Ice Cream Man #1 from writer W. Maxwell Prince and artist Martín Morazzo will return to print with a twist from Image Comics... A Chocolate/Vanilla Twist, to be precise, as the first issue will be presented in black and white, remastered, feature a new short story — and an interactive decoder cover.
“Ice Cream Man: Chocolate/Vanilla Twist is where two of my favorite things converge: Martín’s first pages of this strange little book that would, for reasons still unclear to me, go on to become a geriatric ongoing comic… and this insanely cool focal decoder technology, which I experienced for the first (and last) time in college, when Bright Eyes’ 2007 LP Cassadaga came into my dorm’s mailroom bearing my name. Both of those things left me with my jaw on the floor, as both of those things are, to me, examples of the way in which visual art and musical logic can create an experience greater than the sum of its parts. (And that’s before Chris O. and Good Old Neon made Ice Cream Man #1 even lovelier…),” said Prince via press release. “To marry those two things—as Part One of a special-project-kickoff to Ice Cream Man’s December return to regular publication, and its march toward issue 50—is a blessing that means more to me than I can articulate in a press release. There must be a monkey’s paw somewhere running out of fingers.”
Added Morazzo, “It’s crazy to look back and see what we’ve built through the years, Ice Cream Man has been a life changing experience for us—and I hope it’s been the same to our readers—and it all started here, with this first issue! It’s fantastic to release it again, starting a celebration road to issue #50!”
So to review, beyond the book being in black and white and featuring remastered lettering by Good Old Neon, there’s also a “hidden” treatment cover with focal decoder technology that will make the Ice Cream Man disappear
As a cherry on top, Ice Cream Man #1: Chocolate/Vanilla Twist edition will also boast remastered lettering by Good Old Neon and a BRAND NEW Ice Cream Man short story brought to life by the entire creative team. “But don’t worry, sweeties. To bring him back, simply grab your included ‘Lookety Split’ Decoder Lens and unlock the original cover art…now with an added sprinkling of secret messages and pictures! It’s comix-cover-acrobatics as you’ve never quite seen before!” says PR from Image.
…Except you can see it before, in the preview video below:
Ice Cream Man #1: Chocolate/Vanilla Twist will hit stores on October 14, 2026. Check out the covers and a bit about the decoder, below.
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