Ice Cream Man 17

"CAPE FEAR" Presented here: a handsome being from far away rockets to Earth and combats evil on our behalf. Tall fella, wears a cape. Lives in a fortress; flirts with a reporter. A suppurating, super-something story thatÕs certain to see you lose your supper.

Chocolate, vanilla, existential horror, addiction, musical fantasyƒthere'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's 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 MARTN MORAZZO (SNOWFALL, GREAT PACIFIC). Collects ICE CREAM MAN #1-4

"I've literally never read anything like this'genre-defying' sorta-anthology thing, but it's f*cking awesome. The writing isstrange and deeply unsettling, and the artwork is gorgeous. The new comic I mostlook forward to reading each month." --Brian K. Vaughan,Saga Collecting the first twelve issues ofthe critically acclaimed, best-selling anthology comic ICE CREAM MAN, thisoversized hardcover offers a veritable super-sundae of storytelling flavors.From the haunting inaugural issue, to an exploration of opioid abuse, to alauded three-tiered silent meditation, to even the far reaches of future outerspace--there's a sliver of suffering here for everyone. The Ice CreamMan is coming around the block...can you hear his sweet little song? Collects ICE CREAM MAN#1-12

ICE CREAM MAN writer W. MAXWELL PRINCE brings his signature style of one-shot storytelling to the world of clowns—and he’s invited SOME OF THE BEST ARTISTS IN COMICS to join him for the ride. HAHA is a genre-jumping, throat-lumping look at the sad, scary, hilarious life of those who get paid to play the fool—but these ain’t your typical jokers. With chapters drawn by VANESA DEL REY (REDLANDS), GABRIEL WALTA (Vision), ROGER LANGRIDGE (Thor), and more, HAHA peeks under the big top, over the rainbow, and even inside a balloon to tell a wide-ranging slew of stories about “funny” men and women, proving that some things are so sad you just have to laugh. Collects HAHA #1-6 Select praise for HAHA: “Full of pathos, pitch perfect art, and literary maturity, this story has the markings of a true classic.”—Multiversity Comics “While the initial premise might mirror iconic trajectories, readers will surely be won over by what looks to be a more nuanced and sophisticated exploration of Bartleby's desperation that won't have to rely on gimmicks or gags to delight its audience.”—ComicBook.com “While HAHA treads deeply into clown-fueled misery… Cover-to-cover this is a comic of broken dreams with sinister undertones all behind a veneer of cheap make-up; that narrative spoonful of sugar to help the medicine go down.”—Comic Book Resources

"TELETHON" We'll be up all night, trying to raise $3.99 to save this guy's life.

"ADVENT CALENDAR" Every day is a gift.

"BALLAD OF A FALLING MAN" The feel-bad series of the year continues! Here: a story that lasts a hundred stories.

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

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 childrenÕs stories. See here some other confections, too. See here, see here! Collects ICE CREAM MAN #17-20

ÒSTRANGE NEAPOLITANÓ Sometimes, without a word, your life splits into three.