REVIEW: New anthology series HAHA #1 is a mirror for our times
Haha #1 features the smart existential storytelling we’ve come to expect from writer W. Maxwell Prince, paired with phenomenal artwork by Vanesa Del Rey and Chris O’Halloran.
Read MoreHaha #1 features the smart existential storytelling we’ve come to expect from writer W. Maxwell Prince, paired with phenomenal artwork by Vanesa Del Rey and Chris O’Halloran.
Read MoreBy Benjamin Morin — The Ice Cream man’s heinous brand of horror knows no bounds in this latest installment. This series has made a name for itself through its clever writing and excellent artistic style and issue #20 continues this trend. It seems with each issue Prince and Co. find new and unique ways to unsettle readers, which has worked wondrously to the series’ advantage. And issue #20 sets the vile Ice Cream Man’s sights on classic children’s books.
Read MoreBy Zack Quaintance — If you’ve found your way to something so esoteric as this website, there’s a fairly good chance you know that there’s been a pause in the distribution of weekly comic books for the first time basically ever, at least for this long of a period. With American sheltering in place to flatten the curve of the virus, there have been challenges with printing comics, distributing comics, and selling comics.
Read MoreBy Zack Quaintance — Superman satires have been done often, largely by publisher DC Comics but also by so many other creators in the comics medium. They’ve been done so often that new or different takes on Superman are almost to be expected, like a rite of passage for anyone seriously creating comic book stories. This week it’s Ice Cream Man’s turn, with the horror anthology series from Image Comics taking its shot — and what we get is one of the greatest recent takes on Superman, one that has more and better things to say about our times than the vast majority of other commentary taking place throughout comics right now.
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