ICECUBES the comic strip #0218

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Leroy Brown

Shrinking heads.

7 thoughts on “ICECUBES the comic strip #0218”

Leroy Brown
02/21/2013, 10:15 pm
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HaHa Dr Dre headphones.
Bo Lumpkin
02/22/2013, 4:08 pm
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If pro is the opposite of con would Congress be the opposite of progress.
Yep…seems like we are going backward. Some of the games people buy to play interactive stuff is almost like when we did stuff like that for real as a kid.
1. Leroy Brown
  
  02/23/2013, 12:06 am
  
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  No kidding! It seems like they just try to imitate things that already exists. Like trying to make digital ‘inking’ look more ‘real’. I say, nothing beats the real thing!
  
  Bo Lumpkin
  
  03/02/2013, 10:59 am
  
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  I’m guilty of the digital inkin’ because I need to have something I can redo about a hundred times without startin’ from scratch.
2. Leroy Brown
  
  03/02/2013, 2:34 pm
  
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  Of course! Using computers to make art is fine by me. I do all my colors in Photoshop, not to mention fixing any inking errors. But I still like the natural line better. I think technology is good when it’s used for something you can’t do otherwise. When it just copies older techniques I feel its just kind of wasted.
Bo Lumpkin
06/25/2013, 4:36 pm
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Hey Leroy…where in the world are you buddy?
1. Leroy Brown
  
  06/27/2013, 1:00 am
  
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  Hey Bo, I know I’ve been really quiet lately. I am waiting on word from the syndicates to see if there’s any chance of getting the strip picked up. I have been caught up in some other projects as well. It’s hard not to get burned out after 5-6 years without having a clear indication of being able to turn the strip into something viable- I need to continue to pay the bills! Thanks for being there and caring about ICECUBES, I’m going to do my best to get back online asap!

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.

Russel Harvey interviews Jud Hurd – Classic Cartoon History

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Leroy Brown

Here’s a really interesting historical interview on the topic of newspaper syndicated comics from an insider’s perspective. From Peanuts to Lil’ Abner, Family Circus and Prince Valiant, this was the golden age of newspaper comics.

Jud Hurd (1913 – September 14, 2005) was a syndicated newspaper cartoonist. His work included Ticker Toons and Health Capsules (United Feature Syndicate) for which he was awarded the National Cartoonist Society Special Features Award in 1978. For 36 years he continuously published and edited the quarterly magazine Cartoonist Profiles. Beginning with its premier issue in the winter of 1969 and ending 36 years later with issue 146 in June 2005. The magazine was a great insider source for professional syndicated cartoonists.

Russel Harvey is the son of Alfred Harvey, the founder of world famous Harvey Comics. With titles like Richie Rich, Dot Polka and Casper the Friendly Ghost, Harvey Comics was a staple of family friendly comics and cartoons for decades. Russel is himself a cartoonist, writer and standup comedian. He is a long time supporter and fan of ICECUBES and has graciously allowed me to post this video.