ICECUBES the comic strip #355

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Leroy Brown

Wow folks, what a ride! Things got a little crazy for a while there but hopefully we can get back to normal now. Of course Freeze's movie was pretty exciting in itself. In addition, there has been a lot going on behind the scenes. We just switched hosting companies and this should make things a lot smoother. I have personally been very busy with conventions and Free Comic Book Day commissions. I am very grateful to Bedrock City Comics for inviting me to their in store events. I look forward to doing more and meeting new fans. And to top it off, it looks like ICECUBES vol.3 is on its way! I will be announcing the Kickstarter very soon, so stay tuned. Thanks for being such 'cool' ICECUBES fans!

Funnies #9 from 1937!

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Leroy Brown

This “Funnies” comic book is from the early era of transition to comic books. Comic strips have existed since the late 1880s but comic books started in the 1930s. Of course they began by re-printing the comic strips from newspaper syndicated strips before any new characters and stories were developed. So, this issue #9 carries newspaper strips such as Alley Oop, Captain Easy, Mutt & Jeff. The art on this is so bad it makes my teeth hurt, but such was the birth of comic books!
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Will Henry: a gentleman and an artist.

Posted on May 13, 2023 by Leroy Brown

I have to give a tip of the hat to @MrWillHenry for:
1/ taking time to answer my tweets
2/ being an inspiration with such great art
3/ getting me to go from 13×4" to 14×5" as my new format (see pic) I am still getting used to it but it is definitely more space. #comicstrips pic.twitter.com/YSjrECRDwf
— Peckinpaw (@Peckinpaw) May 13, 2023

You must check out his wonderful comic strip Wallace The Brave.

Daredevil Dan Comic Book Ad

Posted on May 3, 2023 by Leroy Brown

I found this cool retro toy ad on the back cover of a Harvey Comics comic book from the ’70s. “Tournament of Thrills” and “Wild Power Spin-Outs”. Came with a “Mustang II”, Daredevil Dan, hook, thrill-bar, jump-ramp, barrels and a T-stick to rev up the car. 😀 I bet it was a bunch of fun too! Kenner always had the best cheap plastic toys and the best ads for them. Still amazes me to think that Kenner belonged to the General Mills cereal company. I always wondered who they would get to illustrate those ads. Whoever did it had to ink all the lettering and cram all that information into that drawing, not that easy!
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Read this new post ! ~ (subscribers)

Posted on April 7, 2023 by Leroy Brown

Hello, thanks for being a 'cool' ICECUBES fan. This content can be enjoyed when you become an ICECUBES member. You can subscribe for only $1 a month and get all the great past comic strips and posts.

Funny Inky Animal

Posted on February 21, 2023 by Leroy Brown

Funny Animal by Leroy Brown ~ created while inking ICECUBES

Check out this goofy guy that popped up while I was inking the latest ICECUBES comic strip. I was just practicing before jumping onto the strip and this guy showed up. You can see I also practiced my lettering. ICECUBES is all hand-drawn, including he lettering (which is the hardest part!) Thanks for reading ICECUBES the comic strip and remember to click on the ads, it really helps!