ICECUBES the comic strip. #0291

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Leroy Brown

Speaking of technology, did you know that you can navigate through all the past ICECUBES comic strips on the website by simply using your arrow keys? Try it! Just tap the back arrow and watch last week's comic pop right up! If you think that's amazing, you're right and it's all in large part thanks to a guy named Philip Hofer, otherwise known as Frumph. Back in the day when I decided to put ICECUBES online, I had no idea how to design a website. So I did my best to cobble together a botchy WordPress site. Little by little, through intensive research I finally came across ComicPress. ComicPress was a way to publish comics that could be read online in an intuitive, user friendly way. Setting it up wasn't easy especially since I wanted to customize my page. That's when I reached out to Comicpress's creator Frumph. Lo and behold he didn't hesitate to teach me all kinds of things about php, css and sundry variables that would allow ICECUBES to end up looking the way it does today. Over the months and years Frumph was always there to help with coding. Recently he helped me with a new comics project I am about to launch. So I decided to thank him in this post and point out that he now has a Patreon account where you too can get help with your comic site.

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Mark Stokes
05/03/2016, 9:40 pm
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Stack O’ Comics.

Posted on April 7, 2012 by Leroy Brown

Here’s the stack o’ comics currently being scanned cleaned and colored. 🙂

Pagination.

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Leroy Brown

In other words, trying to figure out a/ which strips to feature in the book, b/ which order to put the strips in, c/ which order to put the pages in. There are 175 strips featured, spanning almost 4 years of ICECUBES. So the challenge is to put them in a sequence that makes sense. A lot of cutting and pasting old school style with scissors and glue! 😉

Scanning & Coloring for the Book!

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Leroy Brown

These days I have been busy re-scanning all the strips for the book. They were originally scanned at 150dpi for the web but need to be re-scanned at 600dpi for the book… Oh well, I won’t make that mistake again! I then need to clean and color all 170 strips. Quite a job! As you can see from the brace on my right hand, it’s taking a toll. All this computer work is giving me a bad case of carpal tunnel syndrome… But, have no fear, you won’t be disappointed because ICECUBES the Book is coming out real soon and will be a huge success! 🙂 Leroy Brown

Scanning & Coloring for the Book!

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Leroy Brown

Scanning & Coloring for the Book!

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Leroy Brown

ICECUBES The Book!

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Leroy Brown

It’s here, it’s here! Now you can pre-order your very own limited edition copy on Kickstarter. Get it signed too! Just go to Kickstarter and order yours right away. Watch the video! This book is going to be awesome. Full color offset printing! 100 pages! 160+ strips! Bonus features, sketches and drawings! Landscape format! Limited numbered edition! Order yours now!