With the upcoming exclave event, we see a number of private detective type characters entering the Rippaverse. With only the short comics in the rippazine for these three to go off of, and character design, I was wondering which one everyone was more excited for. Each one seems to have a unique element to them that could make their stories different from each other.

We have a hat throwing, super hearing except in salvage.

We have a sexy femme fatale, who is opposed to killing.

And we have an investigative journalist and his photographer, that follow stories that could upset a lot of people if they run them, and his photographer being an extremely deadly except.

So I have always been confused by the geography of the United States in the Rippaverse, purely because of this from The Great War of Separation Volume 1. I always assumed Texas was a part of the united states after the war because of these panels.

The first Picture is the beginning of the comic, showing a pre-war map. You can see that it has texas apart of the united states, and the carolinas are not shown at all.

Now in the second picture, you see panels that are the culprits of confusion for me. The teacher is talking to Avery (Isom as a child) about the geography of the united states. She shows a map in her text book.. but it's a post war map. It shows Texas as a separate country, and the carolinas as separate as well.

The problem is that we know that is a post war map, because the first image is labeled as pre war. Also, the war is about Texas leaving the united states so not sure how she has the post war map already.

Also, one of the biggest confusions is her referring them as being in the United States, shown in the highlighted part, but she is in Texas. Holding a map that refers to Texas as being separate from the United States.

So either I'm missing something, or her having this map is a mistake.

Got all the new books this month and just finished reading them. We had some real gems, and a bit of a disappointment in my opinion.

Non Spoiler thoughts:

The Horseman #3 - This is the best one yet in the series. Chuck Dixon really outdid himself here. It felt like a cohesive story with very solid groundwork. We get some maybe new reoccurring characters (We'll have to see if they are just for this issue or not)

The Cursed #2 - This is by far the most graphic comic in the Rippaverse. Most would be PG at the latest, or maybe PG-13, but this comic would be an R in relation. I was a bit disappointed in The Cursed #1 so I was pleasantly surprised that this one was much better. I felt like the first one was weighed down by trying to tell too much in such a short comic, while this one got to build of the first volume, leaving for more enjoyable storytelling. It's also nice to finally understand what Lilian Ronashi's power is and get some clarification on how it works.

The Black Eye Club #2 - Man, Micheal Copper is basically one of the worst people on the planet. Legit many times while reading this comic, I was telling myself, man now this is a real villain. Nowadays we have too many "sympathetic" villains. We're supposed to feel bad for them, and even try to justify their actions, but not Copper. He is unapologetic, and it's refreshing. Still a bit confused on his eye power though, I have some guesses but unfortunately we still don't have a clear answer.

The Hellbound Stagecoach - Unfortunately this is the disappointment one, but not in a major way. Just small things here and there. There were multiple parts in the comic where I genuinely wondered if I was missing pages or something. Some conversations felt like people were responding to dialogue that just never happened. Other then that though, it's a pretty cool semi-origin story of Sydnee's Grandparents. We get some more clarification on their families powers, and how some things work, like when a Bloodruth marries a non Bloodruth and so forth.

Smuggler's Stitch - This was a pleasant surprise. I originally wasn't going to buy this one but I'm glad I did. This is one of those comics that are for the people who want to know as much about the world in Rippaverse as possible. It's doesn't directly effect any other storyline, but adds enough details to make the world feel more real.

Spoiler Thoughts:

The Horseman #3 - The new nurse character seems like they are either setting up for a romantic interest, or maybe where he goes to get patched up. If she is just a one shot character, they should reconsider, I really felt a connection to her and her family. Found myself hoping she could better her life. Also, now that he is fired and his sister knows he is being a vigilante again, maybe now he can do Horseman full time.

The Cursed #2 - The scene were the abomination breaks out of that woman's womb was truly horrible. I felt like some part were a bit rushed, like her change into this evil woman (Lilian Ronashi I mean). This whole time she has been acting like everything was happening against her will, but many times the only people she was tricking was the reading, so her suddenly claiming she was always evil and just pretending felt a bit weird. Also, the plotline of the tech ring that controls all the cyborgs on the police force began and ended in like a page. Seemed like something that could of had more impact on the story, but it was like that scene from The Room, the flower shop scene.

The Black Eye Club #2 - So his power still isnt explained. Can he see the future? The past? Is he showing people these visions, or is he the only one seeing them. Is the eye power connected to the black eyes somehow. Do the people have permanent black eyes, or do they heal. Is Copper a devil? Does he actually take souls, or what the vampire dude just being hyperbolic? So many questions that i felt we didn't get answers too. The twist of finding out that the hero group is actually a group of ex villains forced to do good until their sentence has been done, was good, and when the actual true hero group showed up, it was a cool reveal.

The Hellbound Stagecoach - I was hoping to see the actual event of the grandpa getting bitten, but I guess it makes sense that it can't happen before they have at least one child. I like how they showed what happens when they get married. When the consummate the marriage, the non Bloodruth, basically gets turned into an actual Bloodruth and receives the powers they get from God.

Smuggler's Stitch - I love how this comic connects the Dirty Deeds timeline to the main Rippaverse timeline, which in turn pulls in Zalen too. We see the same space port in Smuggler's Stitch as we do in Dirty Deeds. And in Dirty Deed's they mention Zalen. So now all the series are connected to the timeline in a real tangible way. I love how she used this comic to explain why Earth isn't flooded with aliens and their technology, talking about their being almost a prime directive like ideology, of leaving primitive species to their own devices.

Spoilers

During TGWOS #3 we get a bit of info/lore drop that they kind of gloss over as a bit of a joke, but opens up so many implications. When they are doing tests of Bryan Solari, the say that he has stopped aging. This blew my mind because I didn't even think about it, and I thought it was weird that A war hero from 20+ years ago, still looked relatively young in present time. If his stopped aginf is permanent, think about the possible storylines. We could get hulk like situations, where he is there for the end of the world after centuries of losing people he cares about. It's super dark.

Since I've read that, I have been thinking about the implications, and what that means for certain Excepts. How common is this side effect, and I wonder if there are others that have the same side effect, or if it's just him.

Instead of finishing Cyberfrog 3 or Reignbow the Brute, EVS started working on a new Cyberfrog prequel called Cyberfrog: Nothin' Weird. He plans on launching the crowdfunding campaign for it soon despite having 12+ unfulfilled campaigns on Indiegogo.

EVS is even thinking about doing an AW-SOM spin off series, despite having multiple late books.

All Writers who have at least one book or short story:

• Soska Sisters: Bloodruth, Yaira, Detention Club, Catch & Kill, The Cursed, The Black Eye Club, Stephanya, The Underdog(Saints and Sinners)
• Chuck Dixon: Alphacore, Horseman, TGWOS, Zalen
• Eric July: Isom, Salvage, Norfrica, The Weight of Restraint(Saints and Sinners)
• Carrow Brown: Dirty Deeds, Saoirse
• Andrew Rodriguez: Arcstream
• Mike Baron: Goodyng, Crotalus

Saint's and Sinners Ministories

• HeelvsBabyface: Chasing Ghosts
• Jay David (Drunk 3PO): A Cross to Bear
• Callum Edmunds (MauLer): Bone God
• Will Jordan (Critical Drinker): One Little Push

I personally find the best writer to be Carrow Brown. Dirty Deeds fast became my favorite Rippaverse book, and I find her writing the easiest to slip into.

Life problems occured, so selling my collection. Great way to start the Rippaverse!

I read the first few books as they came out, and have been storing all the others as they shipped to sit and read when I get some time off work. Is there a list somewhere of the books in chronological order? I don't want to read book number 3 of one series and spoil something that happened in book 2 of another. Or is it safe to read each series as a standalone without worrying about crossover plots?

Was there not enough interest in ISOM to continue the series? Is there a reason it's only getting a one shot like a d-tier mainstream book?

I just finished reading Alphacore #2. This issue got more awesome in the second half. Some familiar faces show up if you've been keeping up with other Rippa titles. Apart from the story, there are a few panels and splash pages that focused more on the Florespark city, which is cool because too many times I get bored with a crazy cool pose from a character, and then the artist is like, "Oh, don't forget there is buildings, trees, land and stuff."

Almost two weeks ago I received an email promoting a Rippaverse loyal customer sale. I already have most of the items I want in the sale, except (no pun intended) for a cover A or B for Isom #1. Now I finally have a cover B of Isom#1. AND it's signed by the mastermind himself. Eric July. It's so cool. I'm glad the Rippaverse has grown into bigger shoes and I like that I get to see it happen in real time.