Category: New Book

Super Comics Contest Special Prize!

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Leroy Brown

Thomas Baer is our Special Prize winner! He wins a Limited Numbered Artist Edition of ICECUBES the comic book! Congratulations!

Monday’s contest was so successful and exciting, that I’ve decided to extend it and add a special prize! Folks, this one is a little bit harder and that’s because the special prize is a limited numbered Artist Edition of ICECUBES the book! There are very few left of the original 200 numbered artist edition copies and you can win one!

So to recap, we are celebrating the wonderful contribution of Belgian artists to the world of comics. Many world famous cartoon and comics characters have come from Belgium. Now that you know the answers to the first 3 questions (read Monday’s post here) try to answer these tricky ones:
ICECUBES the comic strip

  • These 2 famous Belgian comics characters headlined their very own popular comics magazines. What are the names of these magazines in Flemish?

and
ICECUBES the comic strip

  • These famous cartoon characters were all created by a group of artists who created a distinct style of Belgian comics. This style, or ‘school’ is named after which town in Belgium?

The first one who answers both questions correctly in the comments section below, wins the limited edtion ICECUBES the comic book! Good luck! 🙂

Leroy Brown

Super Comics Contest Give-Away!

Posted on February 3, 2014 by Leroy Brown

Congratulations to the winners!

  • 1st Prize: Eddy Obomsawin
  • 2nd Prize: Michael Pohrer
  • 3rd Prize Louis J Gore

    • Great job! Check tomorrow’s update for a chance to win the special prize!

    Bonjour comic fans! Last week a cool thing happened at ICECUBES. The website got a bunch of visitors from Belgium! Belgium came in third place for most visits by country. That title is usually reserved for the UK or Australia, as ICECUBES is an English speaking comic. Belgium beat them this week! You may know that Belgium is the birthplace of the European School of Comics. Started just before WWII, the school flourished in the post-war period with many international comic stars.
    ICECUBES the comic strip

    To celebrate this, I’ve decided to start a week-long contest to see who knows their Belgian comics! So here goes: be the first person to answer the challenge (one prize per person please!)

    • Third Prize:

    Won by Louis J.! A cool ICECUBES sticker! Question: Name all the comics shown in this picture.

    • Second Prize:

    Won by Michael Pohrer!An original signed ICECUBES drawing by Leroy Brown! Question: Name the original authors of every comic.

    • First Prize:

    Won by Eddy Obomsawin! A signed copy of ICECUBES the book! Question: Name all the characters (including animals) in French. (For the little blue guys, the group name is fine)

    I will give out a bonus prize of an ICECUBES sticker to anyone who logs in from Belgium and names the characters in Flemish!

    Put your answers in the comments sections below. May the games begin! 🙂

    Year In Review!

    Posted on January 6, 2014 by Leroy Brown

    Well, here we are again at the beginning of a brand new year!

    2014 holds some great surprises for ICECUBES fans and we’ll continue building on what we did in 2013!
    ICECUBES the comic strip - year in review 2013
    A quick look back on the past year will reveal some pretty neat ICECUBES facts:

    * ICECUBES is regularly syndicated in print in the Kingwood Monthly newspaper. I also created and edit a full monthly comics page featuring other guest artists including Mark Stokes of Zombie Boy, David Wilborn of Urban Jungle, Michael Hawkins with Jim Corn, Lonnie Easterling with Spudcomics and Kim Belding with PicPak.

    * ICECUBES was featured at the awesome Comiculture Symposium at the University of Houston in Clear Lake. I participated in a live panel with James Barr creator of The Crow and ICECUBES comic art was displayed in the University art gallery.

    * ICECUBES the book is in 5 comic book stores all across the country!

    * The first ICECUBES comic book is almost completely sold out. (some artist editions left)

    * I started work on a book of my earlier more ‘underground’ strips called Atomik Comix.
    A zine preview was created for Houston Zine Fest and is still available for $1 + shipping.

    * ICECUBES was submitted to some of the larger newspaper syndicates.

    * More original art was sold at conventions and online.
    There is more original art up for sale, click here!

    * ICECUBES premiered 2 animated comics! Woohoo! More to come.

    * Finally, a big surprise is coming in the next few weeks… so stay tuned!

    Show your support for ICECUBES by purchasing one of the remaining numbered artist editions of the book.

    Thanks for reading ICECUBES! 🙂

    Leroy Brown