Ice Cream Man Vol. 11

by W. Maxwell Prince, Martín Morazzo (Cover Art), Chris O’Halloran (Cover Art)

Just what is “horror,” anyhow? You won’t find the answers here, I’m afraid. (Wait…I’m AFRAID? No I’m not! Although—there ARE four more of those ICE CREAM MAN stories in this 11th volume...and those things always leave me feeling a little HAUNTED, as it were. Maybe I AM afraid. I mean, there’s a Graham Greene spy story with this ghastly bovine monster; a haunted house yarn full of microfiche; a special all-star entry featuring one-page stories by writers like GRANT MORRISON, PATTON OSWALT, MATT FRACTION, KELLY SUE DECONNICK, and lots more. Oh, and lest I Craig’s performance review! YEESH. You know what, I take it back—I am totally, unequivocally horrified. And yeah, maybe I don’t know exactly what that means—but just look at the hairs on my arms…they’re standing up straight!). Enjoy! Collects ICE CREAM MAN #40-44

Genres: Comics

Kindle Edition

First published September 17, 2025

About the author

W. Maxwell Prince writes in Brooklyn and lives with his wife, daughter, and two cats called Mischief and Mayhem. He is the author of One Week in the Library, The Electric Sublime, and Judas: The Last Days. When not writing, he tries to render all of human experience in chart form.

Reviews

[Anna Quilter]

against the nature of long running series...this is getting better the further it lasts.

#41. Cows in Cuba.
#42. The Nature of True Horror
#43. A bunch of one page stories.
( the kitten eating probably is not real)
#44. Employee Quarterly Review.

[SassieMolassie]

I think this was one of my favorite volumes so far. Truly terrifying what is happening in todays real world.

[Eric Edwards]

Better than volume 10 but is the series sputtering out some? I’ll give it one more volume.

[Bandit]

What is horror? It's the genre hardest to define, because fear is a deeply personal and subjective thing.
Prince certainly does an impressive job of challenging the readers' preconceptions on this.
This also marks - for the first time, I believe - a slew of guest writes who get a page-long nightmare each. Those were, as expected, wildly uneven, and not my favorite. But the ones about baby shoes - excellent.
One of the most appealing things about this series is its originality and playfulness with form. So I'm always interested to see what dark wonders Prince will come up with next. Recommended.