Ice Cream Man Volume 1: Rainbow Sprinkles

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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.

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. 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. Ice Cream Man�#35 has several poignant, if heavy-handed, lessons on the necessary evils that humanity falls victim to in perpetuity, such as addiction, shame, obsession, and fear, all of which the narrator Jacob believes are� actual monsters, not just concepts or experiences. While W. Maxwell Prince has always been a stellar writer on� Ice Cream Man, this issue really gets to see the talented writer flex his prose skills, and show off the effectiveness of his metaphors, colorful language, and use of esoteric and philosophical ideas. Also, his reference to the the 1892 short “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman is the perfect addition to the guide, and Prince’s transformation of the main character in the short story into a kind of cryptid is brilliant. Story 2: I'm an addiction counselor, so this one hit kind of close to home. Heroin is a nasty drug, and the visuals were at times a bit hard to look at, but they were also entirely perfect for the story being told. The downwards spiral the characters experienced is one I'm familiar with, that's been told time and time again. I was saddened by the ending. Then I was given a bit of hope that actually got my eyes watering. And then it left me uncertain because I think they took that hope away again. Well done. ☆☆☆☆☆ My favourite flavour was the first, about a weird kid whose best friend is a spider – but where are his parents? I liked the blend of dark humour and twisty storytelling – it’s a very imaginative and fun read. The second story is an unoriginal and predictable episode on the opioid epidemic currently gripping America as a pair of heroin addicts struggle to maintain their habits. It’s a well-written/told piece but not nearly as creative as the first and, if you’ve read enough stories about heroin addicts as I have, it’s as generic as you can get with this kind of tale.Covers Always Lie: The front cover ◊ of the Ice Cream Man Volume 1 graphic novel compilation. It looks all happy and whimsical with all those smiling children. Very misleading, given the actual content of the stories.

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.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. 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. From the acclaimed creative team behind GIDEON FALLS, PRIMORDIAL, and THE PASSAGEWAY comes a new series in the bold and ambitious shared horror universe of THE BONE ORCHARD MYTHOS.

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." Each issue of CREEPSHOW will feature different creative teams with uniquely horrifying standalone stories. 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.Martin Morazzo’s art and Chris O’Halloran’s colors on Ice Cream Man #36 perfectly capture the gothic mood of the story. The art is reminiscent of illustrations you would find in an old Edgar Allen Poe or Tolkien book, having a classic horror feel. It’s beautiful work that enhances the great writing.

Crossword Puzzle: The main theme of issue 14, due to the main character being a huge crossword addict. He's implied to get over it by the end of the story and instead begins working on repairing his marriage.Story 10: Bold of the author to put the first quarter or so of the story completely in Spanish in an otherwise English book. But I think if you pay attention to the pictures, you might get an idea of what the words are saying even if you don't know the language. The Spanish bits definitely added to the authenticity of the story, I just wish I understood them at the time. I really liked that the translation was included at the end though. Again, not my favorite story of the bunch, but I liked that love prevailed even though there was still loss in the end. I loved Martin Morazzo’s art, which was consistent throughout even if the stories wavered a bit in quality. It was like a weirdly perfect mix of the best aspects of Steve Dillon and Frank Quitely, along with some of Morazzo’s own personal touch. Really want to see him draw more books like this. W. Maxwell Prince does have a pretty solid grasp on comic writing too, and I’m intrigued to see what else he does in his career. Never heard of him before this. Unspecified Apocalypse: Though several minor causes are listed as contributing to the end of the world and humanity in issue 12 the book never actually tells the reader exactly what happened. All the reader really finds out is that the devastation was apparently so bad that the last known living human is seen piloting a ship in deep space looking for a new planet he can recreate the earth on. Surreal Horror: The comic dips into this from time to time. Issue 13 for example, is one giant palindrome that tells the story of a man who lost his husband/boyfriend to cancer and goes on a journey into the sewers. Then things get freaky... This certainly isn't your straight up horror, which was pretty much what I expected it to be. There's nothing even remotely atypical about this whatsoever, though the originality and ingenuity doesn't instantly equal good. More unsettling than scary, and more depressing than depraved. This is like Trainspotting, but horror, and weird. Sometimes it works, sometimes its doesn't.