The Mortal Coil Shuffle

ICE CREAM MAN is proud to present an unprecedented comic book EVENT.

Continuing their exploration into just what a comic can BE, the award-nominated team responsible for ICE CREAM MANone of the most enduring comics of the last decadehave pushed the envelope so far it’s fallen right off the table.

The Mortal Coil Shuffle is a one-time-only, one-of-a-kind ICE CREAM MAN story…told via a deck of 55 playing cards, rather than within the periodical pages of a traditional floppy comic book.

ICE CREAM MAN “The Mortal Coil Shuffle” is a beautiful, custom-designed deck of cards (featuring custom backs and a custom box, too!). All art is, as ever, by Ice Cream Man stalwarts Morazzo, Chris OHalloran, and Good Old Neon. Some cards will tell part of the story; while other cards cast inscrutable spells on unwitting characters; and some must be joined with other cards to form a complete piece of art (the card decks version of a spread.). It’s a first-of-its-kind comic experiment, and also, perhaps, the last

It’s a first-of-its-kind comic experiment, and also, perhaps, the last

The Mortal Coil Shuffle will be printed once and once onlyno second printings, no new runs, and never collected in a trade of any kind. It will existand then, like magicit wont.

So get ready to Go Fish, Draw Four, Declare War, and (probably) Fold Your Hand in this exciting comic book delivery styletold, of course, in the creepy, strange voice readers have come to expect from Ice Cream Man yarns.

Good luck, and watch out for those Wild Cards

Author/Artist: W. Maxwell Prince/ Martin Morazzo
Publisher: Image Comics
Page Count: 55pp
Size: 3.5 x 4.5
Notes: deck of cards
Date of Publication:November 5, 2025