Name: YAIRA #1's $1.59M Haul -- Did He Cheat?
Uploaded: 2024-05-28T08:55:28+00:00
Duration: 2 h 6 min 42 s
Description: Eric July was poised to slide across the YAIRA #1 campaign's finish line with a final total of $1.48M and around 10.5K purchasers. Then, out of nowhere, he drops a McFarlane Toys Yaira Statue into the

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Entertainment Comics Comic Books Rippaverse Cheating Yaira Campaign Statue McFarlane Toys Eric July

Eric July was poised to slide across the YAIRA #1 campaign's finish line with a final total of $1.48M and around 10.5K purchasers. Then, out of nowhere, he drops a McFarlane Toys Yaira Statue into the campaign, boosting his final total to $1.59M and netting himself another 800 purchasers. Was that cheating, or is all fair in crowdfunds and preorders?

00:00:00 Introduction
00:05:04 Have ALPHACORE's Numbers Been Inflated?
00:12:32 Fall-Off Between ALPHACORE #1 and YAIRA #1
00:13:41 Is Dropping In a Last-Minute Statue Cheating?
00:15:39 Who Will Rippaverse's New Readers Be?
00:19:12 Missing a Chance to Learn from Failure
00:26:10 What's in the Rippazine?
00:30:15 The Rippaverse's Unclear Future
00:34:41 The Statues' "Economic Cover"
00:39:50 BLOODSHOT, ALPHACORE, and Internal Logic
00:45:05 New Vs. Established Talent, Part 1
00:48:37 YAIRA Reviews on the Way!
00:51:03 Comparison with Image Comics
00:52:12 Bringing Your A-Game on Work-For-Hire
00:56:00 Selling on Hype Vs. Selling on Quality
00:59:10 New Vs. Established Talent, Part 2
01:02:00 Work-For-Hire As Self-Promotion
01:06:21 The Most Important Number
01:10:33 Marvel and Its Bubbles
01:20:19 ENEMY ACE and the Value of Repetition
01:23:42 The Big Two Lack Commitment
01:29:24 Rippaverse's Upcoming Lack of Numbers
01:33:08 New Vs. Established Talent, Part 3
01:38:04 The State of DCEU and MCU
01:44:29 Is Geoff Johns All That? Part 1
01:45:41 THE POWER OF SHAZAM!
01:46:52 Is Geoff Johns All That? Part 2
01:49:18 My Cancelled Max Subscription
01:51:31 Ethan Van Sciver and Critique Bias
01:56:53 Main Subject Recap and Conclusion!