Tune in for the prime-time event of a lifetime! All-star team Jay Sandlin (Djinn Hunter, World Class), Antonello Cosentino, and Francesco Segala (House of Slaughter, Firefly) have reunited to give you a ringside look at the action!
Over the Ropes: Broken Kayfabe returns in trade paperback format, collecting issues #1-5 of our beloved wrestling series!
Writer: Jay Sandlin – Artist: Antonello Cosentino – Colors: Francesco Segala – Letters: Justin Birch
Synopsis: 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 always smack him with a steel chair, Collects issues #1-5.
Publication Date: December 28, 2022
ISBN: 978-1952303319
Diamond Code: OCT221815
Writer, Jay Sandlin (He/Him)
Born in Florence, AL, Jay is a lifelong wrestling fan and was thrilled when Over the Ropes V1 became his first comic series to be released.
“Over the Ropes volume 1 was about beginnings and a climb to the top for the main character, Phoenix. In vol 2, Phoenix sits at the peak of the wrestling business. Will he thrive as the champ or become just another wrestling tragedy?”
Penciler, Antonino Cosentino (He/Him)
Born in Termini Imerese in 1992. Lives in Palermo and goes to Comic school in Palermo, he founded an artist collective, Ehm Autoproduzioni in 2014. Comic book artist for Ed. Inkiostro, Leviathan Labs 133art, Subsume, StrangerComics, Mad Cave Studios, Comics Experience. Among his recent works are Strongohold (133art), Over The Ropes (Mad Cave Studios), Madala (Ehm Autoproduzioni), and Flowers for Henry (Comics Experience).
“The first issue was full of action and twists, but you haven’t seen the rest yet! We can’t wait to give you lots of other blows and fun!”
Colorist, Francesco Segala (He/Him)
Born 1990. Lives in Rome and works at Studio Panopticon. Colorist for editors such as Editions Glenat, Darkhorse, Image comics, Boom! Studios, Editions Paquet, among his recent work are Firefly, Magic: the gathering, House of Slaughter (Boom! Studios), Prima spatia (Glenat), Qui a cassé Enigma (Nouveau Monde), Stranger Things (Darkhorse).
“First season was a blast for all of us, can’t wait to show you what we cooked for season 2. More fun, more blast, more power, more badass splash pages,more everything!”
Over The Ropes: Broken Kayfabe (TPB) is currently in Previews, and available for pre-order on the Mad Cave Studios website here. You can find the trade at your favorite local comic shop, bookstore, or digital comic reader on
Mad Cave Studios is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded by Mark London in
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