Ice Cream Man (comics)

Horror anthology

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Ice Cream Man

Cover to Ice Cream Man #1

Publication information
Publisher| Image Comics
Schedule| Monthly (Jan 2018 – April 2018)
Irregular(July 2018 – present)
Format| Ongoing series
Genre| Horror
Dark comedy
Anthology
Publication date| January 2018
Creative team
Written by| W. 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

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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

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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.

## External links

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* Ice Cream Man at Image Comics

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Image Comics

Key people|

| Founders|

* Erik Larsen
* Jim Lee
* Rob Liefeld
* Todd McFarlane
* Whilce Portacio
* Marc Silvestri
* Jim Valentino

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Other|

* Robert Kirkman
* Eric Stephenson

Imprints|

| Current|

* Shadowline
* Skybound Entertainment
* Top Cow Productions

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Former|

* America's Best Comics
* Gorilla Comics
* WildStorm

Publications|

| Original|

* 1963
* '68
* The Astounding Wolf-Man
* Astro City
* Birthright
* The Bone Orchard Mythos
* Brit
* Cyblade
* Clone
* Cyber Force
* The Creech
* Codename: Strykeforce
* Deadly Class
* Die
* Channel Zero
* Firebreather
* Hack/Slash
* Hunter-Killer
* I Hate Fairyland
* Invincible
* Invisible Republic
* M. Rex
* Nailbiter
* Outcast
* Paper Girls
* Paradigm
* Saga
* Tech Jacket
* Velocity
* The Walking Dead
* Youngblood

| Massive-Verse|

* Radiant Black

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Millarworld|

* Hit-Girl & Kick-Ass
* Hit-Girl
* The Dave Lizewski Years
* Kingsman
* Wanted

Savage Dragon|

* Ant
* G-Man
* Savage Dragon

Spawn|

* The Adventures of Spawn
* Angela
* Curse of the Spawn
* Haunt
* Hellspawn
* Godslayer
* Sam and Twitch
* Shadows of Spawn
* Violator

Witchblade|

* The Darkness
* Magdalena
* The Angelus

Licensed|

* Battle Chasers
* The Crow
* Kiss
* Micronauts
* Street Fighter
* Summoners War: Sky Arena

Crossover|

* Crossover
* Darker Image
* Deathmate
* EVO
* Image United
* Mindhunter
* The Pact
* Spawn/Batman
* Batman/Spawn: War Devil
* Spawn/WildC.A.T.S.
* WildC.A.T.s/Aliens
* WildC.A.T.s/X-Men

Other media|

| Films|

* Firebreather
* The Old Guard
* Spawn
* Wanted
* Witchblade

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TV series|

* Generator Rex
* Invincible
* Outcast
* Todd McFarlane's Spawn
* The Savage Dragon
* The Walking Dead
* Fear the Walking Dead
* World Beyond
* Witchblade
* Witchblade (anime)

Video games|

| The Darkness|

* The Darkness
* The Darkness II

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Spawn|

* Todd McFarlane's Spawn: The Video Game
* Spawn: The Eternal
* Spawn: In the Demon's Hand
* Spawn (1999)
* Soulcalibur II
* Spawn: Armageddon
* Mortal Kombat 11

The Walking Dead|

* Telltale Games series
* Season One

Wanted|

* Wanted: Weapons of Fate

Invincible|

* Mortal Kombat 1

See also|

* Image Universe
* McFarlane Toys

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