‘Ice Cream Man’ #43 Features One-Page Horrors By Grant Morrison, Patton Oswalt, Jeff Lemire And Many More
by Olly MacNamee
Writer W. Maxwell Prince and artists Martín Morazzo and Chris O’Halloran, are teaming up with some of the industry’s best storytellers to produce a very special issue of Ice Cream Man from Image Comics. Just check out all of the creators involved:
Grant Morrison, Patton Oswalt, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Matt Fraction, Jeff Lemire, Geoff Johns, Zoe Thorogood, Deniz Camp, and Frank Barbiere, will all be contributing one-page horror stories illustrated by Morazzo and O’Halloran.
“In the Ice Cream Man anthology series, mysterious horror host, Rick, delivers morsels of delicious terror in every flavor. The genre-defying comic book series features short tales of sorrow, wonder, and redemption, with each installment featuring its own cast of strange characters, dealing with their own special sundae of suffering. And on the periphery of all of them, like the twinkly music of his colorful truck, is the Ice Cream Man—a weaver of stories, a purveyor of sweet treats. Friend. Foe. God. Demon. The man who, with a snap of his fingers—lickety split!—can change the course of your life forever.”
Speaking of this very special issue, Prince stated:
“How lucky are we? That some of comics’ most beloved writers agreed (or one may say were tricked) into contributing to our issue of one-page horror stories. Our MO has always been compression—getting a full story to fit one floppy. But this is a whole new level, and a whole new challenge. We hope that you like our little stories, and hope even more that you appreciate our guests and their amazing brains.”
Ice Cream Man #43 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, January 15, 2025 from Image Comics.
