Take a look at what the ICECUBES website used to look like! This snapshot was taken years ago and shows just how far we’ve come. This year we are going to make even more changes so hang in there while we do some renovating! 🙂
I just want to take a minute to thank all you ICECUBES fans for still tuning in after a rather longish hiatus. Hopefully, this is the beginning of a new chapter in the adventures of Peckinpaw, Freeze, Eggman, Nooky and the others. For this to work I have made some changes to the format of the strip. Since you are probably watching on a phone, ICECUBES is now in beautiful Vertical Vision©! The website is undergoing some radical changes too. I hope you will like the new experience and if you do, please consider supporting the strip. You can do so by simply clicking on the ads you see on the website. That really helps!
Leroy Brown
A quick look back on the past year will reveal some pretty neat ICECUBES facts:
I like it when I am so busy drawing strips that my table starts looking like this. Much more to come in 2014, including a big surprise!! 🙂 
Limited Numbered Artist Edition. Here are the numbers that I still have: 54/ 55/ 57/ 58/ 59/ 170/ 173/ 176/ 177/ 178/ 181/ 183/ 184/ 186/ 192/ 195/ 196/ 197/ 198/
Very few left, hand numbered, bagged & boarded, individually personalized. No shipping until January 1st.
Bo Lumpkin was probably ICECUBES’ biggest fan. For a couple of years now he faithfully read ICECUBES and always commented on the strips. Often his comment would be the only one the strip would get. Even during lean times when it seemed all the other readers had disappeared, I could always count on Bo. I loved Bo’s comments. They were always funny, clever and most of all supportive.
I remember one time when I felt the strip was being completely ignored and the web stats were down in the low single digits, there it was: a comment from Bo! I replied to his comment:
“Hey Bo, knew I could count on you! 🙂 I’m hearing crickets otherwise… I think the internet generation is miffed ;)”
and Bo replied this:
“Crickets might be a good idea. No one seems to be bittin’ the other bait I keep throwin’ out.”
Classic Bo!
At times I can honestly say that his comments were the only thing that kept me motivated.
So for that, I can only say: “Thanks Bo! :)”
Leroy Brown
ps: as proof of how good a friend Bo was to us webcomic artists, here’s a short list of other tributes:
Ok dear friends, as promised here is the on ICECUBES the Book! From now until January 1st 2014 *free shipping* on all book purchases (USA & Canada only and just $10 overseas for up to 2 books)!!
That’s right, every book comes with free shipping so you only pay $15 for a regular copy or $20 for the numbered artist edition! I only have 19 numbered edition books left! (I’ll be glad to email you the numbers, just shoot me an email at icecubescomic(at)yahoo(dot)com.) I will sign and personalize every book, no exceptions! 🙂
Hurry and get your books, the first printing of ICECUBES the Book is just about all gone!
I just want to take this opportunity to say a big *thank you* to everyone who continues to support ICECUBES and helps to keep this strip alive! You make it all happen!
More great things to come in 2014!
Merry Christmas everyone and have a wonderful New Year 2014! 🙂
Leroy Brown
Since I don’t use a computer for lettering, once I place something I have to commit to it. In the past cartoonists would often blue line their whole strip and I’ve seen Lil Abner strips that were scored from top to bottom regardless of how much text there was! This was often done by an assistant. In my case I was surprised to get to that point where I actually had to do it for practical purposes. Pretty neat! You can see the inked panel here.
I was pretty happy with the end result, especially in the last panel where I had to use some white paint for the snow effects!
Hello ICECUBES friends!
Here are some of the things ICECUBES has been involved in ‘offline’ recently. In September I participated in the 
Hey folks, ICECUBES is going to be part of a ‘cool’ comics symposium at the University of Houston – Clear Lake tomorrow September 21. If you are in the area it should be a great event to attend. There will be talks about comic art and writing as well as an art show and movie screening. Check out the flyer and mark the date.
You can get more info here: 
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Leroy Brown
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