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ICECUBES the comic strip. #0291

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Leroy Brown

Speaking of technology, did you know that you can navigate through all the past ICECUBES comic strips on the website by simply using your arrow keys? Try it! Just tap the back arrow and watch last week's comic pop right up! If you think that's amazing, you're right and it's all in large part thanks to a guy named Philip Hofer, otherwise known as Frumph. Back in the day when I decided to put ICECUBES online, I had no idea how to design a website. So I did my best to cobble together a botchy WordPress site. Little by little, through intensive research I finally came across ComicPress. ComicPress was a way to publish comics that could be read online in an intuitive, user friendly way. Setting it up wasn't easy especially since I wanted to customize my page. That's when I reached out to Comicpress's creator Frumph. Lo and behold he didn't hesitate to teach me all kinds of things about php, css and sundry variables that would allow ICECUBES to end up looking the way it does today. Over the months and years Frumph was always there to help with coding. Recently he helped me with a new comics project I am about to launch. So I decided to thank him in this post and point out that he now has a Patreon account where you too can get help with your comic site.

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05/03/2016, 9:40 pm
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Dallas Webcomic Convention.

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Leroy Brown

Leroy Brown being interviewed by Fes from Webcomic Beacon. Over the weekend my family and I drove to Dallas to be part of Stripcon, the Dallas Webcomic Convention. I was interviewed by Fes over at Webcomic Beacon, so keep an eye out for that podcast.

It was great seeing fellow comickers Jason Poland (http://robbieandbobby.com/), Brad Diller (http://cartoons.fundaymorning.com/), Barry Buchanan (http://dontfeedthegeek.com/), Brad Campbell (http://roofuscomic.blogspot.com/), Jeremy Johnson (http://www.toomasooba.com/), Hector Cantu (http://www.gocomics.com/baldo), Michael Hawkins (http://jimcorncomic.com/) and David Wilborn (http://www.urbanjunglecomic.com/). Unfortunately some of us felt that there really was not much of a crowd. Note to con organizers: it’s your job to bring in the visitors, not merely charge artists for table space. I did get to meet some new readers and sell the new ICECUBES book.
Be sure to come to the JMV Comic Book Show in Austin on Aug. 19 and get your own copy of the book! See you there.

Supersized.

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Leroy Brown

Check out the size of the latest strip I drew! I decided to make it the same size as newspaper comic artists used to draw comics. All that space to fill was both daunting and liberating. I think that if I ever have to draw a story with lots of detail I’ll do it this size again. It was a bit of a challenge to ink and in order to get good thick lines I decided to go with a Windsor Newton brush instead of nibs. Fun stuff! See the published strip here!

Book Cover.

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Leroy Brown

Dear fans and friends, here is the cover for the new ICECUBES book called “Noise Is News!” The book features over 170 never before printed comic strips in full color. It has been a long time in the making, mostly because of the attention to detail and the insistence that it be printed in 4-color offset as opposed to digital. Over 100 first edition copies have already been sold and it promises to sell out fast. You can order your copy here and even get a signed copy. Thanks so much for your patience, I know you will love this book! 🙂 Leroy Brown Get your copy of the brand new ICECUBES book!

Pow!

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Leroy Brown

Dear ICECUBES supporters, the time has come! Pow! Just like that, the book is finally ready to send to the printers. There is only one thing remaining for me to do and that is to thank you! Thank you for making this book become a reality. It represents a lot of time and effort and you made it all possible. All going well, the first copies should be going out within 2 to 3 weeks. For all of you who pre-ordered signed copies, you will be getting yours first. Every single Kickstarter pre-ordered copy will be numbered from 1 to 200, so you all will be owning an instant collectors item! For our wonderful overseas fans, be sure to allow a little longer for the books to arrive. Don’t worry, they are coming! Also, for everyone getting extra rewards, in most cases they will be sent with the books. If in the event there is a delay in getting all the inventory of mugs, mouse pads, etc, I’ll let you know in a note included with your package. To everyone who wasn’t able to pre-order your books thru Kickstarter, there is still a way for you to order a numbered copy of the first printing of ICECUBES the Book. Just use the Paypal button below.

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Hurry! There are only 200 numbered copies of the numbered artist edition and over 100 have already been sold. Order yours today! Thanks again so much for your incredible support and encouragement! More news updates coming in the next few days, stay tuned!