ISOM #1 (a review)

Hey look! A comic book that’s been deemed controversial solely because of what its writer has said in passing and not due to the actual content!

ISOM: Ill-Advised pt. 1 is the first comic released by Rippaverse Comics. It’s a brand-new indie comic line that was founded by the author Eric D. July, a.k.a YoungRippa59 on YouTube. He’s been on the internet for over a decade doing many different things, including being the vocalist for the band BackWordz. The artist for this book is Cliff Richards and was colored by Gabe Eltabe, both of whom have been in the comics industry for some time.

I doubt any of my normie friends and family will have heard of this book, but it has caused quite the kerfuffle in the comic community. Allow me to quickly explain so we can get this out of the way because the reason for all the excitement is, in my humble opinion, really stupid.

You see, Mr. July’s YouTube channel is centered around politics and pop culture, and he’s talked a lot about his grievances with today’s “woke”/ “progressive” comics. He’s also an outspoken libertarian who loves America, which people on the left don’t like. He eventually decided to write his own “anti-woke” comic book, much like Richard C. Meyer and RJ Shaw before him, and his campaign was so successful that it broke the internet. I’m not joking, he earned over 3 million on this one book alone. This infuriated a lot of anti-CG folks resulting in an internet smear campaign and getting all discussions about the book banned from r/comicbooks. Basically, they’re mad that he’s successful.

Got that? Great. Now onto the review.

ISOM centers around a man named Avery Silman, a superpowered being who is perfectly content with staying out of the superhero business and focusing on his ranch. However, his sister calls him out of the blue asking for him to follow up on a woman named Jasmine that dropped off the radar. He returns to the city to investigate and quickly realizes that the problem is a lot bigger than…