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<\/figure>\n\n\n\n(May 1, 2023) Spike Trotman\u2019s Iron Circus Comics, the trailblazing comics publisher that has raised nearly 3 million dollars over more than 30 crowdfunding campaigns, is crowdfunding WINE GHOST GOES TO HELL, <\/strong>the irreverent, sassy, and sexy graphic novel debut from cartoonist Sage Coffey. Best known for their work in The New Yorker,<\/em> The Nib<\/em>, The Washington Post <\/em>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 supernatural romp, featuring a slice of glamor and disaster, and the campaign page is now live on BackerKit.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n When Wine Ghost was alive, she was an alcohol-soaked train wreck. Now that she\u2019s dead\u2026 Well, not all that much has changed. When an old friend from her living days unexpectedly dies, Wine Ghost is faced with a lot more responsibility than she bargained for. She learned the ropes to hell a long time ago but it’s his first rodeo. And, boy, howdy, it’s a wild one. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cImagine if the magazine Hollywood Insider<\/em> was a person,\u201d said cartoonist Sage Coffey. \u201cNow imagine that person is a dead alcoholic. That’s Wine Ghost! She is drama. She is fashion. She insists that wine counts as a fruit. And she may be her newly dead friend’s only hope of having a life after death.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cOne of the great joys of publishing comics is introducing cartoonists to a wider audience,\u201d said Iron Circus Publisher, Spike Trotman. \u201cIf you haven\u2019t read Sage Coffey\u2019s comics, it\u2019s time to sit up and pay attention. This is Wine Ghosts\u2019s world, we’re just living in it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n WINE GHOST GOES TO HELL<\/strong> will feature pink dyed page edges, and the BackerKit campaign<\/a> will feature rewards and stretch goals, including glow-in-the-dark Wine Ghost vinyl figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Praise for Sage Coffey\u2019s Work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWINE GHOST GOES TO HELL is a blisteringly unique, psychedelic epic about running into your shitty ex in Hell, but it’s also about friendship and self-confidence and an unstable real estate market. Sage’s art is joyful in every line and a delicious multi-media collage that reminds me what comics can be.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2014 Kendra Wells (Real Hero Shit<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBugsnax\u2019s queer representation feels effortless, but I could tell that the creative team put plenty of care into their portrayal of queer and non-binary folks.\u201d\u2014Rock Paper Shotgun on Coffey’s game Bugnax<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCoffey paces the comic beautifully.\u201d\u2014Women Write about Comics on Coffey’s If It Were Socially Acceptable<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cCoffey’s mix of thin and thick line weights add to the sense of both exaggeration and nuance and goes well with the single-tone red that they use throughout.\u201d\u2014High-Low review of the original Wine Ghost<\/em> mini<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cSage Coffey’s illustrative hell is honestly heaven. I want to dive into the world of Wine Ghost and stay there forever. It’s vibrant, spooky, yet cozy.. .like house hunting inside of a demon’s mouth. Cheers to Wine Ghost!\u201d\u2014Bianca Xunise (Six Chix, Punk Rock Karaoke<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWHY IS EVERYONE IN HELL SO HOT?! AND HOW CAN I GET THERE??\u201d \u2014cartoonist KC Green <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWINE GHOST GOES TO HELL <\/strong>is about the different stages of friendship, getting drunk and not knowing any better,\u201d said Sage Coffey. \u201cIt\u2019s very much inspired by my experiences and people I\u2019ve known, although we\u2019re all still alive. So far as I know, at least.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n WINE GHOST GOES TO HELL<\/strong> is Iron Circus Comics’ thirty-eighth crowdfunding project and is crowdfunding now on BackerKit. For updates follow, Iron Circus Books on Twitter<\/a>, Facebook<\/a>, and Instagram<\/a>. To visit the campaign, go to https:\/\/www.backerkit.com\/c\/iron-circus-comics\/wine-ghost?ref=PR<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About the cartoonist<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Sage Coffey<\/strong> is a trans nonbinary cartoonist in Chicago, IL with a passion for drawing goofy and emotionally complicated creatures. They’re best known for their work in The New Yorker,<\/em> The Washington Post <\/em>and on the GLAAD 2021 nominated video game BUGSNAX. Previously, they edited Sweaty Palms anthology and contributed to multiple award winning comic anthologies including Comics for Choice and Be Gay, Do Comics. They love salmon (the fish, not the color). <\/p>\n\n\n\n About the Publisher\/E.I.C.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n C. Spike Trotman<\/strong> was born in DC, raised in MD, and lives in IL. An artist and writer, she founded Iron Circus Comics in 2007, which has since grown to become the region’s largest comics publisher. Her notable work includes the webcomic “Templar, Arizona,” the Smut Peddler series of erotic comic anthologies, and Poorcraft, a graphic novel guide to frugal living. A Kickstarter early adopter, she pioneered the widely-adopted bonus model that’s since completely reshaped the pay system of the small press, jump-starting the current renaissance of alt-comics anthologies. Iron Circus is also the first comics publisher of note to fully incorporate crowdfunding into its business model, inventing one of the single most effective uses of new media in comics publishing today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Iron Circus Presents WINE GHOST GOES TO HELL, The Graphic Novel Debut of Sage Coffey The Sassy, Sexy, Spooky, and Wine-Soaked Supernatural Romp Is Now on BackerKit (May 1, 2023) Spike Trotman\u2019s Iron Circus Comics, the trailblazing comics publisher that has raised nearly 3 million dollars over more than 30 crowdfunding campaigns, is crowdfunding WINE […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":29325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[7,219,226],"class_list":["post-29324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-indy","tag-non-binary","tag-trans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29324\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/gayleague.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WineGhostGoesToHell2.jpg\")
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