Over the Ropes Vol. 2: Broken Kayfabe

The gloves come off when a rival promotion led by Jason’s father, Buddy Peacock, invades Explode. When the bell rings, it’s Phoenix vs. Peacock in a main event crowning a unified champion.

Welcome to volume two of Over the Ropes, the 1990’s pro-wrestling series. SFW’s hit TV show, Explode, takes the wrestling world by storm with champion, Phoenix, scoring big ratings while his girlfriend, Courtney, learns the ropes as new wrestler, Scorch. The gloves come off when a rival promotion led by Jason’s estranged father, Buddy Peacock, invades Explode. When Courtney’s injured, Jason must choose between family and fame in a bout with permanent stipulations. When the final bell rings, it’ll be Phoenix vs. Peacock-- father vs. son, in a main event crowning a unified champion. Will Phoenix rise again or lose it all in a puff of smoke?

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.

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.

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.