Over The Ropes Vol. 1 (1)

Set against the nostalgic 90s, a father and son war over their wrestling legacy.

Step Over the Ropes and into 1990s wrestling. Set in a fictional world, Over the Ropes dives into sports entertainment’s biggest era. A young high-flyer named Jason Lynn goes off-script in a match to win the world title and sets the southern territory on fire as the face-painted wrestler, Phoenix. Jason’s battles between the ropes are only outperformed by his struggles outside the ring. First dates. Crooked promoters. Cage matches. Factions and families. No matter what, problems smack him with a steel chair! Collects issues #1-5.

Jay Sandlin is a visionary writer and podcaster, as well as a history buff. Since self publishing his first anthology and picture book back in 2017, Jay has gone on to release Over The Ropes with Mad Cave Studios in 2019, and his first young adult graphic novel, World Class, under the Maverick imprint in 2022.

Living in Termini Imerese, Italy, Antonello Cosentino is a member of Ehm Autoproduzione. Aside from his work with Mad Cave Studios, he has also completed work for Edizione Inkiostro, and Leviathan Labs. He was also won several awards such as the 2018 Audaci Award for best webcomic and the 2019 Andrea Pazienza award for best scripting.

Justin Birch is a Ringo Award-nominated letterer born and raised in the hills of West Virginia. Lettering comics since 2015, he is a member of the lettering studio AndWorld Design and has worked with AWA, Boom!, DC, Dark Horse, IDW, Image, Mad Cave Studios, and numerous indy publishers. Justin still lives in West Virginia, only now it’s with his loving wife, daughters, and their dog, Kirby.

Francesco Segala was born in 1990 and lives in Rome, Italy. Aside from his work with Mad Cave, he is a part of Studio Panopticon and has worked on titles for Boom! Studios, Sky Arte, Magic Press, Bugs Comics, Noise Press, and Wilder Online.