Not sure why this volume was part of Hoopla's free borrows instead of volume 1, but whatever. I was on the fence about reading this stuff, so I figured if this one piqued my interest I'd go back and read the 1st one.Anyway.Yeah. Ok, this was weird, but especially considering that I started with vol. 3, Hopscotch Melange wasn't too bad. I guess the stories are loosely connected by these two dudes who show up over and over all across time and space playing out this odd little dance of death with e...

We get treated to another dose of lovely art work, all rich colours and clever drawing, but there is one major problem in here and that concerns Border Story, and the terrible decision to write it half in Spanish, with the author’s recommendation of using an online translation service or consult the end section, where you have to keep flicking back and forth to get the dialogue etc. Needless to say this moronic gimmick made for awful reading and I have no idea why the creator would think this a

I hate reality tv and they get it. Its still disturbingly good. There is nothing else like it.

What I was really loving about this series is that it seemed to have no real purpose, no real sense of any grander idea than just freaky storylines presented in a cool way.This volume feels like it's trying too hard to maintain the theme of the demonic Ice Cream Man dude with his brother or something chasing after him. It's clearly still maintaining the whackiness, but it's just not nearly as compelling as the first volume or even the second one, which was a bit weaker. There was even an issue t...

15/7/19It amazes me how this comic manages to keep the same tone in every issue, yet at the same time give such a unique and refreshing spin to it! I am thoroughly astounded and I love how the relation between Riccardo and Caleb was more pronounced here - I like how these characters serve as the connective tissue between the issues and I can't wait to see how their story will progress in the future :)11/7/19I bought this the other day online, since I'm a fan of this comic series!! :DYou can find...

Another four stories, some background about Ice Cream Man, still to little to be able to see bigger picture and some sense (if there is one). Feels more like random critics of various problems of human kind. Reality show story was great. Hope next volume will finally bring some answers

Continues on in it's own weird way, with a few more connections between stories and characters. We get an issue that shows some of the history of "god-men" Caleb and Riccardus and the Old Man, their uncle, who is looking after the two of them. The two show up in various forms in the other stories in this volume, including the final one, a futuristic space-ark (or A.R.C.) story. The artwork continues to be topnotch throughout, with a distinctly European, "Heavy Metal" flavor to it. I just wish th...

(view spoiler)[Summary for my reference:This volume focuses on Caleb (good) and Rick (evil) and their eternal battle across universes. Western Story (Chapter 9) - Sort of an origin story looks like, with Caleb battling monsters that Rick creates and sets loose on the world. They share an uncle who appears to be some kind of eternal being or keeper of knowledge or something. Rick ends up killing him, and they set off to another universe. Border Story (Chapter 10) - An American cowboy falls in lov...

The rating on this volume surprises me. Ice Cream Man is top notch short form comics storytelling imo. These are more than a collection of eerie, unsettling one offs. Prince is building a connected multiverse that allows him to play around as a writer with themes, emotions and genres. He subverts our expectations by injecting a shot of existential horror into the western, social drama, the sitcom and scifi with Rick as the evil, degenerate MC that connects everything. Also: the art and coloring

I guess with this anthology series there will be ups and downs. I like the first issue and the last one but the others were a bit weird and meh. Im hoping theres a pay off down the track for this series

2.5 starsThe art is still cool for the most part. The stories, however? A big swing and a miss for me.

3.0 StarsAs a collection of horror short stories, I have been quite mixed on my feelings towards this graphic novel series. Some of the stories have been amazing… and some have not. In this collection, I only really liked one of the stories and found the other ones to be bland. I absolutely loved one that turned classic reality tv shows (cooking shows, dating shows, etc) into horror stories. I was most frustrated by the second story because it required so much Spanish translation that I could no...

Ahhhhhh damn, after an amazing second volume, I was really excited for this. This is again 4 different stories that do not connect completely, just a bit. With the first story being of the past and we find out a bit of history between the ice cream man and the cowboy hunting him. Next up are two stories that really are super depressing, including one about a man stuck through a TV program. Last, and probably my favorite story, is a man going into space, landing on a planet, and guess who is ther...

Ice Cream Man, Volume Three, Hopscotch Melange, continues its tutorial into horror genres, this one including a western, a bilingual love story, a televised story within a series of twisted reality show stories, a space opera scratching at the eyes of the metaphysical possibility that everything in the universe may ultimately by meaningless. Yes, friends, we run the gamut from tutti frutti to existential horror: “This universe is on its last leg. The plants take root and speak to the dirt. The d...

4.5/5 All in all this has been my favourite in the series so far, i love getting some good background. The art depicting the villain and the Gods were phenomenal, i adore the art in these books. Western Story:Loved it, loved the art, loved the background. I can’t wait to see more of Caleb. Content warning for animal abuse/death Border Story:i ADORED how this story was written partially in spanish to keep it realistic to the setting. TV Story:I ADORED this “chapter”. the transitions were super co...

Loved the trippy creepy western and the reality tv stories, the other two were just ok, I was a bit dissapointed by what was revealed in the last issue.

Ice Cream Pants begins its slide from a fairly mediocre series to a crappy one with Volume 3: Hopscotch Melange. None of its four stories were all that. There’s a cliched Latin soap opera-esque romance story about a couple of star-crossed lovers in 1919 Mexico where the woman is betrothed to a man she doesn’t love (and resembles the Ice Cream Man, Rick). It plays out predictably and doesn’t help that half of it is in untranslated Spanish - good luck if you can’t read it! Some guy gets trapped in...

As strange, inventive, and disturbing as ever, Vol. 4 delivers one of the best single issues I've seen so far in this series while also providing significantly more insight into the Ice Cream Man, the dark cowboy, and their supernatural struggle against each other--with so many innocents caught in the crossfire.

Ah man, I wish I loved this more!After the greatness that was the first two volumes, I am sorely disappointed that I didn't really enjoy this one.We get some insight the Ice Cream man and his story, and then we get 3 creepy tales after. As always, I loved the artwork and the bright happy colors mixed with gore and death. There was also a Mexican story that was written almost completely in Spanish that I quite enjoyed. Another story I found interesting was the television one with all the games.Un...

It's been a while since I've read an issue of the Ice Cream Man. And well the comic issues contained in this volume were pretty solid. Issue 9 is my personal favorite within this series so far, I adored the space western issues with the cool Man in Black, which is the cousin of the ice cream man, and well their origin. I like the alien looks of them and well their relationship of always meeting each other in the next universe, wherever that may be. And what happens to the Man In Black's wolf is...