatest said the alt account, I should support someone who fraud a child charity
Vitro’s jealousy is hilarious…..can’t even release a book himself yet can’t stop himself from fixating on Eric July
"You don't make them pay extra money to continue loving you." Depends on the business, and depends on the "love"...
Is this channel just the Eric July two minutes hate now? Legit the last 3/4 videos have been about this dude. I actually just don't care about this at all LOL.
Uruc FREE SPEECH JULY tells his simps their speech will cost them 49.99 a month😂😂😂
What it is, is, is that the confabulation of the tribulation is accusatory and as such, inflammative. And what it is, is that we are gonna see, what these jokestas are up to. If I had to pontificate, I would say that anybody that is making fun of my crownfunding campaign is, malicious, and is under suspicion of being falsely auspicious of my delicious product, the aforementioned being therefore and as such, ISOM.
Man still riding off his coattails sad please get better
So obviously many creators use patreon, I used to also, topping out at twenty bucks, I also used to have a monetized channel so now that I don’t I use kofi and a tip jar, never expect ur audience to pay you for BS, its the quickest way to lose them. This is such bad optics for a millionaire 😂
Hate posting about your main business rival isnt a good look.
Yeah, Vito has messed up bad on this one. If he would have dialed down the hate and kept it civilized I'm sure he would have gained a bunch of new customers. Instead he scared off a ton of potential buyers. I know Vito will probably say that's a good thing because he doesn't want people who think like Eric July buying his comic even though I am willing to bet most of his customers don't care that much about politics but instead are just tired of reading comics that mirror the real world political field. Vito had a chance to make his comic something great but instead it will be a 3 run issue at best and be lost to history.
And neither is hate commenting on a single channel that exposes what eric is a scammer!
@@bakixavirists4561 can you explain how Eric is a scammer?
@Avx829 I mean, I don't have a horse in this race, I'm not into comics and such and watch these channels for other media. But still, not a good look
A Libertarian rips off customers, no you don’t say ?
The neck beards are BIG mad today. 😂
The arm beards.
This makes me wanna say something that I can’t. Yes, that thing.
We all know what you mean...
I didnt laugh at your comment but I definitely sniggered
Not really. They get exclusives and their orders ahead of other customers.
I respect what Eric is trying to build. I don't agree with the fighting on both sides, and really think that CG and EJ could build something really good together if both sides dropped the egos .i think crowd funding still needs to be a big part of the indie scene and imagine a hub for all indie creators to be able to publish limited run books. I also disagree with how quickly he's trying to ramp up and the tactics. Both sides could stand to be better.
I have zero respect for what he's trying to build because it sucks so much
As ive said before, Eric is trying to emulate his libertarian idol, the grifting author Tom Woods.
Tom has a $100/month membership club called the "Tom Woods School of Life" where you basically pay him to tell you how to not be a loser. Eric wants that so bad it hurts
Interesting!
@@bakixavirists4561 all that stuff Eric says about "monetize your haters" comes directly from what Woods has said over the years
@@airborneacethat mindset is thousands of years old 😂. Not some 19th or 20th century concept
It's 'Pay to Engage' with the creator. Likely anyone in their audience who wants a YT channel would pay this for the possible connection to The Fellatioship Network. I have no problem if people want to pay it, just be honest in what you actually are selling...
Why pay to engage with Eric July when you can just ask him what Isom's superpowers are and unlock unlimited engagement?
What’s the difference between him and what TH-camrs ask for with $ pouring in with chat $
When did Eric call himself a genius business man? 😂 all that hate instead of building your craft lmao
This seems like a revenue stream ploy to keep the lights on. Eric is probably not a millionaire; his comic made million(s) of dollars but as you pointed out, he probably has some overhead issues and (poorly) reinvested his profits. What a loozah.
What a loser... Some fat neckbeard who doesn't like him bc of a political stance made a video. Even had him saying "suckas", bc Vito is progressive and that wasn't racist at all...
Lmao tell me you don’t know anything about business, with out telling me you don’t know anything about business.
Lmfaoo the cope is real
@@frontierlandfrank5314 Who knows what you're implying with that sentence structure. Digging into the finances of Eric July would be an interesting discovery. I wonder if his enterprise survives the forthcoming financial crisis.
Perhaps I'll buy the warehouse from under the property manager that rents it to Eric for pennies on the dollar and burn the structure to the ground. CRE is going bust anyway and we need to make room for all the migrants America's most Popular President is bringing to America. Better yet, I'll buy the ISOM intellectual property from Eric when he's desperate and broke and turn it into a pro-LGBTQIA2S+ comic. It will be an inspiring message to the community on how to deal with people who disrespect them and how we need to 'Pull Up' and 'knock the block off' those who would disrespect the LGBTQIA2S+ community.
So, I have been thinking alot about story crafting over the years. And ISOM more recently with respect to that.
It takes alot of time to think through and develope your own ideas. And lots of proof reading. This all has inspired me to take up writing again. And Im attemptig to write my own fantasy novel with its own world. Wish me luck and thank you random internet people who I dont know. For the inspiration.
Also. I think ISOM would have been fine or atleast been able to stay "on the tracks" as it were. Still not great, but woud have been much better. Had it not been for the hell monkies who kidnapped ISOM's friend. If the farmer had been kidnapped in retaliation for ISOM's actions. It would have lead in to ISOM 2 better and continued that arc. You could have even included a supernatural element (like one hell monkey to the side) That got brought on by the thugs or anything small and to the side. If you want to have a reason to bring on Blood Ruth.
Same here with me , Bro . Wish you luck and hope Our Own Novels crosses path one day .
World will always need good books. Just don't forget to think of a business strategy to get eyes on your novel (and I don't mean be ham-fisted with it like Eric has been). Goodluck. Cheers.
Eric is so cringey 😬
He thinks very highly of himself.
Did you guys see that most recent Alphacore animation? What a joke. Everyone in the comments praising it was just the best.
Edit: Honestly the full trailer was released, and it looks much more promising
Is it Alpha Core or Alpha Corps ?
The name sucks
@@aSimpleTailor Core I believe
Sounds like a hater 😂
Yes, we.
1:21Eric might not be a genius business man but at least he’s stupid enough to insult his possible audiences.
If we are so stupid it should be easy to get us to by your master piece… I assume it going to rock my world as soon as it comes out.
I don't think anyone here was, is, or will buy any of his books.
So let me get this straight. Eric July fans have no problem with buying a half-ass comic that has no editor but memberships, is where they draw the line?
Thanks for the lols man
Any if this was funny? A gross creep cried about some online thing.
Rippa rippin' off them fans. This had a thick smell of getting overhyped from the get go.
If the world keeps up the way its going. JRR Tolkien wrote his novel in the trenches of WW1. Maybe Ill be writing mine in the trenches of WW3
In before defamation lolsuit
$20, $30, $100 MONTHLY to "comment", "like", and wallpapers? Are you f**king kidding me? 🙄
Eric put up the Ultra Membership because he knows a paypig will buy it thinking 30% > 20%
(Anyone, feel free to comment if the numbers don't add up. Long day, lol)
Using a $300 merchandise package as an example, which I believe Eric sold for ISOM #2 (Maybe doesn't qualify, as that had comics ¯\_ (ツ)_/¯), but to set a basis for the math:
UPDATE: If there is a comic in the bundle, you can’t get the discount, confirmed by Eric. You have to buy items separately. lol
Mega Membership costs $49.99 for 20% off and free shipping over $75.
$300 Package with free shipping - $60 Savings + $49.99 Membership = $289.99
Ultra Membership costs $99.99 for 30% off and free shipping with no minimum order.
$300 Package with free shipping - $90 Savings + $99.99 Membership = $309.99.
A person with an Ultra Membership would have to spend $500 to break even, then more to start seeing the savings over a Mega Membership. Even the $29.99 Super Membership holds up close to $475 worth of merchandise, but doesn't include the Games/Hangout. All of this at a MONTHLY rate, the worst insult.
"Respect the community." lol
Lmaooo Vito, how are you such a hater? If he's scamming people is it your job to consistently make videos on him? Way more people out here than just this guy scamming people online. This is looking passively aggressive racist on your part dude. There are bigger names out there that have bigger subscribers that are scamming people.
Still no idea why he talks like dime store Mr T. Does he think his audiance thinks he's a thug?
It's not a spinoff and not Isom's universe.
someone is really mad at someone else success. where is your project you are putting together,,,
not crowdfunding
Yeah..the membership is a total ripoff.
This beef is gonna escalate at some point and you better livestream it.
Eric is gonna pull a Sssniperwolf and "pull up" at Vito's house and "air him out."
Ok, as someone who knows nothing about this guy besides what you've said about him, I thought up till now you were too hard on him, too obsessed, etc... "He's just selling a comic, it's bad, who cares?"
But....yeah. Those membership tiers are ludicrously greedy. Like Liminal Order levels of value : money ratio.
Nice opinion
U mad.
if marvel and DC did the same thing they will make 3 video why there awful
I had been wondering if ISOM was a good book or not, now I know, so thanks for that!
All memberships are ripoffs
If you can afford any of those tiers than you don’t need a discount lol the lowest tier is more expensive than season passes to a cedar fair park or six flags park
He just made these memberships to pay for his legal fees
3.27
Slow to get out your member perks….. but you are obviously not ripping off you members.
Eric’s videos like this remind me of the idiom to “look down one’s nose at someone.”
I have paid for live 2D/Animated wallpapers so he could have just done that