Ice Cream Man (comics)

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Ice Cream Man
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Cover to Ice Cream Man #1
Publication information
Publisher Image Comics
ScheduleMonthly (Jan 2018 – April 2018)
Irregular (July 2018 – present)
Format Ongoing series
Genre Horror
Dark comedy
Anthology
Publication dateJanuary 2018
Creative team
Written byW. Maxwell Prince
Artist(s)Martin Morazzo

Ice Cream Man is a semi-anthological dark comedy horror comic book series that premiered in 2018 from Image Comics.

Contents

Premise

The series is a semi-anthological horror comic series of loosely connected stories that all share the common link of a mysterious ice cream man named Rick (revealed to be Riccardus) who while a seemingly ordinary Ice Cream Man possesses inexplicable powers which he uses upon unsuspecting people. Rick's nemesis Caleb, a man dressed in an all black cowboy outfit, will sporadically appear in the series trying to thwart Rick's plans sometimes successfully and sometimes unsuccessfully.

Reception

Since its debut the series has received positive reviews. On the review aggregator, Comic Book Roundup, the series averaged a rating of 8.5 out of 10 based on a sample of 150 critics. [1]

Adaptation

In October 2018, it was announced an adaptation of the series was in development at Universal Cable Productions. [2] In February 2020, it was announced the series had been picked up by mobile streaming platform Quibi. [3] With Quibi's shut down in December 2020, the fate of the series was mostly undetermined. [4] However, in January of 2021 W. Maxwell Prince mentioned that the series is still in production. [5] In September 2024, it was announced Screen Gems had acquired the rights to the series with Alfred Gough and Miles Millar writing the adaptation. [6]

Collected editions

Trade paperbacks

TitleCollected materialPublished dateISBN
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 1: Rainbow Sprinkles Ice Cream Man #1–420 June 20189781534310865
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 2: Strange Neapolitan Ice Cream Man #5–812 December 20189781534308763
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 3: Hopscotch Mélange Ice Cream Man #9–1212 June 20199781534312265
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 4: Tiny Lives Ice Cream Man #13–1624 December 20199781534313767
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 5: Other Confections Ice Cream Man #17–208 September 20209781534315976
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 6: Just Desserts Ice Cream Man #21–2429 June 20219781534317277
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 7: Certain Descents Ice Cream Man #25–2823 February 20229781534319301
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 8: Subjects & Objects Ice Cream Man #29–3226 October 20229781534323223
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 9: Heavy Narration Ice Cream Man #33–3620 September 20239781534399839
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 10 Ice Cream Man #37–4020 November 20249781534397286

Hardcovers

TitleCollected materialPublished dateISBN
Ice Cream Man: Sundae Edition, Vol. 1Ice Cream Man #1–123 August 20229781534321823
Ice Cream Man: Sundae Edition, Vol. 2Ice Cream Man #13–24, HAHA #6, and Ice Cream Man Quarantine Comix Special14 November 20239781534398191

References

  1. "Ice Cream Man Reviews". ComicBookRoundup.com.
  2. "'Ice Cream Man' TV Series Based on Comic in Works at Universal Cable Prods". October 2018.
  3. "'Ice Cream Man': UCP Developing Adaptation of Comic Series for Quibi". 27 February 2020.
  4. "Quibi Officially Fades to Black, as Projected when Founders Announced Shutdown in October – Update". December 2020.
  5. "Ice Cream Man Series Adapt "Very Much Still Alive"- Unlike Quibi". January 2021.
  6. "'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' Scribes Producing Horror Anthology 'Ice Cream Man' For Screen Gems". September 6, 2024.