Ice Cream Man (2025)

Chocolate, vanilla, existential horror, addiction, musical fantasy... there's a flavor for everyone's misery. ICE CREAM MAN is a genre-defying comic book series, featuring disparate "one-shot" tales of sorrow, wonder, and redemption. Each installment features its own cast of strange characters, dealing with their own special sundae of suffering. And on the periphery of all of them, like the twinkly music of his colorful truck, is the Ice Cream Man?a weaver of stories, a purveyor of sweet treats. Friend. Foe. God. Demon. The man who with a snap of his fingers?lickety split!?can change the course of your life forever. Written by W. MAXWELL PRINCE (ONE WEEK IN THE LIBRARY), with art by MART N MORAZZO (SNOWFALL, GREAT PACIFIC). Collects issues 1-4.

"The critically acclaimed series of not-so-sweet singular stories continues with four more tales of woe and wonder. Here: the ballad of a falling man; a three-flavored silent meditation; a young girl's quest with her dead best friend; a potpourri of suburban emergencies. Plus: more is revealed about the mischievous Ice Cream Man and his history with the dark cowboy, Caleb. Collects ICE CREAM MAN #5-8."

"ICE CREAM MAN continues with four more strange, sad stories. Plus: more is revealed about the mischievous Ice Cream Man and his history with the dark cowboy, Caleb. Collects ICE CREAM MAN #9-12."

"The critically acclaimed horror anthology drives back into town, offering four new stories that zoom in on folks who are just barely scraping by-and willing to do anything to change that. Collects ICE CREAM MAN #13-16"

"See here four more strange and sad stories of the critically lauded horror-adjacent anthology series, ICE CREAM MAN. See here a tetrad of atypical tales: a suppurating superhero satire; a lamentation of lost memory; a field guide for being a ghost; a rotten retelling of your favorite children's stories. See here some other confections, too. See here, see here! Collects ICE CREAM MAN #17-20"

Here comes the Ice Cream Man for another helping of bitter sweets: four more cavity-inducing stories of suffering and surviving-with unlimited sundae toppings. Just try not to rot your teeth on these sickly sequential morsels, which, if you're not careful, could lodge themselves under the gums, deep into the roots, far beyond the reach of even the best dentist.  Now, open wide...   Collects ICE CREAM MAN #21-24.

ICE CREAM MAN-the critically acclaimed, bestselling anthological comic book series-continues here with four more unfortunate, enervating episodes of descent: a plane falls from the sky; a man climbs to the bottom of his family tree; Oscar's blood pressure dips below 90/60! It's a compendium of comedowns carefully calibrated for curious and crestfallen content consumers...so come join us below. Collects ICE CREAM MAN #25-28

Open wide for four more scoops of the bestselling, critically acclaimed psycho-horror comic ICE CREAM MAN. Here, bound with medium-grade paper glue, are four tales of objective subjectivity: a man's last wishes are carried out; a controlled experiment loses all control; a cosmic scale is balanced (in verse!); Doug tries his darndest to get clean. It's another assemblage of anguish and ennui for the anthologically inclined art appreciator. Lickety split, y'all! Collects ICE CREAM MAN #29-32.

The wheels on this sorry ice cream truck continue to spin round and round! Presented here, four more chilling chapters that chafe and chew at the human mind: a bifurcated tale of woe/whimsy; a small story about two unlucky tramps; a bestiary of some very necessary monsters; and a look into the big ol' belly of a whale. Please do enjoy your continued trip down this never-ending well! We'll hit the bottom eventually... Collects ICE CREAM MAN #33-36

The strangest comic currently being published continues... to be published! Here, some downright daffy deviations: an Apocalypse Now full of Figglybumps; a whole town of Gary; and a 2-part decompression about decompression and compression and certain impressions those things tend to make. That familiar music is coming from around the corner... get your wallet ready! Collects Ice Cream Man #37-40.

Just what is “horror,” anyhow? You won’t find the answers here, I’m afraid. (Wait…I’m AFRAID? No I’m not! Although—there ARE four more of those ICE CREAM MAN stories in this 11th volume...and those things always leave me feeling a little HAUNTED, as it were. Maybe I AM afraid. I mean, there’s a Graham Greene spy story with this ghastly bovine monster; a haunted house yarn full of microfiche; a special all-star entry featuring one-page stories by writers like GRANT MORRISON, PATTON OSWALT,** MATT FRACTION**, KELLY SUE DECONNICK, and lots more. Oh, and lest I forget: Craig’s performance review! YEESH. You know what, I take it back—I am totally, unequivocally horrified. And yeah, maybe I don’t know exactly what that means—but just look at the hairs on my arms…they’re standing up straight!). Enjoy!  Collects ICE CREAM MAN #40-44