The Midwest's largest comics publisher! Check out our first animation project,
@LackadaisyFilm
!
To contact us directly, email: support AT ironcircus DOT com !
Happy
#IndieAnimationDay
!
Funded by Kickstarter backers, aided by Patreon support, and fueled by fan enthusiasm during production: the Lackadaisy pilot is on Youtube!
Good morning, Twitter!
Thanks to your support and word-of-mouth for our project,
@LackadaisyFilm
will hit 6.5 MILLION VIEWS, today!
Thank you so much! Every new view, link, and post gets us closer to being able to make more episodes!
26 days left, and the
#Lackadaisy
animation crowdfund has soared beyond our original goal of $125,000, and is heading towards its last stetchgoal at... $1,000,000?
Did we read that right?
OH NO, ZIB...!!
HELLO,
@LackadaisyFilm
fans, new and old alike! We have big, BIG plans for
#lackadaisy
. And first in line?
THE 📕BIG REPRINT. 📕 With PLUSHES!
Sign up here to be the first to know when the next crowdfund drops!
... and just like that, You did it! We did it! A third episode of
#Lackadaisy
has been unlocked at $750,000!
Next and final stretchgoal: a full 5 episode season! We're on our way, can you even believe it?!
Can you believe how close we are to our next stretch goal? Zib is zozzled!
Spread the word and share this link, help us secure a 3rd episode of
#Lackadaisy
!
Good morning, Twitter! 🌅
The
@LackadaisyFilm
stands at over 3.5 MILLION views since its Wednesday release! Curious to see what all the fuss is about?
Watch it here!
The
#Lackadaisy
crowdfund is just $12,000 away from funding a 3rd episode!
And there's still 28 days left in the campaign... and maybe a shot at funding a full 5-episode season?
A cat can dream!
The
#Lackadaisy
crowdfund is less than $50,000 away from our final stretchgoal of $1,000,000, which will secure us enough funding for a 5-episode season!
It doesn't sound real... but it is!
JUST SIGNED by Iron Circus: Lackadaisy: Volume One, by
@LackadaisyCats
!
Unavailable in print for years, this Eisner-nominated webcomic makes a triumphant return to the shelves in 2022!
Over 3,500 PEOPLE have already signed up to know the very second the next
@LackadaisyCats
crowdfund launches!
Don't let 'em beat ya to the limited editions we'll have on offer! Add to the pile-on here!
GOOD MORNING, FOLKS!
21 hours ago, we launched our make-or-break crowdfund: the Backerkit for Lackadaisy, Season 1.
As we cruise towards our 2nd day, we're not only fully funded, but about to hit the stretch goal to fund a SECOND EPISODE. Take a look!
Hello, everyone!
@Iron_Spike
has posted the following concerning
@kickstarter
's current anti-union position.
Thanks for reading!
Back to tweeting about comics!
Gosh, we always assumed everyone knew! But it's always a good time to remind folks that Iron Circus Comics is:
★Black-Owned!★
★Woman-Owned!★
★Built from Nothing!★
★And Creator-First!★
We're proud of what we are, and what we plan to become! Here's to our second decade!
Did you ever think $1,500,000 would be a STRETCHGOAL?! Neither did we, but here we are!
Just proof people love cats, booze, and supporting indie animation!
#Lackadaisy
THE FUTURE OF LACKADAISY IS NOW LIVE ON BACKERKIT!!!
🧸Plushes!
📚Books!
🎞️And SEASON ONE of the ANIMATED SERIES!
Help us spread the word, use the
#Lackadaisy
hashtag!
"It’s easy to over-romanticize the 1920s, but it’s also hard not to see it for the hedonistic fever dream it was, full of art movements, social movements, criminal movements, and chaotic politics." —
@LackadaisyCats
talks
#lackadaisy
with
@conskipper
.
Enamel pins, enamel pins, we alll looove enamel pins! ~ ♥
We've just finished designing enamel pins inspired by the
@LackadaisyFilm
project! Keep your peeper peeled for their upcoming pre-order, along with posters signed by creators and voice actors!
Wanna self-publish? TOTALLY INTIMIDATED by the prospect of pre-press!? Let
@peprally
and
@charibdys
' "Let's Print A Comic" walk you through it! Grab this indispensable guidebook in the new ICC store!
The
@LackadaisyFilm
debuts to the public TOMORROW!
THE YEARS OF WAITING ARE ALMOST OVER!
Are you following the Lackadaisy YouTube channel, so you're the first to know when it drops? Click here!
Oh, dang! Take a look at what we found while combing through the warehouse to get ready for a convention,
#Lackadaisy
fans!
Not only do we have a few more sets of pins, but signed posters, and even a handful of shot glass sets!
Expect these to hit the shop in the coming weeks!
LAUNCHING AUGUST 23RD! The fifth volume in our Cautionary Fables and Fairy Tales series!
Follow Iron Circus on
@Kickstarter
to be the first to know when we launch, and score an Early Bird backer level!
Only 20 minutes in, and the
#Lackadaisy
crowdfund is 50% funded! Yowza!
Y'all are amazing! At this rate we might be funded soon, and then poor Zib's gonna be well on his way to half-seas over...
The
#Lackadaisy
crowdfund has 11 more days to hit our first bonus stretchgoal: three MINI-EPISODES, on top of the five episodes already funded!
And if we reach the two million goal, we'll do Blu-rays and community-voted plushes!
REVEAL: The brand new cover for the Iron Circus edition of "Lackadaisy, Volume 1!"
We're so excited to be bringing this Eisner-nommed TITAN of a webcomic back into print! Join our mailing list at to find out what else we have planned for the relaunch!
The
#Lackadaisy
crowdfund campaign is nearing our current final stretchgoal!
Come on Mordecai, that's exciting: turn that frown upside down!
... wait no, nevermind. Don't do that.
Geez Louise! The
#Lackadaisy
crowdfund is 100% funded only 1 hour in!
Didn't think we'd be on our way to our first stretch goal so quick, but hey -- if we hit it, we'll bring back the long out-of-print Lackadaisy card game!
Submissions for YOU DIED are OPEN! Do you have a death-positive tale you'd love to tell? Submit it at the link found here!
BTW, Y'like our (WIP, subject to minor changes) cover? :D It's by
@ArtofNickRobles
!
What's it like to defy a fascist government regime... with a reading list?
Coming from Iron Circus Comics in 2019: Our first South Korean- and AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL- graphic novel!
Honestly? We'd love to give a sneak-peek of this year's Smut Peddler theme. We really would.
It's just...we're not sure you're MATURE enough to handle it. >:3
"With a pilot episode... boasting a staggering 9.8 million views and featuring talents like
@kovox
,
@lisareimold
, and
@BelRusapeVO
– the stage seems set for Lackadaisy's animated series to take the entertainment world by storm."
@movieweb
reports⬇️
@ProZD
Airing at 6:00 PM Sunday night, on "Chicago Tonight: Black Voices:" our founder C. Spike Trotman opines on the state of Chicago small business, in her first TV spot ever! Catch it on Chicago's PBS station,
@wttw
!
Here's a quick preview!
Zib had likely planned to drink with at least a little moderation... whoops!
Let's get him to the bottom of that bottle, and
#Lackadaisy
closer to the dream of 3 (and maybe 5!) episodes!
Take it easy on this fine Sunday!
... but keep poor Zib in your thoughts as he spends his time in his Liquor Limbo thanks to
#Lackadaisy
smashing all of our stretchgoals.
😔🥂😔
Iron Circus Comics is owned and was founded by a black woman,
@Iron_Spike
! We are run out of Chicago, and the city's largest comics publisher, producing best-selling, award-winning, and critically-acclaimed books! ♥
Good morning! Did you know it's
#IndieAnimationDay
?!
The Lackadaisy pilot is free to watch on Youtube, and available for download -- along with the script, animatic, and soundtrack -- in our digital store!
♣️ Store:
♣️ Youtube:
Pssst.
Hey, internet.
D'you like awkward perverts? Cuz we ♥ LOVE ♥ awkward perverts.
Chapter TWO of Iris & Angel, our sexy comic about cute boys, lingerie and tax prep, is FINALLY HERE. Grab it NOW in the ICC shop!!
9,000+ backers and over 1 million dollars raised for the
#Lackadaisy
animated series crowdfund -- wow!
Can we reach the 1.5 million stretchgoal for mini-episodes? What about the 2 million goal for Blu-rays?
Well, we have 20 days to find out!
Coming in 2022, from
@LackadaisyCats
and Iron Circus Comics:
St. Louis, MO. 1927. Prohibition is in full effect, and organized crime controls the booze. Can the Lackadaisy speakeasy survive in a rough-n-ready world?
The Eisner-nominated webcomic, finally available in distro!
"There's so much variety in webcomics and their ability to connect with so many people means there's a lot more stories we could tell." —
#Lackadaisy
director
@fablepaint
Details on the
#LackadaisyCats
animated short via
@CBR
.
JUST SIGNED by Iron Circus: Last Dance, by
@elefluff
!
Miriam is no longer the prima ballerina of her company; her bad ankle means she'll never dance again. But just when it seems all hope is lost, an otherworldly force offers to restore her glory... for a price.
Coming in 2020!
Annnnd that's SEVEN MILLION VIEWS.
From the bottoms of out hearts, folks: Thank you turning
@LackadaisyFilm
into a PHENOMENON.
Watch this space! We have a special, VERY LIMITED SUPPLY of merch dropping tomorrow as thanks!
Less than 48 hours remain before the
#Lackadaisy
crowdfund on
@BackerKit
ends!
And we still have one last mind-boggling 2 million dollar stretchgoal left... can we make it in less than 2 days?!
Happy Friday! The
#Lackadaisy
crowdfund reached the "5-Episode Season" stretchgoal, and is now making progress towards our brand new "Mini-Episodes" goal!
Did you ever think $1,500,000 would be a STRETCHGOAL?! Neither did we, but here we are!
Just proof people love cats, booze, and supporting indie animation!
Let's get those Mini-Episodes!
#Lackadaisy
Stop us if you heard this but more Lackadaisy is on the way after a crowdfunding campaign launched by producer Iron Circus Animation raised enough money, and then some, to fund a full, five-episode first season.
@cartoonbrew
has the news:
We're in the FINAL WEEK of the
#Lackadaisy
crowdfund on
@BackerKit
!
We've unlocked:
♣️ A full 5-episode season
♣️ Plushes
♣️ Deluxe pins
♣️ The card game
All of that can be yours, not to mention the next stretchgoal: Mini-episodes!
60 HOURS LEFT for the
#Lackadaisy
crowdfund!
We've unlocked:
♣️ A full 5-episode season
♣️ Plushes
♣️ Deluxe pins
♣️ The card game
♣️ Mini-Episodes
And one final stretchgoal... Blu-Rays + more plushes!
“I’ve been a huge fan of Lackadaisy for over a decade, so being able to be a part of this project is a dream come true,” said
@ProZD
. “I look forward to helping bring Mordecai to life on-screen.”
The
#Lackadaisy
Kickstarter ends today!
LESS THAN $94K LEFT!
We're SO CLOSE to hitting TWO MILLION DOLLARS on
@BackerKit
for the
@LackadaisyFilm
Season One Crowdfund! Can we make it!? We have two and a half hours!!!
#Lackadaisy
crowdfund has 16 days left, and currently at $1.2/$1.5 million towards our Mini-Episodes stretchgoal!
Yes, it was weird typing those numbers! No, I don't know if it will ever stop feeling weird!
Let's be weird together, support Lackadaisy!