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Ice Cream Man (comics)

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Ice Cream Man
Cover to Ice Cream Man #1
Publication information
PublisherImage Comics
ScheduleMonthly (Jan 2018 – April 2018)
Irregular(July 2018 – present)
FormatOngoing series
GenreHorror
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.

Premise

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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

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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

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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

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Trade paperbacks

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Title Collected material Published date ISBN
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 1: Rainbow Sprinkles Ice Cream Man #1–4 20 June 2018 9781534310865
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 2: Strange Neapolitan Ice Cream Man #5–8 12 December 2018 9781534308763
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 3: Hopscotch Mélange Ice Cream Man #9–12 12 June 2019 9781534312265
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 4: Tiny Lives Ice Cream Man #13–16 24 December 2019 9781534313767
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 5: Other Confections Ice Cream Man #17–20 8 September 2020 9781534315976
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 6: Just Desserts Ice Cream Man #21–24 29 June 2021 9781534317277
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 7: Certain Descents Ice Cream Man #25–28 23 February 2022 9781534319301
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 8: Subjects & Objects Ice Cream Man #29–32 26 October 2022 9781534323223
Ice Cream Man, Vol. 9: Heavy Narration Ice Cream Man #33–36 20 September 2023 9781534399839

Hardcovers

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Title Collected material Published date ISBN
Ice Cream Man: Sundae Edition, Vol. 1 Ice Cream Man #1–12 3 August 2022 9781534321823
Ice Cream Man: Sundae Edition, Vol. 2 Ice Cream Man #13–24, HAHA #6, and Ice Cream Man Quarantine Comix Special 14 November 2023 9781534398191

References

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  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.
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