Spike was born in DC, grew up in MD, and lives in IL. She founded and runs Iron Circus Comics, the American Midwest's largest comics publisher, and *Iron Circus Animation, an up-and-coming, scrappy animation outfit. Her 47 (to date) crowdfunding projects have raised in excess of five million dollars for comics and animation, including two million dollars for the first season of Lackadaisy, the second-most successful animation crowdfund in history, after Critical Role. She has made a LOT of mistakes and eats a LOT of dumplings.