ICECUBES Â® & Â© 2016 — ICECUBES the comic strip #291

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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Mark Stokes
05/03/2016, 9:40 pm
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There’s a first time for everything!
1. Leroy Brown
  
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  Freeze is a typewriter noob! 🙂

Peckinpaw was stolen!!

Posted on November 3, 2026 by Leroy Brown

Dear friends,

Leroy Brown with Freeze and Peckinpaw cutouts - convention — Leroy Brown with Freeze and Peckinpaw cutouts at a convention

It is with a heavy heart that I have to report to you that Peckinpaw was stolen from my table at OAFcon in Oklahoma. For over 10 years at every convention or ICECUBES book signing I have displayed my hand painted life sized cutouts of Freeze and Peckinpaw for the pleasure of young and old alike. I originally made them for my first big convention when I decided I did not want to print a vinyl banner like everyone else. I find the banners lack personality and are very expensive. So Freeze and Peckinpaw have always stood on my table and kept me company while I drew commissions or signed books. But on Saturday, October 24th 2026, Peckinpaw was stolen from the Grand Ballroom of the Embassy Suites in Norman, Oklahoma. The cutouts were hand painted with acrylics on foam core boards and were designed to fold up in the trunk of my car.

Leroy Brown with Peckinpaw cutout selling books at a convention.

Why would someone steal Peckinpaw? It’s surprising, given that I had dozens of original comic strips for sale at a very reasonable price and would have been glad to do a commission as well. I can only hope that poor Peckinpaw has found a good home and is making some kid happy. So keep an eye out for Peckinpaw in case you see him pop up on Ebay or something. And if you want an original drawing, or even a painting, just ask for a commission and I will be happy to do it for you! It’s better to pay the artist than to steal.

Cool Comics Convention – OAFcon 2026

Posted on October 29, 2026 by Leroy Brown

It was great to meet new fans of ICECUBES at OAFcon last weekend in Oklahoma City. The convention was focused on vintage comics culture which is something I really enjoy. I got to see great original art by the masters and even meet Thomas Yeates, Bob Hall and Sam DeLaRosa to share tips and tricks. Mr. Hall and Mr. Yeates even took time to do portfolio reviews and give me some extremely useful feedback on ICECUBES the Comic Strip! It was a great opportunity and I look forward to going back next year!

Thomas Yeates at OAFcon 2026 — Thomas Yeates of Prince Valiant and Swamp Thing. Notice the ICECUBES book next to him!

ICECUBES Art comparison - Frank Thorne — ICECUBES Art size comparison with Frank Thorne’s 1960s newspaper strip!

We sold a lot of ICECUBES Vol. 3 “The Stuff of Dreams!” copies and there are only about 60 left, so order yours now before they go out of print like Vol.1 and Vol. 2! Go to store by clicking here!

ICECUBES at OAFcon this Weekend!

Posted on October 21, 2026 by Leroy Brown

ICECUBES will be at OAFcon this weekend in Norman, Oklahoma. Leroy Brown will be signing books and you can buy original comic strip art as well. Look forward to seeing you there! OAFcomiccon.com

Peckinpaw Painting

Posted on July 29, 2026 by Leroy Brown

Here is the painting of Peckinpaw for the cover of Vol. 3 “The Stuff of Dreams.” It was painted using acrylics although I would’ve preferred doing it with gouache but I didn’t have any and a full set is pretty expensive. I like the feeling of a painted cover. You can still get the book while supplies last by clicking here.

The New Book is Here!! ICECUBES Vol. 3!

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Leroy Brown

Big news everyone. ICECUBES Vol. 3 “The Stuff of Dreams” is finally out! A brand new ICECUBES comic book. Jumbo Issue 40 full pages of awesome ICECUBES comic strips. 6.6″x10.4″ classic comic book size, perfect for your collection. You can even get yours signed by Leroy Brown. Order them now to get them as fast as possible. The first print run is a limited edition of only 100*. Beautiful painted cover, inside pages in full colorama!

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ICECUBES at your local comic book store! Coming soon!

Posted on November 24, 2025 by Leroy Brown

It’s always neat to find ICECUBES Vol.2 in the past issues drawers at comic book stores. Guess what? ICECUBES Vol.3 is coming out soon!

Here is a sneak peak at the color process for the new strip #367. This is just the ‘flats’ step which helps isolate the different color areas before applying more advanced painting techniques.

Why I don’t like markers…

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Leroy Brown

They always run out of ink!

ICECUBES in French!

Posted on August 6, 2025 by Leroy Brown

Recently, I sent an ICECUBES story to a French language comics magazine called “Spirou”.
Spirou Magazine featuring the Smurfs.
Spirou is a classic cultural stalwart of European comics dating since before WWII. The magazine is perhaps most well known for premiering the world famous “SMURFS” along with other cherished European comics like “Lucky Luke” and “Gaston Lagaffe”. Spirou had an open call contest for a four page short story and I submitted an ICECUBES comic. While they did not select it to be published, it’s still fun to see the ICECUBES characters speaking French! You can download the entire story here, it makes for a good French lesson! >>

ICECUBES 303 French small — ICECUBES in French

ICECUBES #362 – previz for subscribers

Posted on July 10, 2025 by Leroy Brown

ICECUBES the comic strip 362 - previz — ICECUBES the comic strip 362 – previz

Hi wonderful subscribers, here is a color previz for the new ICECUBES strip #362. Note: this is not the final color which will be different on the final published comic. This is to show an intermediate step that happens before publishing. Color takes a few steps to finalize. This step is called ‘flats’ which then allows me to separate each color layer and work on them one at a time. There are a lot of hidden steps to get to the final published comic.