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!”

Owen wooff
10/07/2025, 7:06 am
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Peckinpaw: “It’s difficult!”
Freeze: “please draw it!”
1. Leroy Brown
  
  10/07/2025, 8:59 am
  
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  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
  
  10/08/2025, 10:27 am
  
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  The link was sent to the email you provided when commenting. Thank you for being an ICECUBES reader!
  
  Owen wooff
  
  10/11/2025, 8:53 am
  
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  The link didn’t work
  
  Leroy Brown
  
  10/12/2025, 10:34 am
  
  Hi Owen, I sent you a new link.
J.P. Keslensky
10/08/2025, 2:20 pm
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Very glad you had a wonderful trip to Japan. Very exciting. Love to hear more about your visit.
1. Leroy Brown
  
  10/09/2025, 10:24 am
  
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  Thank you so much! I’ll make a post about it. It was quite the adventure.

Nooky.

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Leroy Brown

A pencil sketch from last week’s comic strip. I was working out the hand position. Did you know that your thumb faces outwards when you do an overhead backhand? 🙂

Nooky.

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Leroy Brown

A pencil sketch from last week’s comic strip. I was working out the hand position. Did you know that your thumb faces outwards when you do an overhead backhand? 🙂

Nooky.

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Leroy Brown

A pencil sketch from last week’s comic strip. I was working out the hand position. Did you know that your thumb faces outwards when you do an overhead backhand? 🙂

Server Malfunction ##$*@!!

Posted on April 23, 2010 by Leroy Brown

To all my readers: Network Solutions in their infinite wisdom have decided to mess up my server. So for the time being I cannot upload new pictures to ICECUBES the comic strip! It’s beyond my control! Please bear with us as we work this out with the morons over at Network Solutions. Thanks!

Freeze drawings.

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Leroy Brown

Some pencil sketches of Freeze. Trying to get the attitude 🙂

These two drawings are actually on sale if you would like to own them. $20 for both plus free US shipping (+$6 international) Pencil on paper. Acid free. 9×12″

price incl. shipping

Freeze drawings.

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Leroy Brown

Some pencil sketches of Freeze. Trying to get the attitude 🙂

These two drawings are actually on sale if you would like to own them. $20 for both plus free US shipping (+$6 international) Pencil on paper. Acid free. 9×12″

price incl. shipping

Freeze drawings.

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Leroy Brown

Some pencil sketches of Freeze. Trying to get the attitude 🙂

These two drawings are actually on sale if you would like to own them. $20 for both plus free US shipping (+$6 international) Pencil on paper. Acid free. 9×12″

price incl. shipping

Drawing table.

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Leroy Brown

Some stuff on my drawing table. Remember you can get all the ICECUBES comic strips on the Kindle 🙂

Drawing table.

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Leroy Brown

Some stuff on my drawing table. Remember you can get all the ICECUBES comic strips on the Kindle 🙂

BRACCOBALDO

Posted on April 8, 2010 by Leroy Brown

Check out this 1967 cover for an Italian comic book featuring Hanna Barbera cartoons. Great colors! This little book has Yogi, The Flintstones, Top Cat, Wally Gator and my favorite: Huckleberry Hound -which is the one they call ‘Braccobaldo’. Other great name translations are ‘Joe Ronzino’ for Quick Draw McGraw and ‘Trottolino’ for Top Cat! Of course copyright belongs to Hanna Barbera or whoever owns it all now…