num_pages: 88
description: Welcome to Ice Haven! “It’s not as cold here as it sounds,” declares Random Wilder, our reluctant guide to this sleepy Midwestern town. He’s also its would-be poet laureate. Would-be, that is, were it not for the “florid banalities” of his archrival, Ida Wentz, pub­lished ad nauseam in the Ice Haven Daily Progress. Among Wilder’s other fellow Ice Havians are the love­lorn Violet Vanderplazt and Vida Wentz; the adorable interracial moppets Carmichael and Paula; the Blue Bunny, newly sprung from prison and the bitterest rabbit in town; and poor little David Goldberg, miss­ing for more than a week now. . . .  The lives of the men and women of Ice Haven are woven into a multilayered tale that, while it owes a debt to Our Town, is ultimately based on and inspired by . . . Leopold and Loeb. No kidding.  Only Daniel Clowes could do it and, luckily for us, he has.
language: English
title: Ice Haven
titlecomplete: Ice Haven
characters: Samantha (Sam) Standford, Mr. Ames, Mrs. Ames, Carmichael, Violet Alden, David Goldberg, Vida, Random Wilder, Ida Wentz, Harry Naybors
genres: American, Humor, Graphic Novels Comics, 21st Century, Comic Book, Comics, The United States Of America, Comix, Fiction, Graphic Novels
ratings_count: 7134
places: Ice Haven
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Gran Guinigi
category: Special Jury Prize
publisher: Pantheon