This week at the Soviet Jazz Club, the Russian Troll Factory found itself chasing one of the strangest ComicsGate rabbit holes in recent memory.

What started as an old true crime clip quickly turned into a deep dive through forgotten news reports, archived videos, public interviews and years of internet history. Along the way, the story spread across social media, sparked heated arguments throughout the ComicsGate community and even found its way onto larger livestreams.

Shout out to Johnny Rocket, whose discovery helped ignite the discussion. Together we retrace the investigation, separate established facts from speculation, and examine why this decades-old case has suddenly become one of the biggest talking points in comic book YouTube.

As always, expect communist propaganda, questionable investigative techniques, Soviet bureaucracy, audience slander, the latest Troll Factory intelligence reports and whatever other disasters unfolded across ComicsGate this week.

If you’re interested in ComicsGate, Eric July, ISOM, Rippaverse, indie comics, comic book drama, internet investigations, true crime documentaries, The First 48, online mysteries or YouTube commentary, you’ve reported to the right ministry.

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