#spike trotman

[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.

#discrimination #transphobia #homophobia #spike trotman #spiketrotman #iron circus comics #squee rat #squeerat #ironcircus #lackadaisy #smut peddler #slipshine #ironspike #darth versace #overworked #comics #puritanical #burned furs #burnedfurs #webcomic #furry #charla trotman #lackadaisy cats #party

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#backerkit #exclusive #featured #graphic novel #graphic novels #iron circus comics #rigsby wi #s.e. case #spike trotman

[tonytylerdraws]

I don’t think anyone has the finger on the pulse of modern comics better than C. Spike Trotman.

#been listening to her interviews all day #c spike trotman #spike trotman

[readtilyoudie]

Dream Daddy 

#manga(visual)monday #dream daddy #leighton gray #vernon shaw #wendy xu #lee c.a. #c. spike trotman #josh trujillo #ryan maniulit #craig cahn #hugo vega #damien bloodmarch #slice of life #queer #romance #graphic novel

[haveyoureadthiscomic-poll]

#poorcraft #c spike trotman #diana nock #iron circus comics #non fiction #nonfiction #graphic novel #graphic novels #thrifting #poll

[justplainsimon]

An old book store was going out of business so i bought these two choice finds for 37$ all together (both books are $40+)

#scott mccloud #understanding comics #smut peddler #my monster boyfriend #c spike trotman #spike trotman? sleep of reason's spike trotman?!!? #vancouver bookstores

[snapbookreviews]

Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Comic Book edited by Ari Yarwood

Did you know that @dreamdaddygame has comics? You can check them out at @onipress.

Video games are not my gaming forte, but “Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator” had my attention from the moment it came out. I did want to be a dad dating other dads and a friend even gifted me “Dream Daddy: Dadrector’s Cut.” Unfortunately, I did not have any way to play it at the time. I’m one of those people who has to be forced at gunpoint to update their computer OS, so it wasn’t until I…

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#ari yarwood #c. spike trotman #dream daddy #dream daddy: a dad dating comic book #game grumps #josh trujillo #lee c. a. #leighton gray #oni press #vernon shaw #wendy xu

[augustdementhe]

How do I travel to the universe where 'Templar, Arizona' is still being written, because I miss that comic so fuckin hard, and the comicker is doing Blikada now, and I'm very engaged, but I MISS THE ALTERNATE HISTORY.

#Mint's Dear Diary #I had the chance to meet Spike Trotman at a comic shop #But I confused the dates with an Amon Amarth show #And by the time I got to the Metroplex from Austin #It was too late #And then I also had to skip the show because I had no gas money to make the trip again #SIGH

[lackadaisycats]

The Naptime Rag -------------------------

Concept: Tracy Butler Producer: Spike Trotman Director/Boards/Editing: Fable Siegel Animation: Sam "Endo" Kessler Cleanup (ink + paint): Adeline "Hyrika" Kanda Sam "Endo" Kessler Kayla Stith Carolina Senra Sam Staehler Backgrounds: Jo Schramer Music: Bryan Teoh Compositing: Matt Pichette Technical Assistant: Ashley Nichols 3D Model: Zachary "Newt" Nall Production Manager: Ashe Wagner

#lackadaisy #lackadaisycats #1920s #animation #cats #2d animation #jazz #indie animation #anthro #Youtube

[smashpages]

Delver, the Comixology Originals series by MK Reed, C. Spike Trotman and Clive Hawken, will return for a second adventure starting next week. The D&D-inspired adventure about a teenager adventurer who “delves” into a fantasy dungeon will appear first on Amazon as a digital series before being collected by Dark Horse next February.

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#delver #comixology originals #mk reed #c. spike trotman #clive hawken #dark horse comics

[godzilla-reads]

🌏 Tamamo the Fox Maiden and Other Asian Stories: A Cautionary Fables and Fairytales Book edited by Kel McDonald, C. Spike Trotman, and Kate Ashwin

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

A graphic novel collection of several fables and fairytales from Asian countries, including some famous and some lesser-known, while also including an array of countries!

When I got this book I was worried it’d only feature stories from Japan and China, but I was pleasantly surprised to find stories from Laos, Georgia, Iraq, and many others! Each story features an artist who has great talent in art and storytelling.

My favorite stories were “The Demon with Matted Hair” from India, “Urashima Taro” from Japan, and “The History of the Spectre Ship” from Iraq.

I highly recommend!

#godzilla reads #tamamo the fox maiden #Tamamo the Fox maiden and other Asian stories #cautionary fables and fairytales #book review #graphic novels #reading #booklr #bookworm #bookish #book blog #booklover #bibliophile #book blurb

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Exclusive: Get a look at Wine Ghost Goes to Hell's Bookplate and a look inside the graphic novel

Exclusive: Get a look at Wine Ghost Goes to Hell's Bookplate and a look inside the graphic novel #graphicnovel #comics #comicbooks @Iron_Spike @ironcircuscomix @SageCoffey

Spike Trotman’s Iron Circus Comics is crowdfunding Wine Ghost Goes to Hell, the irreverent, sassy, and sexy graphic novel debut from cartoonist Sage Coffey. Best known for their work in The New Yorker, The Nib, The Washington Post and on the GLAAD 2021 nominated video game BUGSNAX, Sage Coffey is a trans nonbinary cartoonist living in Chicago, IL. Their full color graphic novel debut is a…

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#exclusive #featured #graphic novel #graphic novels #iron circus comics #Sage Coffey #spike trotman

[agardenandlibrary]

Delver by Tish Doolin, M.K. Reed, and C. Spike Trotman

Definitely one for the D&D nerds amongst us. There is a dungeon that moves. The entrance changes location at random. Wherever it appears, adventurers, traders, and general industry travels in its wake. A door appears in the village of Oddgoat and suddenly they’re swarmed by Delvers, those who make their living bringing up treasure from the dungeon. 

This story follows Temerity, a girl from Oddgoat. Dungeon and the magic and delvers that follow it have completely upended her way of life. The magic rippling out from dungeon has destroyed her future, burnt down the groves of trees and transformed the goats into monsters. She decides to try delving. What else is there for her? But the dungeon is a dangerous place for the unprepared, and Temerity is very unprepared.

I liked it! The art and lettering was good and easy to follow. And I liked that it explored the effects such a place would have on a small community.

#delver #cara reads delver #forgot to take a picture though #my book review

[readtilyoudie]

Dream Daddy 

#manga(visual)monday #inu's bday jams #dream daddy #leighton gray #vernon shaw #wendy xu #lee c.a. #c. spike trotman #josh trujillo #ryan maniulit #damien bloodmarch #robert small #queer #slice of life #romance #graphic novel

[bluedelliquanti]

I'm joining some other Iron Circus Comics pals for a game night tonight at their Youtube channel at 8 pm CST. Details here! 

#livestream #iron circus comics

[xipiti]

Hey there, everybody! We're Iron Circus Comics!

We're the premiere publisher of award-winning, critically-acclaimed graphic novels in the American Midwest—a small-mid house built from the ground up by our founder, C. Spike Trotman. Our a mission is to showcase the Strange and Amazing in comics. Our books are off the beaten path, one-of-a-kind, and one thousand percent worth the trip! We hope you'll come along!

She is fashion. She is drama. She insists that wine counts as a fruit. And she's dead as a freakin' doornail!

She is WINE GHOST. Say hi!

...Sooo.

Y'know that girl you saw on Tinder? The one that made you audibly say, “wow,” and “yikes,” before you swiped left?

Well, she’s dead.

She died.

And Wine Ghost Goes to Hell is about what happened after she became her hometown's, shall we say, cautionary tale.

When Wine Ghost was alive, she was a booze-soaked train wreck. And now that she’s dead . . . well, to be honest, not a lot has changed. But when an old friend from her days among the living turns up in Hell unexpectedly, she's faced with a lot more responsibility—and self-reflection—than she's used to dealing with! Fortunately, if anyone knows how to handle life after death, it's Wine Ghost.

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

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Iron Circus is printing some great and wild indie comics and graphic novels. This one by Sage Coffey still needs some help to get off the ground! Check out the pledge levels and rewards on Backerkit.

#iron circus comics #wine ghost #sage coffey #comics #indie comics