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.

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ICECUBES the cpmic strip #351 - pencils — ICECUBES the comic strip #351 – pencils

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ICECUBES the comic strip #338 - sketches — ICECUBES the comic strip #338 – sketches

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