Ice Cream Man (comics)

{{Infobox comic book title

| title = Ice Cream Man

| image = Ice Cream Man (comics).jpg

| image_size = 250

| alt =

| caption = Cover to Ice Cream Man #1

| schedule = Monthly (Jan 2018 – April 2018)
Irregular(July 2018 – present)

| format = Ongoing series

| limited =

| ongoing = Y

| genre = Horror
Dark comedy
Anthology

| publisher = Image Comics

| startmo = January

| startyr = 2018

| writers = W. Maxwell Prince

| artists = Martin Morazzo

}}

Ice Cream Man is a semi-anthological dark comedy horror comic book series that premiered in 2018 from Image Comics.

Premise

The series is a semi-anthological horror comic series of loosely connected stories that all share the common link of a mysterious ice cream man named Rick (revealed to be Riccardus) who while a seemingly ordinary Ice Cream Man possesses inexplicable powers which he uses upon unsuspecting people. Rick's nemesis Caleb, a man dressed in an all black cowboy outfit, will sporadically appear in the series trying to thwart Rick's plans sometimes successfully and sometimes unsuccessfully.

Reception

Since its debut the series has received positive reviews. On the review aggregator, Comic Book Roundup, the series averaged a rating of 8.5 out of 10 based on a sample of 150 critics.{{Cite web|url=https://comicbookroundup.com:443/comic-books/reviews/image-comics/ice-cream-man|title=Ice Cream Man Reviews|website=ComicBookRoundup.com}}

Adaptation

In October 2018, it was announced an adaptation of the series was in development at Universal Cable Productions.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/10/ice-cream-man-tv-series-comic-universal-cable-prods-1202474420/|title = 'Ice Cream Man' TV Series Based on Comic in Works at Universal Cable Prods|date = October 2018}} In February 2020, it was announced the series had been picked up by mobile streaming platform Quibi.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/02/ice-cream-man-ucp-quibi-image-comics-1202867485/|title = 'Ice Cream Man': UCP Developing Adaptation of Comic Series for Quibi|date = 27 February 2020}} With Quibi's shut down in December 2020, the fate of the series was mostly undetermined.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/quibi-fades-to-black-december-1-jeffery-katzenberg-meg-whitman-1234602207/|title = Quibi Officially Fades to Black, as Projected when Founders Announced Shutdown in October – Update|date = December 2020}} However, in January of 2021 W. Maxwell Prince mentioned that the series is still in production.{{Cite web|url=https://bleedingcool.com/tv/ice-cream-man-series-adapt-very-much-still-alive-unlike-quibi/|title =Ice Cream Man Series Adapt "Very Much Still Alive"- Unlike Quibi|date = January 2021}} In September 2024, it was announced Screen Gems had acquired the rights to the series with Alfred Gough and Miles Millar writing the adaptation.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/video/beetlejuice-beetlejuice-alfred-gough-miles-millar-ice-cream-man/|title =‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Scribes Producing Horror Anthology ‘Ice Cream Man’ For Screen Gems|date = September 6, 2024}}