Ice Cream Man Volume 1: Rainbow Sprinkles

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Lord of The Flies meets vampires in the first volume of a bold new ongoing series from JEFF LEMIRE & DUSTIN NGUYEN, the Eisner-winning creative team behind the bestselling DESCENDER and ASCENDER series. The Ice Cream Man himself reminds me of Leland Guant quite a bit, showing up just when people need him but his gifts always have a price. The fourth tale gives a tiny hint of his true nature. 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. If you are a fan of episodic horror like Tales from the Darkside, Tales from the Crypt, Creepshow, etc. then this is the graphic novel for you! This is a little town where the Ice Cream Man resides to hand out, well, Ice cream to everyone. No, he's not a creepy pedo, which was my first guess when seeing the cover or reading about him. Instead, he almost haunts the town like the grim reaper. Going around doing the bye byes for most people in the town and showing them true horrors. This is four stories, all varying from really creepy and entertaining to just okay. The highlights being a story about a boy and his spider and the final story about a father letting go of his son who has passed.

The hunt for a camera containing an undeveloped photo of the face of true evil threatens to wipe out New York City one chilly autumn evening. Doune Mahoney is the curator of a private collection of extremely dangerous cursed objects, and her night’s about to go to hell. Werewolves, secret societies, blessed animals, cursed objects, and more, in a fantasy horror comedy from X-Men and Deadpool writer GERRY DUGGAN, your new favorite artist SCOTT BUONCRISTIANO, and color artist extraordinaire TAMRA BONVILLAIN. Take a deep dive into THE DARK ROOM, a world the creators will be returning to for many years. Includes the first appearance of your new favorite characters, including Walt, the dancing bones of Times Square, and his blessed boom box.

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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...” Anthology Comic: Aside from a few recurring characters each issue is episodic and follows different protagonists and their encounters with the titular ice cream man. However, some plots weren't always home runs. This is a thought provoking book and one that you must experience and read... But, not all stories were equally well written as their narrations and lessons. As always, Martin Morazzo’s art is gorgeous and fits the dark, unsettling tone of the Ice Cream Man anthology perfectly, with Chris O’Halloran’s muted but effective use of color deepening the dank environment that Jacob finds himself writing in. Plus, the illustrated depictions of each of the “necessary monsters” by Morazzo are perfect, evocative of simple pointillism tattoos, or art you would find illustrating the margins of ancient bestiaries. Morazzo’s cover for the book is terrifying in its homage to classic bestiary art, plus the variant covers by Trish Forstner and Andrew Blucha are simply amazing, gorgeous additions to anyone’s short box. A tale of existential familial horror by JAMES TYNION IV (THE DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH, RAZORBLADES) and GAVIN FULLERTON (BOG BODIES, Bags). Thom is moving cross-country with his family and dragging the past along with them. His son, Jamie, is seeing monsters in the bedroom closet and will not let them go.

Non-Ironic Clown: Happy Hank in issue 8. The only really harmful thing he does is commit suicide and even then, the children whose birthdays he helped entertain care enough about him to give him an amateur, but well-intentioned, "viking funeral." Convenient Miscarriage: The main protagonists of issue 14 suffered this at some point in the past, which had a massive negative impact on their marriage. COLE TURNER has studied conspiracy theories all his life, but he isn’t prepared for what happens when he discovers that all of them are true, from the JFK Assassination to Flat Earth Theory and Reptilian Shapeshifters. One organization has been covering them up for generations. What is the deep, dark secret behind the Department of Truth? Ice Cream Man is an ongoing Surreal Horror/ Fantasy comic published by Image Comics as of January 2018. It is written by W. Maxwell Prince and illustrated by Martin Morazzo. 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.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. Story 12: I really love how the author tells each story in such a unique format. This one was certainly different. Even though I'm not huge on space stuff, this was pretty cool. And a nice way to end the book, I'd say. ☆☆☆.5

Each issue of CREEPSHOW will feature different creative teams with uniquely horrifying standalone stories. Jimmy Sangster might have left Maryland for the vampire-infested city of “Killadelphia,” but there is still untold evil lurking the streets of Baltimore. The demon Corson has surfaced from the underworld to possess a once-wronged man, and his vengeance will come at the cost of humanity’s despair! But Jimmy’s former lover Nita Hawes—a woman with demons of her own—has begun a quest to root the evil out of her city. Guided by the ghost of her dead brother, she must come to terms with her own past, lest she join her brother in a state worse than death! So begins a gripping graphic presentation of New York Times-bestselling author JOE HILL’s acclaimed novella, adapted by DAVID M. BOOHER ( Canto) and ZOE THOROGOOD ( The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott). Also features a bonus art gallery and an all-new introduction by author JOE HILL!Doing In the Wizard: Despite the cover and supernatural nature of the series suggesting otherwise, there was no ghost in issue 7. The poltergeist just existed entirely in the protagonist's imagination as a way to cope with her best friend's death. After inheriting a farm house, Trudy and Gabby are ready to start the next chapter of their lives together…except it’s already home to a mysterious force that’s attracted ghosts, aliens, and all kinds of supernatural beings for decades.

In the summer of 1994, a haunted house walks across California. Inside is Ami, lead singer of a high school punk band—who’s been missing for weeks. How did she get there? What do these ghosts want? And does this mean the band has to break up?Expect three-chord songs and big bloody action as Power Rangers meets The Shining (yes really), and as writer DAN WATTERS ( Lucifer, COFFIN BOUND) and artist CASPAR WIJNGAARD (LIMBO, Star Wars, Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt) delve into the horrors of misspent youth. It was never boring but I was never truly enthralled either. One high point is a chapter that begins entirely in Spanish with no translations - I read/speak enough Spanish to have enjoyed it but it may be off-putting for non-speakers. The events of the chapter are essentially the song El Paso by Marty Robbins if it was rebooted by Robert Rodriguez. Jedidiah Jenkins is a simple farmer. But his cash crop isn’t corn or soy. He grows fast-healing, highly-customizable human organs. For years, Jed’s organic transplants have brought healing to many, but deep in the soil of the Jenkins Family Farm something sinister has taken root. Today this dark seed will begin to sprout, and the Jenkins family will be the first to taste its bitter fruit.Writer SKOTTIE YOUNG (I HATE FAIRYLAND, Deadpool, Strange Academy) and artist JORGE CORONA (NO. 1 WITH A BULLET, Super Sons, Feathers) follow up their critically acclaimed series MIDDLEWEST with a haunting new tale. An artist named Ro retreats from the grind of the city to an old house in a small town, hoping to find solace and inspiration—only to realize that the muse she finds within may not be what she expected. Fans of STEPHEN KING and NEIL GAIMAN will enjoy this beautiful, dark, and disturbing story of discovery, love, and terror. Meet Atticus Sloane: misanthropic criminal, avid vinyl collector, and member of the aristocratic Vampire cabal the First Borns. For the right price, he’ll turn you into a Vampire, too. After all—immortality isn’t cheap. Bad: The middle of the book suffers from being "okay". Not bad stories by any means but never anything all that enthralling. I also thought the third story was the worst. THE PASSAGEWAY is the first book in the new BONE ORCHARD MYTHOS from LEMIRE & SORRENTINO! This universe will feature self-contained graphic novels and limited series about the horrors lurking within the Bone Orchard, just waiting to be discovered.