Ice Cream Man Single Issues Series by W. Maxwell Prince

OVERSIZED FIRST ISSUE! Chocolate, vanilla, existential horror, drug 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... moreOVERSIZED FIRST ISSUE! Chocolate, vanilla, existential horror, drug 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. less

"RAINBOW SPRINKLES"The second installment of this syrupy series of singular stories! Here, the lives of two very different kinds of opioid abusers intersect. But at whose behest? (I think you know the answer….)

"GOOD OL' FASHIONED VANILLA"In which a washed-up musician finds a sci-fi fantasy world of living lyrics in his basement. Can he write the song that’ll save Harmony City? Or has his milkshake already run dry?

“EVERY GOOD BOY DOES FINE” Another woeful one-shot! Here, a guy named Joel has drinks with his best friend’s estranged dad. As for the best friend? Well, I suppose you could say he’s in a bit of a pickle.

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

“STRANGE NEAPOLITAN” Sometimes, without a word, your life splits into three.

“MY LITTLE POLTERGEIST” Another sullen, sequential short! Here, a little girl’s best friend comes back from the dead. Or does she? It’s hard to say, ghosts being an unreliable sort.

“EMERGENCIES” All around town, folks are in crisis. But this ambulance ain’t stoppin’ for no one, baby. ICE CREAM MAN continues with another dreary confection.

“PALINDROMES” What if you could have it both ways?

“DOWN AND ACROSS” Solve this crossword puzzle and you just might save a man’s life.

“COAT CHECK STORY” Lillian is wearing someone else’s coat.

“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 that’s certain to see you lose your supper.

WATCH AS IT ALL RECEDESThe lights that line the hallway of your mind will blink off one by one.

“HAUNTING FOR BEGINNERS”Inside: step-by-step instructions to becoming a better ghost. Includes tips for more efficient apparitioning; how to invisibly observe; methods of spook-improvement.Note: see Section 6 for safety warnings.

In the early days of the pandemic, the team behind ICE CREAM MAN launched an online-only series of mini-comics set in the ICM universe. The project was called, predictably, QUARANTINE COMIX. These strange little ditties were meant to tide folks over while the industry was on pause—and also raise money for struggling comic shops, with 50 percent of all proceeds donated to Comicbook United Fund/BINC... moreIn the early days of the pandemic, the team behind ICE CREAM MAN launched an online-only series of mini-comics set in the ICM universe. The project was called, predictably, QUARANTINE COMIX. These strange little ditties were meant to tide folks over while the industry was on pause—and also raise money for struggling comic shops, with 50 percent of all proceeds donated to Comicbook United Fund/BINC.Collected are all six issues of QUARANTINE COMIX, featuring brand-new cover art and bonus stories by guest creators.And, as before, 50 percent of Image's creator profits will go to Comicbook United to help stores get back on their feet—because comic shops are sweet. less

“THE BIG SWEET”A candy-coated detective yarn with a sour center—told in a style that can best be described as “the French word for black,” or “how I like my eggs.”