ICECUBES the comic strip. #0300!!

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Leroy Brown

Well, cool ICECUBES fans, here it is! ICECUBES the comic strip #300!! Wow, what an amazing adventure. From it's humble beginnings years ago as an idea to do a strip about an Eskimo, a Penguin, a Polar Bear and a Walrus to several books, conventions and tons of new friends! Thank you all so much for being readers and fans of ICECUBES. It's so much fun to make the strip for you guys to read. Here's to 300 more! :DLeroy Brown

4 thoughts on “ICECUBES the comic strip. #0300!!”

Todd
11/02/2016, 8:37 pm
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Wowsers nice job on old Popeye =)
1. Leroy Brown
  11/03/2016, 8:04 am
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  Thanx Todd 🙂 Popeye’s always been a favorite. I made a video of the inking of this strip and I’ll post it as soon as I finish editing it. Thx so much for checking in!
Mark Stokes
11/14/2016, 12:08 pm
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Super Congratulations, Leroy! And your strip is better than ever! Keep creatin’ and inspirin’, my friend! (Love yer Popeye, too!)
1. Leroy Brown
  11/17/2016, 3:40 pm
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  Cheers Mark! I’m always amazed at your output and aspire to emulating you! Thanks so much for being so supportive! 🙂

Layouts.

Posted on June 19, 2009 by Leroy Brown

Charles Schulz always hand lettered all of his comics. He never used assistants the way some others did, ie. Garfield and Doonesbury. He said that he needed to letter his own strips because he didn’t know what the copy would be until the last minute. Changes always happen while you’re drawing a strip, like in this case when I decided to change the panel layout. The text I had wouldn’t read well in the layout I had so I joined the two middle panels and adjusted the drawing instead. You can still see the construction lines for the old layout (orange arrow).Here’s the final strip.

ICECUBISM

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Leroy Brown

Peckinpaw descending a staircase -cubism — Peckinpaw Descending a Staircase by Leroy Brown

“Peckinpaw Descending A Staircase” by Leroy Brown. Acrylic Painting of Peckinpaw Descending a Staircase. Painted in honor of Marcel Duchamp for the Mocca Fest 2009 in New York City held at the famous Armory, where Duchamp first showed his ‘Nude Descending a Staircase’ in 1913! Duchamp’s painting changed modern art forever!You can buy a print of this at the ICECUBES store!

Ice-Cubism!

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Leroy Brown

Just some ‘cool’ art for your Friday enjoyment! 🙂

Practice before committing.

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Leroy Brown

When I’m planning out a drawing, sometimes I need to make some real quick sketches to work out simple things like a hand position. In this case I wanted to try out some different hand positions so that the pen he is holding didn’t cut across his face and disrupt the drawing. So I moved it around. You can see the published comic strip here.

Here I was trying to figure out how to get Peckinpaw to cross his legs and look natural… not as easy as you would think! Tip: the shin and knee are foreshortened!

Casper and Harvey’s Friendly Comics.

Posted on April 25, 2009 by Leroy Brown

Everyone knows Casper the Friendly Ghost and everyone remembers reading Harvey Comics when they were kids. Casper, Richie Rich, Little Dot, Little Audrey, Spooky and Hot Stuff are all characters that are truly part of America’s collective memory. We love those characters because they are all so friendly and funny. Harvey Comics is part of everyone’s childhood and lucky for me part of that childhood came back to life when I visited the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art in New York City. The Art of Harvey Comics was a really neat exhibit that featured original art from Harvey comic books by stalwarts such as Ernie Colon, Sid Couchey, Warren Kremer and Howard Post. It was just great to see the original art and even greater to meet founder Alfred Harvey’s son Russel Harvey. Russel is a multitalented artist in his own right and wears many hats including TV producer, photographer, writer and comic artist.Russel Harvey (right) and MoCCA director Karl Erickson (left), NYC, April 2009Russel regaled us with stories of what is was like to grow up in a world of comic art giants. Apparently Charles Schulz really used to say ‘good grief’ and Joe Simon (Captain America) could draw in virtually any style. I had a great time and just want to thank MoCCA’s director Karl Erickson for being so welcoming and Russel Harvey for being -true to the Harvey name- so very friendly! 🙂Leroy Brown