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ICECUBES in Japanese!
Posted on October 6, 2025 by Leroy Brown
Dear friends, I recently went on a surprise trip to Japan. It has to be said that Japan is the land of comics and cartoons, except they call them manga and anime. Did you know that manga and anime are one of Japan's biggest exports? It's amazing to see all the billboards, signs, TV shows and even subways full of cartoons and cartoon characters. To celebrate our great visit to Japan, I made an ICECUBES strip in Japanese! Accordingly, it is read from right to left and from top to bottom.

    Mini contest!

The first person to translate this strip in the comments below will get a free download of ICECUBES vol. 2 in pdf format. Leave the comment right here:

7 thoughts on “ICECUBES in Japanese!”

  1. Owen wooff

    Peckinpaw: “It’s difficult!”
    Freeze: “please draw it!”

    1. Leroy Brown

      Leroy Brown

      Congrats, you did it! Although it reads right to left, so Freeze first says: “Draw please!” and then Peckinpaw says “It’s difficult!”. Freeze is trying to get Peckinpaw out of his slump and wants him to draw another comic strip. We’ll see if he does… In the meantime you just won a free digital download of ICECUBES Vol. 2!

    2. Leroy Brown

      The link was sent to the email you provided when commenting. Thank you for being an ICECUBES reader!

      1. Owen wooff

        The link didn’t work

        1. Leroy Brown

          Hi Owen, I sent you a new link.

  2. J.P. Keslensky

    Very glad you had a wonderful trip to Japan. Very exciting. Love to hear more about your visit.

    1. Leroy Brown

      Thank you so much! I’ll make a post about it. It was quite the adventure.

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Dallas Webcomic Expo

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Leroy Brown
ICECUBES had a table at Strip-The Dallas Webcomic Expo on Saturday, Aug. 6. We had a real good time and got to meet some great folks. Leroy Brown drawing a commission.
Leroy Brown drawing a commission.
 I drew some commissions and got to meet great ICECUBES fans. It’s really a lot of fun to meet people who read and enjoy ICECUBES the comic strip. Brian Powers, Leroy Brown, Mark Stokes.
Brian Powers, Leroy Brown, Mark Stokes.
I met fellow cartoonists Mark Stokes who draws Zombie Boy Comics (http://www.zombieboycomics.com/) and Brian Powers who draws Liltoon (http://liltoon.com/tv/) Brad Diller who draws Funday Morning Cartoons (http://cartoons.fundaymorning.com/) and Kit Lively (http://www.kitlively.com). You should definitely check out their comics. Cosplay Cuties
Cosplay Cuties
Security was tight!
Security was tight!
I need to mention that I also met Hector Cantu who writes the syndicated strip Baldo, Chris Jeffery from Cartridge Comics as well as David Wilborn from Urban Jungle who very graciously introduced himself. I also want to thank everyone who stopped by the table and chatted- it was great to meet you all! ICECUBES
ICECUBES
Leroy Brown

How To Draw Comics. Part 4: Pencils.

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Leroy Brown
Howdy! Here is the first in a series of podcasts on ‘How To Draw Comics’. I recently taped the making of an entire ICECUBES strip. The parts are divided into 1.Writing 2.Sketching 3.Bluelines 4.Pencils and 5.Inks. Here is part 4, Pencils.

4.Pencils from Leroy Brown on Vimeo.

Watch Leroy Brown as he draws ICECUBES the comic strip featuring Freeze with his head in an icecube! In this podcast: pencils.

Updates.

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Leroy Brown
Hello folks, we’re getting ready for Dallas Webcomics Con, otherwise known as Strip. This should be a lot of fun. We will have a small table and I will be there to meet and greet. I will present my Kickstarter project for ICECUBES the Book! And I will be drawing for those fans who might like a signed ICECUBES drawing!strip-splash Also I will be selling some artwork, like this hand painted strip:
July 4th hand painted strip **SOLD!**
Price

We’re back! :)

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Leroy Brown
Welcome back friends! You surely noticed we were off the air for a short time while we changed web hosts. We are very excited to be with our new host Hostgator. I’m not trying to make an ad for them, but they have been so helpful that I just want to extend my thanks! Restoring the database meant that we used a backup so the last comic didn’t make the cut, so here it is in all it’s glory. Befittingly, the theme is happiness. Happiness for me is getting ICECUBES back up and running! Hooray!! Thanks for being patient and as we redesign the site to be even better, I hope you’ll feel the love! 🙂 Leroy Brown