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Ice Cream Man: Sundae Edition, Book 1

Ice Cream Man: Sundae Edition, Book 1

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  • Create Date：2022-08-12 06:53:32
  • Update Date：2025-09-13
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  • Author：W. Maxwell Prince
  • ISBN：1534321829
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"I've literally never read anything like this 'genre-defying' sorta-anthology thing， but it's f*cking awesome。 The writing is strange and deeply unsettling， and the artwork is gorgeous。 The new comic I most look forward to reading each month。" --Brian K。 Vaughan， Saga

Collecting the first twelve issues of the critically acclaimed， best-selling anthology comic ICE CREAM MAN， this oversized hardcover offers a veritable super-sundae of storytelling flavors。 From the haunting inaugural issue， to an exploration of opioid abuse， to a lauded three-tiered silent meditation， to even the far reaches of future outer space―there’s a sliver of suffering here for everyone。 The Ice Cream Man is coming around the block。。。can you hear his sweet little song？

Collects ICE CREAM MAN #1-12

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Reviews

Kaitlyn Spaun ，

A new instant favorite！A contempt， cosmic parasitic being known as the Ice Cream Man takes solace in terrorizing anyone that’s around him， squirming around in the shadows like a bug under your skin， striking your reality down before you even know what’s happened。 On top of the immaculate splash pages， comedic satire， and thought-out panels， we get an overriding sense of virtue whilst reading。 Topics focused in this graphic novel range from addiction to familial loss， regret， shame， sorrow， and e A new instant favorite！A contempt， cosmic parasitic being known as the Ice Cream Man takes solace in terrorizing anyone that’s around him， squirming around in the shadows like a bug under your skin， striking your reality down before you even know what’s happened。 On top of the immaculate splash pages， comedic satire， and thought-out panels， we get an overriding sense of virtue whilst reading。 Topics focused in this graphic novel range from addiction to familial loss， regret， shame， sorrow， and existential dread， but leave you hooked for the next page every time with eerie， yet mesmerizing sequential art and rooting for Caleb， the space cowboy to stop his cousin from destroying anything more。 This is truly one of a kind。 Childhood horrors meet adult scenarios and trepidations， encouraging you to fix what you can now before it’s all gone。 A major theme in this is that all life ends at the same exact place。 All paths are bound for the same destination。 Wonderfully horrific， hilariously divine dark comedy。 I devoured all 403 pages in two hours！ 。。。more

A。J。 Anders ，

“I guess the truth is hard and sad sometimes。 But that’s why we have stories。。。to help us forget the truth for a little while。 Stories make the world a beautiful place。 Even when they end。。。”This will mainly be a review for the physical hardcover edition of this book， as I have full reviews for all of the issues in my reviews of the first 3 individual volumes。 Those will be linked down below for anyone interested。 I was able to get a copy with the Dr。 Seuss parody dust jacket cover， which is bea “I guess the truth is hard and sad sometimes。 But that’s why we have stories。。。to help us forget the truth for a little while。 Stories make the world a beautiful place。 Even when they end。。。”This will mainly be a review for the physical hardcover edition of this book， as I have full reviews for all of the issues in my reviews of the first 3 individual volumes。 Those will be linked down below for anyone interested。 I was able to get a copy with the Dr。 Seuss parody dust jacket cover， which is beautiful along with the hardcover itself。 But just be aware that most editions will have no dust jacket， and that the spine for the book is not sewn together， but glued。The main plus for me was having Morazzo’s art all blown up in an oversized format。 I said it in my Vol 1。 review， but his art is the perfect mix of the best elements of Moebius， Frank Quitely， and Steve Dillon。 If you are a big ICM fan， it’s worth double dipping in this OHC just for the art。 Even if a story isn’t always great or misses the mark at points （cough， Hopscotch Melange， cough）， Morazzo’s art is always a wonderful constant。If you read this digitally， well sucks for you。 You missed out。 There are also some nifty little bonuses in the back。 We get some of Morazzo’s cover inks， a look at the pitter patterns designed by Ashley Walker for the inside and back covers of each issue， a cover gallery with all 17 variants for the first 12 issues， 6 pages of Martín Morazzo’s character and cover sketches， script samples for some of the issues including: #1 （First 4 pages）， #6 （Intro and Pages 1-5， 7-8， 15， 24-25）， and #9 （Intro and Pages 1-6）， the English translation for the Spanish in Chapter 10 “Border Story”， a look at 26 pages from WMP’s notebooks where all his issues of ICM begin to take shape， and an afterword from WMP himself。Those amazing extras plus the beautiful overall package itself makes this one of the best hardcover collections Image has put out recently， and I’ll definitely be collecting the series like this from here on out。 I’ll probably read my friend's singles and my libraries' trades to catch up on the book， but this series’ hardcovers are going to be on my future buy list。 Recommended to any and all horror fans， even those who have already read the series before， because this hardcover is the definitive format to experience the book in。 Individual reviews can be found below， as well as the links to the separate volumes， which all have full reviews for each issue individual issue:Volume 1:Chapter One: "Raspberry Surprise” ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2Chapter Two: "Rainbow Sprinkles” ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ Chapter Three: "Good Ol’ Fashioned Vanilla” ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2Chapter Four: "Every Good Boy Does Fine” ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2Volume 2:Chapter Five: “Ballad of a Falling Man” ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆Chapter Six: ”Strange Neapolitan” ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆Chapter Seven: “My Little Poltergeist” ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆Chapter Eight: “Emergencies” ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2Volume 3:Chapter Nine: “Western Story” ☆ ☆ ☆ 1/2Chapter Ten: “Border Story” ☆ ☆Chapter Eleven: “TV Story” ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆Chapter Twelve: “Space Story” ☆ ☆ 1/2I’ll finish off this review by flexing my Dr。 Seuss dust jacket cover， which you can see above。 Very cool！ 。。。more

Theediscerning ，

Meet the Sundae Edition， then – a chance to reprint the first twelve episodes， ie the first three books， in this series of semi-linked short stories。 I gave the first book three and a half stars， and wished how the arc of the whole series had not been introduced to what seemed like a perfectly reasonable bundle of dark， Twilight Zone-styled one-shots。 But let's face it， a story where a failed has-been has a fantasia in his mind about using a second hit single to save the world from splodges of b Meet the Sundae Edition， then – a chance to reprint the first twelve episodes， ie the first three books， in this series of semi-linked short stories。 I gave the first book three and a half stars， and wished how the arc of the whole series had not been introduced to what seemed like a perfectly reasonable bundle of dark， Twilight Zone-styled one-shots。 But let's face it， a story where a failed has-been has a fantasia in his mind about using a second hit single to save the world from splodges of brightly-coloured goop is not exactly going to get us far， is it？ And the fourth story was seemingly going nowhere until a protagonist turned up and alerted us to what might be a-coming。And so the rest of this was entirely unknown to me， courtesy the whims of the book reviewing gods， the mobile frozen produce vendors and so on。 9/11 iconography is invoked now a potential saviour for some characters is around， but we're soon back to a triptych of negative stories – "Sliding Doors" meets "Outer Limits"。 A girl struggles with her friend's death， before the entire town this is all set in just goes ape， and we see bleakness and misery and violence， and it all just washes over us to little effect。Book Three here is even worse。 It wants to giveth of the big lesson， but portentous， pretentious and just plain pathetic are far too close。 Something trying for a mythos with the two Main Men is of very little use in the great scheme of things; a story that starts in fluent Spanish only makes you think the creators said "hey， you know 'Buffy' got away with odd-ball one-offs that were both curve-balls， and great – d'you think we can do the first， knowing we'll never manage the second？"。 A lesson in how bad reality TV is just seems childish， for all its evisceration。 And some kind of sci-fi story ends my time with this franchise。 Collectively， all four show the series is nothing without the town， but prove it's not much more than nothing full stop。I'd long thought there was little quality control about this， but the final four stories just showed there was no quality。 It's not fair to say anything about duff ones， when all of them are equally duff。 Fans will like the extras here – and to repeat I have no idea what they were originally – for we not only get a gallery， but character design drafts， bits of script – and the pre-Buffyfied Spanish in the original English – AND a new postscript。 And people who like this kind of thing are welcome to it all。 I love them all， as people， sure， but who can really love this？ None of the stories go anywhere except into emo gloom， they're not particularly distinctive， and they're certainly not that well written。 This is a much-loved franchise， but as with many such instances the appeal is very hard to locate。 。。。more

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