#iron circus comics

[rosered-schneeweisschens-sis]

can’t currently afford the print copy of the fabulous @lackadaisycats work?

maybe your local library will buy it in the meantime! hand for scale.

reading a hard copy of what I found years ago on the internet is cool in its own right, but the over 20 pages of bonus content are what’s really tempting.

note about the back cover: this is what was facing out as I carried the book in my arm out of the library and into the streets. certainly didn’t make me look like a psycho I’m sure.

[shoomlah]

So excited to be doing the new cover for Smut Peddler’s 10th anniversary reissue over at @ironcircuscomics! I am easily swayed by Gibson Girl hair and the chance to do some hand-lettering 👀

[itsnicsalad]

still can't draw animals :") anyway go watch the lackadaisy pilot its so good!!

[muserweaver]

What if Lackadaisy show had an intro in the style of the iconic Cowboy Bebop OP?

Took me a couple of weeks to edit this, enjoy!

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[alinapeteart]

November is Native American Heritage Month! And if you want a great way to educate yourself and others about how Native folks are combining traditional teachings and modern pop culture, then you should check out Indiginerds!

I'm the editor on this project so believe me when I say that this book is SO GORGEOUS and each and every one of the stories is authentic and revolutionary in it's own way. Want to hear about creating VR cultural spaces? Or using pirate radio to support Indigenous resistance movements? We've got it!

My story in this book is about the infamous Star Trek: TNG episode, Dorvan V, where Native folks are being forcibly removed from the planet they resettled on after Earth didn't want them. I'll be posting pages from it here soon, and I hope you check them out!

Supporting this project means that you're directly supporting Indigenous comic artists! So please back us and share on all your socials! kinanâskomitin!

[perereiii]

This is an ad I can get behind

[sagecoffey]

Wine Ghost learned the ins-and-outs of Hell a long time ago, but it's her pal's first days down in the depts. And boy howdy, are they both in for a wild ride!

You can summon Wine Ghost from Hell to your home in a brand-new full-color 80pg comic with pink dip-dyed pages! Lovingly crafted and accessibly priced (10USD per book)

She's funding on Backerkit here! We're at 53% with only 15 days left to go! Let's make 'er real!

[jpceye]

The Facade of Iron Circus Comics and Spike Trotman

I feel like this needs to get some more traction on social media…

#comicsbrokeme trended recently, with comics creators and artists telling horror stories of extreme low wages, cruel bosses, and the constant struggle to make ends meet.

One company, and one person came up in an alarming amount of posts… Iron Circus Comics and its founder, Spike Trotman.

What Trotman has been accused of is not just run of the mill mismanagement or low wages, though they are infamous about underpaying and missing payment dates. They will actively and precisely bully, berate, and mentally destroy creators working under them. Trotman uses their clout as an internet famous comics publisher to keep people in line, and a recurring threat that if creators ever spoke out, Spike would sic their fans on them.

If you ever wondered why so many creators from Slipshine and Iron Circus up and vanished, THIS IS WHY. Several artists and creators have said that Spike Trotman sapped them of their desire to make comics.

This is downright sociopathic behavior to be sure. But then one starts digging into Spike Trotman’s past, and there’s a lot of skeletons in the closet. Squee Rat and Darth Versace were their previous handles on the internet. Squee Rat may sound familiar to people who have heard of the ‘Burned Furs’ movement.

Burned Furs was a puritanical, homophobic, transphobic offshoot of the furry fandom, founded by Spike Trotman, who also wrote the ‘Furry Manifesto’, which outlined their goals of getting rid of pornography, degeneracy, and expression of sexuality in the furry community. They distributed pamphlets at cons encouraging ‘degenerates’ to kill themselves.

A very inconvenient past to have when your brand is leftist and sex positive. Spike very much knows this, and they have tried to scrub all evidence of their past as Squee Rat from wikis and articles about Burned Furs.

Right now, Spike is hoping that this all dies down. In fact, they just had a big party for the success of the Lackadaisy cartoon pilot.

Especially ironic given that Spike once encouraged people to eat one meal a day to make ends meet in the comics industry.

What you can do is make sure this reaches the eyes and ears it needs. Find the dissenting voices against Spike and Iron Circus, and boost them as much as you can.

They shouldn’t be able to hide behind this facade and continue to hurt people.

[fox-teeth]

The Second Extinction of the Pyrenean Ibex, a new nonfiction comic by me about humanity's quest to clone extinct animals and the time we almost-but-not-quite succeeded, is coming as part of Iron Circus Comics’ FAILURE TO LAUNCH anthology! Look for the crowdfunding campaign in early 2023.

[bluedelliquanti]

I have a new story in an anthology whose crowdfund starts today: Iron Circus Comics’ Failure to Launch!

Failure to Launch is a light-hearted, educational tour of the (so far!) unrealized technological and societal advances promised in years past, but which never came to be. What could have been, but wasn't. It tells the tales of space utopias, incredible inventions, societal revolutions, robot pets, and even predictions of planet-wide Armageddon!

My entry is inspired by one of my favorite topics: the O’Neill cylinder, the space colony design that never was. Back the book by March 9 and you’ll have your chance to read it!

[luzontheinternet]

My Lackadaisy Volume One hard copy finally came after preordering it 10 months ago. I love the detailed artwork on the dust jacket and the bright red cover it really pops. It had a hard time shipping to me but it seems in good shape. Can't wait to read the physical copy. Thank you, Tracy and Iron Circus Comics.

[fablepaint]

Some paintings from Further Confusion of work colleagues from Iron Circus, a person at a table having a conversation, a fursuiter, and a beanie baby and Deku figurine I painted at home.

Caricatures of work friends are ink and watercolor, the rest are poster paints (similar to gouache).

[tuiskuh]

Hi everyone, my comic about a failed Finnish doomsday cult and their silver zeppelin TO BE BELIEVED TO BE SEEN is gonna be in the next Iron Circus anthology, FAILURE TO LAUNCH!!

Here's the link to the pre-launch page. Don't miss out on our first hour of funding and get notified when it drops!!!

Aaaand here is a page to pique your interest!!

Please check out this project, i have worked on this for such a long time and i am SO excited that the kickstarter is finally here!!

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[redsnerdden]

Iron Circus Animation Announces New Backerkit Campaign for Lackadaisy

Iron Circus Animation Announces New Backerkit Campaign for Lackadaisy #Lackadaisy #IndieAnimation #Animation

If you were wishing for more Lackadaisy, then you’re in luck! Iron Circus Animation has announced a new crowdfunding campaign with Backerkit to help fund not only creating new animation but to fund newer editions of the Award-Winning Lackadaisy graphic novels, etc. The campaign is already racing past $200k in crowdfunding, its mission is to help bring in Season One of the Lackadaisy animated web…