This January, the iconicĀ Ice Cream Man creators W. Maxwell Prince, MartĆn Morazzo, andĀ Chris OāHalloran will be joined by an all-star lineup of creators contributing their own flavors to the cheeky critically-acclaimed anthology horror series for the all-starĀ Ice Cream ManĀ #43, composed of one-page tales of terror. Some of the biggest names in comics, including Grant Morrison, Patton Oswalt, Matt Fraction, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Jeff Lemire, Geoff Johns, Deniz Camp, and Frank Barbiere have crafted their own original stories for the jam-packed edition full of goodies.Ā Ice Cream ManĀ #43 will also feature Zoe Thorogoodās short story āFor James,ā and the issue is dedicated to her brother, with partial proceeds from sales of the issue going to charity on his behalf. And now fans can get an early taste of the comic with a look at the table of contentsāwith the terrifying titles revealedāas well as the full āBaby Grand Pianoā story written by Prince, and panels from Grant Morrisonās āHell Freezesā and Matt Fractionās āLife by Misadventureā stories, all featuring at by Morazzo and OāHalloran.
āIce Cream ManĀ #43 came out cooler than I could have ever imagined. Iām not sure Iāve ever seen a collection of creators of this caliber in one place beforeāsome of the best of all time!ā said Prince. āWeāve got TWO Grant Morrison stories, and ones from Matt Fraction, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Geoff Johns, Jeff Lemire, Zoe Thorogood, Deniz Camp, Frank Barbiere, and many more. And weāll even have a horror story from one of the funniest people on Earth: Patton Oswalt. Though donāt be fooledāhis one-pager is terrifying. YourĀ Ice Cream ManĀ truck drivers, artists MartĆn Morazzo and Chris OāHalloran, and myself, are so stoked that these legends said āyesā to playing in our ice cream world. The result is, I think, one of the most special issues of comics Iāve ever beheld.ā
TheĀ Ice Cream ManĀ anthology series, led by mysterious horror host Rick, is a genre-defying comic book series featuring short tales of sorrow, wonder, and redemption, with each installment featuring 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 Manāa weaver of stories, a purveyor of sweet treats. Friend. Foe. God. Demon. The man who, with a snap of his fingersālickety split!ācan change the course of your life forever.Ā Ice Cream ManĀ has rippled through the comic book scene since its debut in 2018 and recently was scooped up for the big screen by veteran writers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (Wednesday,Ā Beetlejuice Beetlejuice).
Ice Cream ManĀ #43 will be available atĀ comic book shopsĀ on Wednesday, January 29 (FOC January 6):
- Cover A by MartĆn Morazzo and Chris OāHalloran (Lunar code 1124IM255)
- Cover B by Maria Llovet (Lunar code 1124IM256)
Ice Cream ManĀ #43 will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
The most recent collected edition of the series,Ā Ice Cream ManĀ Vol. 10, now available in trade paperback format, takes some daffy deviations in storytelling: 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 cornerā¦get your wallet ready! Featuring a cover by Morazzo and Prince, this volume (ISBN: 9781534397286, Lunar Code 0524IM265) is available atĀ local comic book shops, as well as independent bookstores,Ā Amazon,Ā Barnes & Noble,Ā Books-a-Million,Ā Indigo, and Waterstones, and digitally.
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