Creators for Creators with C. Spike Trotman:
Iron Circus Comics founder C. Spike Trotman (@spikedrewthis) was interviewed by Jeremy Melloul for Creators At Large about being a founding member of the $30,000 Creators For Creators grant, the growth of Iron Circus, perseverance, and more. Check it out here!
Nope, it’s not Friday. But ICC’s got a new title for you ANYWAY.
But then, well, maybe not…?
Iris & Angel isn’t exactly new; the first chapter’s already been written by myself, drawn by @littlefroggies, and posted on Slipshine, the subscription adult comics site. But Slipshine came with certain restrictions; monthly quotas, length limits, and the expectation of sex every fifteen pages, to name a few. And while that works for a lot of comics, it wasn’t working for I&A.
So, Amanda and I are trying something new.
Iris & Angel is restarting from scratch, and will be released chapter-by-chapter on ComiXology and in the Iron Circus Comics online store!
This is a new approach for us, and we’re excited to see where it might lead. We’re test-driving a smaller, cheaper, more incremental approach to our comics; inexpensive “issues” of I&A with a nice, low bar for entry for the curious and the freedom to tell the story as we like.
And WHAT A STORY.
Iris Moore is a victim of her own success; her small soap-making business has taken off like a shot, but she’s found herself floundering with the financials. With April 15th approaching and her paperwork more hopelessly scrambled than ever, she finally accepts the inevitable: she needs professional help. But where to start?
A fetish message-board on the internet, of course.
Iris’ pervy roommate Tate talks her into answering the weirdest personal ad ever posted; a cross-dressing accountant offering tax prep. And what begins as a hands-off, close-encounter with kink unexpectedly evolves into something much deeper when Iris and Angel discover desires they never anticipated; a deep attraction to both one another, and the new and unfamiliar world of fetish culture itself.
Iris & Angel! Coming this winter, from Iron Circus Comics! 😀