CBR has an exclusive first look at one of the crime stories featured in Iron Circus Comics’ Perfect Crime Party. The anthology project contains tales of criminal activity from over 40 creators in the world of comics.

Perfect Crime Party‘s BackerKit campaign launched Monday, Aug. 26, allowing fans to pledge their support to the project ahead of its planned Summer 2025 fulfillment date. Iron Circus is offering an eBook edition as well as a physical paperback copy of Perfect Crime Party, as well as anthology bundles that include Iron Circus’s other general audience anthologies. Perfect Crime Party boasts 25 different light-hearted tales, from club-style murder mysteries to anxious teen hijinks and acts of protest. CBR has an exclusive look at ‘Grand Theft Octo’ by Kate Ashwin and Claude TC, a fun sci-fi romp where a group of thieves works to rob the most expensive casino in the galaxy.

PERFECT CRIME PARTY

Bluedoph the Dead Nose Reindeer by Tayson Martindale By The Horns by Malcolm Derikx & Brenna Baines Darling Doesn’t Know by John Konrad Grand Theft Octo by Kate Ashwin & Claude TC Joke Theft by Henry Barajas & Kit Mills Play It Again by Tango, Amy Chase, Xenon Honchar, & 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, & Rob Jones Reap What You Sow by Ale Green & Fanny Rodriguez Sideswiped by Chris Sebela & Kendall Goode Sincerely A Lady by 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 by Bevan Thomas & Reetta Linjama The Heist by Amy Chu & Anderson Cabral The Ninth Life of Tabitha Tuxedo by James F Wright & Jackie Crofts The Plague of the Living Rest Benches by Nathaniel Wilson The Swinevald Pearl by Ben Coleman & Cat Farris The Twenty-One Foot Rule by Nick Mamatas & Jules Valera Trevor n Derrick Le Debacle de Fromage by Matylda McCormack-Sharp Written Off by Ryan Estrada & Axur Eneas Cover Art by Jeff Smith 6.625″ x 10.25″ 300 pages

Preview pages of ‘Grand Theft Octo’ start off with characters Rix, Murid and Queous traveling through space as they argue about taking on a dangerous mission. Their target is the galaxy’s casino, which has a heavy presence of guards, security cameras and people to make the heist a true challenge. Other sample pages from stories in Perfect Crime Party are available on the project’s BackerKit website.

Iron Circus’s Funding Supports Perfect Crime Party’s Creators

Those who support the Perfect Crime Party Backerkit campaign can do so knowing that, like all Iron Circus anthologies, any overfunding of the project’s initial goal goes directly to the creators. Iron Circus uses a ‘creator bonus system’, where every $5,000 over the funding goal gives Perfect Crime Party‘s creators an additional $5 increase to their page rate. “By supporting us directly, you are ensuring a larger payday for the creators you love,” the campaign promises. Other stretch goals are planned to be announced further in the campaign.

Spike Trotman, the founder of Iron Circus, spoke about how Perfect Crime Party‘s creative team delivered for the anthology project. “Perfect Crime Party is the platonic ideal of the Iron Circus anthology,” Trotman said. “A cool idea, tossed at incredibly creative people, who are left to do with it what they will! The results are always so fun and unexpected.”

Perfect Crime Party is available to support on BackerKit now.

Source: Iron Circus Comics via BackerKit