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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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Moon Drawings: Part 1.

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Leroy Brown
Recently I did a strip that was a little out of left field. I had the idea for a long time and didn’t really know how I was going to illustrate it. So I decided to do a lot of preliminary drawings to see if I could pull it off. I really like the result and so I thought I could share some of the process with you this week. First drawing: crater study with brush and ink. © Leroy Brown View the comic here:
Peckinpaw on the Moon - ICECUBES the comic strip.
Peckinpaw on the Moon – ICECUBES the comic strip.
 check out Moon Drawings: Part 2 here!

Cool Stats.

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Leroy Brown
Check out these cool stats for ICECUBES the comic strip.
  • 103,000 + all time web hits!
  • 100 + Kindle books sold!
  • 168 original comic strips!
  • 90 black & white strips!
  • 78 color strips!
  • 140 non-comic strip blog posts!
  • 4 Sunday double strips!
  • 2 podacsts!
  • 1 live TV appearance!
    •  … and ICECUBES just keeps growing and growing. Keep an eye out for the new upcoming book!     In the meantime please enjoy these pictures of a VW funny car covered with comic strips! Sent from a very special reader in Italy! 🙂 22 05 2011 tumbarelli 017 22 05 2011 tumbarelli 018

    Cool Drive-In!

    Posted on June 7, 2011 by Leroy Brown
    We found an old fashioned drive-in to go to. It was lots of fun and they had pretty awesome paintings on the side of the food building… thought I would share. 🙂 Mr. Soda Pop!
    Mr. Soda Pop!
    The popcorn guy was pretty good too! photos ©ICECUBES
    photos ©ICECUBES

    Comicpalooza!

    Posted on May 31, 2011 by Leroy Brown
    We had a great time at Comicpalooza 2011 in Houston, Texas! I got to meet some talented artists and comic insiders including Bob Layton (Iron Man) and Don Kramer (Wonder Woman). Boy if I had more disposable income I would have definitely scooped up some original art! Here are some candid pics from Comicpalooza. 🙂 cp04 Cosplay contest.
    Cosplay contest.
    Marina Sirtis aka Deanna Troy from Star Trek.
    Marina Sirtis aka Deanna Troy from Star Trek.
    cp03 cp05 All photos ©ICECUBES 2011.

    Comicpalooza!

    Posted on May 31, 2011 by Leroy Brown
    We had a great time at Comicpalooza 2011 in Houston, Texas! I got to meet some talented artists and comic insiders including Bob Layton (Iron Man) and Don Kramer (Wonder Woman). Boy if I had more disposable income I would have definitely scooped up some original art! Here are some candid pics from Comicpalooza. 🙂 cp04 Cosplay contest.
    Cosplay contest.
    Marina Sirtis aka Deanna Troy from Star Trek.
    Marina Sirtis aka Deanna Troy from Star Trek.
    cp03 cp05 All photos ©ICECUBES 2011.

    Comicpalooza!

    Posted on May 31, 2011 by Leroy Brown
    We had a great time at Comicpalooza 2011 in Houston, Texas! I got to meet some talented artists and comic insiders including Bob Layton (Iron Man) and Don Kramer (Wonder Woman). Boy if I had more disposable income I would have definitely scooped up some original art! Here are some candid pics from Comicpalooza. 🙂 cp04 Cosplay contest.
    Cosplay contest.
    Marina Sirtis aka Deanna Troy from Star Trek.
    Marina Sirtis aka Deanna Troy from Star Trek.
    cp03 cp05 All photos ©ICECUBES 2011.