Ice Cream Man Volume 1: Rainbow Sprinkles

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From the universe of Eisner-nominated series KILLADELPHIA comes a terrifying new tie-in horror series by acclaimed Marvel writer RODNEY BARNES and fan-favorite SPAWN artist JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER. Martin Morazzo’s art is quite good. He nails the horror scenes when he needs to and he shows versatility in drawing both stark realism and fantastical dream sequences with equal confidence. I don’t love his style but I don’t dislike it either. Story 11: I really liked this one. Hard to wrap my head around, definitely gets you thinking about what you just read, but I loved it. So many parodies of real life shows, and they're all scarily accurate at that. The way it all came together at the end was pretty cool too. ☆☆☆☆☆ Story 4: I'm not really sure what to make of this one. I can't decide where the ice cream man fits in, but maybe I understand why the interlude happened. Kids whose parents walk out on their lives live with that guilt for a long time. And the parents have to live with it too. The perspective was unique, and I think there was a lesson in there somewhere. That the things we THINK we want aren't actually the things we want after all. Our escapes end up being a trap of their own. ☆☆☆.5

Jimmy Sangster might have left Maryland for the vampire-infested city of “Killadelphia,” but there is still untold evil lurking the streets of Baltimore. The demon Corson has surfaced from the underworld to possess a once-wronged man, and his vengeance will come at the cost of humanity’s despair! But Jimmy’s former lover Nita Hawes—a woman with demons of her own—has begun a quest to root the evil out of her city. Guided by the ghost of her dead brother, she must come to terms with her own past, lest she join her brother in a state worse than death! Anthology Comic: Aside from a few recurring characters each issue is episodic and follows different protagonists and their encounters with the titular ice cream man.Martin Morazzo’s art and Chris O’Halloran’s colors on Ice Cream Man #36 perfectly capture the gothic mood of the story. The art is reminiscent of illustrations you would find in an old Edgar Allen Poe or Tolkien book, having a classic horror feel. It’s beautiful work that enhances the great writing. Henry West is brutally kidnapped in the middle of the night while his wife Julie watches, terrified. Henry awakens to the reality of his whereabouts, but Julie, with no evidence of the phantom crime, is unable to get help to search for him. A new series from the minds of cutting-edge horror creators STEVE NILES ( 30 Days of Night) and SZYMON KUDRANSKI (SPAWN, The Punisher).

Story 5: A man's confessions as he plummets off a building in a fatal attempt at his life...is not something I've ever read before, least of all in this format. I don't exactly understand what was happening INSIDE the building, but in its own dark way, I feel like this story did a good job of tapping into the mind of someone's final moments of life just before they've taken it. I'm not sure what else to think about it, but I liked this one. ☆☆☆☆The only reason I didn't rate this 5 stars is because some of these stories could have been better or longer. In some of them, the creators had a specific lesson or message in mind. In others, they wanted to make the reader to think for themselves. In this, they 100% delivered!

New Media Are Evil: Issue 11 has a modern media addict who neglected his family end up trapped in various tv shows. Confession Cam: Played for Horror in the chapter where a scriptwriter gets Trapped in TV Land by the eponymous Humanoid Abomination and finds himself in increasingly disturbing reality shows. Each time he shifts to another show, there are interludes like this where the guy details how he suddenly found himself in these shows, how disturbed he is by what's going on, and how desperate he is to leave. There are also interviews with the other show participants (like a mannequin woman in a dating show and three zombie women in a Real Housewives sendup) who talk about their roles in the disturbing shows like nothing unusual is going on, as well as an interview with the scriptwriter's uncle who was also pulled into the shows, killed, and is now surprised that he's dead.However, some plots weren't always home runs. This is a thought provoking book and one that you must experience and read... But, not all stories were equally well written as their narrations and lessons.

A contempt, cosmic parasitic being known as the Ice Cream Man takes solace in terrorizing anyone that’s around him, squirming around in the shadows like a bug under your skin, striking your reality down before you even know what’s happened. If you are a fan of episodic horror like Tales from the Darkside, Tales from the Crypt, Creepshow, etc. then this is the graphic novel for you! Shout-Out: Issue 17 reads like one big love letter to famous comics, particularly Superman. Even the cover is a reference to Action Comics first issue.

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Convenient Miscarriage: The main protagonists of issue 14 suffered this at some point in the past, which had a massive negative impact on their marriage. There are some genuinely decent ideas here, though some average execution often lets them down at times. The art too, is hit and miss, with its very indie leanings working at times, and looking a bit amateurish at others. One thing you can credit this book for is its originality. I don't think I've ever seen such an original collection of 'horror' stories ever assembled together in one place. But again, originality doesn't always equal good. If some of these more middling issues had been better executed, even with more traditional stories and settings, I would have finished this book enjoying it more than I ultimately did. The first story that wavers in quality for me. It’s not bad or anything, but it didn’t do all that much for me in the end. Just about some one-hit wonder in some fantasy post-apocalypse where he is the key to saving the world. I did like some of the crazy imagery we got though.