Ice Cream Man: Sundae Edition, Book 1
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- Author：W. Maxwell Prince
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Paul Whitty
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Fun horror anthology with nice art。 No relation to the Clint Howard film。
OmniBen
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（Zero spoiler review） 2。75/5I'm fairly sure Mr。 W。 Maxwell Prince wasn't hugged enough as a child。 I'm also sure this wasn't exactly what I was expecting when I cracked open this rather lovely and well put together OHC。 If there is one long suffering genre within the entertainment lexicon， it would have to be horror。 Yes， entertainment in general is suffering circa 2022 （and for a few more years yet unfortunately）。 I'm not sure if there has been an original idea since 1998。 Most movies are the m （Zero spoiler review） 2。75/5I'm fairly sure Mr。 W。 Maxwell Prince wasn't hugged enough as a child。 I'm also sure this wasn't exactly what I was expecting when I cracked open this rather lovely and well put together OHC。 If there is one long suffering genre within the entertainment lexicon， it would have to be horror。 Yes， entertainment in general is suffering circa 2022 （and for a few more years yet unfortunately）。 I'm not sure if there has been an original idea since 1998。 Most movies are the most tiresome and tropesome of snoozefests。 Either a bland and boring gorefest， with nothing approaching plot， characters or genuine suspense， or a discount retelling of something that had already been done to death anyway。 I'm guessing you were expecting me to say Ice Cream Man is a breath of fresh air， pouring fresh blood into a genre on life support these last couple of decades， but I'm not going to。 At least not for the most part anyway。 This certainly isn't your straight up horror， which was pretty much what I expected it to be。 There's nothing even remotely atypical about this whatsoever， though the originality and ingenuity doesn't instantly equal good。 More unsettling than scary， and more depressing than depraved。 This is like Trainspotting， but horror， and weird。 Sometimes it works， sometimes its doesn't。 There are some genuinely decent ideas here， though some average execution often lets them down at times。 The art too， is hit and miss， with its very indie leanings working at times， and looking a bit amateurish at others。 One thing you can credit this book for is its originality。 I don't think I've ever seen such an original collection of 'horror' stories ever assembled together in one place。 But again， originality doesn't always equal good。 If some of these more middling issues had been better executed， even with more traditional stories and settings， I would have finished this book enjoying it more than I ultimately did。 It's certainly worth a look， although going in knowing its well different from your traditional horror fare will help you to appreciate and absorb this for what it is。 Though its unpleasantness at the cost of more compelling characters and storytelling will probably prevent me ever rereading。 2。75/5OmniBen。 。。。more
James
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Honestly thought about not even doing a review for this book。 It was just so not for me。 I am definitely not the target audience for this type of story telling。 These stories just don’t go anywhere。 The mass majority of them end abruptly and had me feeling like “what was the point of that？”。 There was some weak attempt to connect all of these one off stories but it didn’t come close to working for me。 The art was cool 🤷🏾♂️
Rorscharch71
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DROCK STEADY REVIEWS
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Demented and absolutely delightful。 Take a ride with Rick your friendly neighborhood Ice Cream Man and it may be your last。 The themes in this book aren’t vanilla… it’s some real dark bug infested chocolate。
Rumi Bossche
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Ice Cream Man Sunday Edition 🍦 I wanted to read this title for a very long time， It gets high praise and the covers always look incredible， glad to have waited for this hardcover， because i am a sucker for those。 And its a very well made one。 I have read many comics， but this sure was something very original and unlike anything i ever read。 It gave me vibes of the Stephen King novel Needfull Things， where a evil man comes to town and opens a store， and all kinds of intertwining stories emerge Ice Cream Man Sunday Edition 🍦 I wanted to read this title for a very long time， It gets high praise and the covers always look incredible， glad to have waited for this hardcover， because i am a sucker for those。 And its a very well made one。 I have read many comics， but this sure was something very original and unlike anything i ever read。 It gave me vibes of the Stephen King novel Needfull Things， where a evil man comes to town and opens a store， and all kinds of intertwining stories emerge and madness。 Lots of madness。 Here it is a ice cream truck and its owner that wreack havoc。 In 12 genre bending stories that intertwine in some ways。 W。 Maxwell Prince really nails his scripts and story telling， and goes all out in weirdness。 There is a silent issue， a issue in Spanish， in space， a western and multiple fantasy ones， the stories are really hard to explain， but believe me they are incredible。 The artwork by Martín Morazzo is incredible aswell and so is the coloring。 This really is an amazing book all around， wild and weird with heartfelt stories， satire， straight up horror it is not but this looks like a couple of Twilight Zone episodes mixed together with huge splashes of King。 Also uncluded are a afterword， variant covers and a couple scripts and sketches。 This hardcover is the reall deal and a read hard to put down。 I blasted through this and had lots of fun。 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars。 。。。more
Tom De
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Meh。 Not bad， but most stories are very mediocre。 Didn´t trigger me as much as i hoped for。 For some good stand alone graphic horror stories I can highly recommend 'through the woods´ Meh。 Not bad， but most stories are very mediocre。 Didn´t trigger me as much as i hoped for。 For some good stand alone graphic horror stories I can highly recommend 'through the woods´ 。。。more
WritingWithCrayons
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Tailor made for the cynical optimist in us all。
Aaron
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Some extremely creepy imagery and a few interesting premises for issues， but overall I just found this to have too many ideas all melted together like a Neapolitan that's been left out in the sun （hey， this book never stops using ice cream terms， so neither will I）。 Feels a bit like a season of American Horror Story to me: a million individual good ideas， but when you stack them all on top of each other it causes none of them to land。 I think it's interesting that Prince decided to build all of Some extremely creepy imagery and a few interesting premises for issues， but overall I just found this to have too many ideas all melted together like a Neapolitan that's been left out in the sun （hey， this book never stops using ice cream terms， so neither will I）。 Feels a bit like a season of American Horror Story to me: a million individual good ideas， but when you stack them all on top of each other it causes none of them to land。 I think it's interesting that Prince decided to build all of these one-off horror stories into a greater universe， connecting them via the titular Ice Cream Man， and then building out the mythology of who or what he actually is， but。。。 it also kind of doesn't do that？ By the end of this 12-issue tome I had no idea what was actually going on or being represented by these deity-level monsters， and the individual issues didn't feel like they were much clearer。 I'm all for world building， but IMO if you're gonna do that， the world needs to actually build。 Instead I'm just kind of confused。Not totally sure I'll keep going with this。 It's a quick， breezy read with some decent shock value here or there， but I just don't think it feels like it really knows where it's going。 。。。more
Bexa
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With an overarching plot of "good vs。 evil" this collection is short stories of just some dark side of humans when given the options。 The artwork is amazing and disgusting。 With an overarching plot of "good vs。 evil" this collection is short stories of just some dark side of humans when given the options。 The artwork is amazing and disgusting。 。。。more
Colin Post
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This is an enchanting book， drawing the reader in like the tune coming from an ice cream truck and then continuing to disturb， unsettle， tickle and taunt。 This is kind of like The Sandman if it were steeped in Camus and the Scream filmography in equal parts。 There are certain ideas， certain stories， that shape our lives， mostly steering them toward depravity and emptiness。 While most issues dwell in existential dread， they do so with the twinkly smile of an ice cream man。 In most issues， I find This is an enchanting book， drawing the reader in like the tune coming from an ice cream truck and then continuing to disturb， unsettle， tickle and taunt。 This is kind of like The Sandman if it were steeped in Camus and the Scream filmography in equal parts。 There are certain ideas， certain stories， that shape our lives， mostly steering them toward depravity and emptiness。 While most issues dwell in existential dread， they do so with the twinkly smile of an ice cream man。 In most issues， I find myself laughing at some darkly comic moment and then unsettled by the fact that I’m laughing。In some cases， the moral of the story is a bit too on-the-nose， but even when it’s expected it’s told very effectively。 Morazzo and O’Halloran’s art is a big part of that。 Morazzo draws seemingly simplistic， organic scenes that allow the truly horrific and truly funny scenes to break through the lull he’s established。 O’Halloran’s colors set the mood， swinging from mundane to surreal in a heartbeat。The underlying mythos of competing forces—Rick and Caleb—starts to get developed as the issues progress。 Prince is walking a fine line between distinct issues in an anthology series that nonetheless add up to a bigger whole， and is mostly succeeding at that。 Most of the issues succeed as standalone stories but that can be a detriment to the overarching narrative。 We are slowly learning more about Rick and Caleb， but sometimes it feels that we’re learning too slowly and the bigger narrative comes off feeling shallow。 。。。more
Donovan
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Horror for fans and non-horror readers alike， Ice Cream Man is surreal and existentially philosophical。 Dark and horrific yes， but funny， clever， and also deeply thought-provoking。 The bold， clean， eerie illustrations are the sprinkles on top！
Esmeralda
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Before getting this book I had only read the first chapter。 This genre and concept is completely new to me， but I loved it。 The book is great， all stories were at the very least okay。 Looking forward to more。
Kaitlyn Spaun
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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。
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“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
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