Ice Cream Man #1

[history79]

"I wouldn’t say he’s a “horror villain”; he’s more after the fashion of Gaiman’s Sandman, in that he’s this other-worldly being exerting a certain amount of influence on the lives of normal folks. As for the form he takes: there’s something compelling about the idea of a beloved childhood figure (at least for most of us) turning out to have the keys to our very lives, steering us in the direction of both sweet treats and profound sorrow."

- W. Maxwell Prince




13 pages of 40

Comments

[thespis]

Every time I see this comic, I think of Tripod's Hot Dog Man song

[thezmage]

And now it’s stuck in my head. So, yknow, thanks for that.

Wow...

[roguefankc]

This actually caught me by surprise. I might take a look into this at ECCC.

But question: did the Ice Cream Man give the boy the spider as a gift or did the spider actually belong to the boy as a pet originally? Because I can't imagine any parent allowing that spider as a pet for their kid.

Re: Wow...

[skjam]

Apparently, the spider was before, as the parents were already dead.

Re: Wow...

[zachbeacon]

I was thinking the same thing. Then again the creator mentioning Sandman makes me wonder if there's some weird dream logic going on here where chronology doesn't work normally.

Dream logic also may explain the random Werewolf.

[alicemacher]

Homer Simpson: MMmm... Deadly spider ICE cream... *drool*

[liliaeth]

so uhm where did the werewolf come from?

[daningram.insanejournal.com]

Well, when Mr. and Mrs. Werewolf love each other very much...

[zachbeacon]

...they maul a jogger and create a new Werewolf.

[shadowpsykie]

but seriously.... where did the werewolf come from.

[luxshine]

Reading the whole thing, it was the Icecream man. Only that he apparently had immunity since he appears at the end, and in the second issue there's no mention of that at all.

[shadowpsykie]

that's... huh.... I need to read this... but I WANT answers.

[goattoucher]

"Fuck you, Byron."

Nice. That's the sort I want serving and protecting my community.

[zachbeacon]

He was lead into a monster attack while trying to save a kid who was trying to protect the spider who killed his parents.

I'm kinda with the cop on this one.

[shadowpsykie]

and his partner.

[goattoucher]

Hm. Didn't catch the partner on the first read through.

Fuck you, Byron.