Iron Circus Comics’ anthology explores the perfect crime

CBR has an exclusive first look at one of the crime stories from Iron Circus Comics’ Perfect crime partyThe anthology project contains stories about criminal activities by over 40 authors from the world of comics.

Perfect crime partyThe BackerKit campaign launched on Monday, August 26, allowing fans to pledge their support for the project ahead of its planned completion date in summer 2025. Iron Circus is offering an e-book edition as well as a physical paperback edition of Perfect Crime Party, as well as anthology bundles containing Iron Circus’ other anthologies for a wide audience. Perfect crime party offers 25 different light-hearted stories, from club-style crime thrillers to edgy pranks and teenage protests. CBR has an exclusive look at Grand Theft Octo by Kate Ashwin and Claude TC, a fun sci-fi piece in which a group of thieves set out to rob the most expensive casino in the galaxy.

PERFECT CRIME PARTY

• Bluedoph, the reindeer with the dead nose by Tayson Martindale
• By The Horns by Malcolm Derikx and Brenna Baines
• Darling doesn’t know by John Konrad
• Grand Theft Octo by Kate Ashwin and Claude TC
• Joke Theft by Henry Barajas & Kit Mills
• Play It Again by Tango, Amy Chase, Xenon Honchar and Noah Stephens
• Polyphonic Funk: My Outlaw Melody by David Brothers & Alissa Sallah
• Prym and Burn by Mariah McCourt & Jules Rivera
• Psikotika will strike at midnight by Illuminated
• Racked by Chuck Harp, Luis Santamarina and Rob Jones
• Reap What You Sow by Ale Green & Fanny Rodriguez
• Sideswiped by Chris Sebela & Kendall Goode
• Sincerely, a lady from Molly Muldoon & Caitlin Like
• Smugglers Abroad by Michelle Gruppetta & Fleur Sciortino
• Spirit Duplicator by Rodrigo Vargas & Coni Yovaniniz
• The Cloud Thief by Erin Roseberry
• The Crime Beat by Van Jensen & Neal Obermeyer
• The good word from Bevan Thomas and Reetta Linjama
• The Heist by Amy Chu and Anderson Cabral
• The Ninth Life of Tabitha Tuxedo by James F. Wright and Jackie Crofts
• The Plague of Living Benches by Nathaniel Wilson
• The Swinevald Pearl by Ben Coleman and Cat Farris
• The Twenty-One-Foot Rule by Nick Mamatas and Jules Valera
• Trevor and Derrick: Le Debacle de Fromage by Matylda McCormack-Sharp
• Written Off by Ryan Estrada and Axur Eneas
• Cover art by Jeff Smith
• 6.625″x10.25″
• 300 pages

The preview pages of Grand Theft Octo begin with the characters Rix, Murid and Queous travelling through space and arguing about taking on a dangerous mission. Their goal is the galaxy’s casino, which is manned by many guards, security cameras and people to make the robbery a real challenge. More sample pages from stories in Perfect crime party are available on the project’s BackerKit website.

Iron Circus funding supports the creators of Perfect Crime Party

Those who Perfect crime party Backerkit can do this knowing that, as with all Iron Circus anthologies, any overfunding of the project’s original goal goes directly to the creators. Iron Circus uses a “creator bonus system” where every $5,000 over the funding goal Perfect crime partyoffers creators an additional $5 increase to their page price. “By supporting us directly, you’re helping the creators you love earn more,” the campaign promises. More stretch goals are planned and will be announced later in the campaign.

Spike Trotman, the founder of Iron Circus, talked about how Perfect crime partyThe creative team delivered for the anthology project.”Perfect crime party is the platonic ideal of the Iron Circus anthology,” said Trotman. “A cool idea put in front of incredibly creative people who can then do whatever they want with it! The results are always so funny and unexpected.”

Perfect crime party is now available for support on BackerKit.

Source: Iron Circus Comics via BackerKit