eric powell Archives

Free On Bleeding Cool – Will Eisner's The Spirit #1 By Matt Wagner And Dan Schkade
The issue is written by comic legend Matt Wagner with art by Dan Schkade and Brennan Wagner and a cover by Eric Powell. In celebration of the 75th anniversary of Will Eisner's iconic and ground-breaking character, Dynamite Entertainment is proud to present an all-new ongoing series featuring THE SPIRIT Scripted by Eisner Award-winning author, Matt Wagner,[...]
Bleeding Gen Con: Two Of The Best Four Days In Gaming
It has been selling fairly steadily since then. The big announcement has to be the new licenses announced by Pinnacle Entertainment Group: they will produce Savage Worlds-based games based on the Fear Agent comic from Rick Remender, Tony Moore and Jerome Opeña, the Goon comic by Eric Powell and a Flash Gordon game[...]
Eric Powell And Dan Schkade Sign On For Will Eisner's The Spirit
There will also be covers for each issue by Eric Powell But with a new #1, you can't just have one cover… so add in covers by Wagner, Alex Ross and John Cassaday. Will Eisner's The Spirit #1 is set to hit shops this July. [Source: THR.com] The previously announced revival of[...]
Booze Geek – Old Ruffian Barley Wine-Style Ale And The Goon
I felt a good amount of carbonation on my tongue and felt thick. Overall, I was expecting more sweetness out of this beer for being a barley wine ale, but regardless it was a quality brew. What to Drink This To: When I first started getting into comics heavily, one of the first titles I checked out was[...]
Discussions With Scott Allie – Fight Club2 Release Date, Frankenstein Underground, Lady Killer, Past Aways, Ei8ht, The Goon, Rebels, Rat God, And Even More (UPDATE)
Every month we have awesome new titles, not to mention the long-established cornerstones of what we do, like The Goon: Once Upon A Hard Time, where Eric Powell is going crazier and darker than ever before. Lady Killer HMS: Regarding Lady Killer, I think that's been something of a revelation to readers There's something really special about[...]
Big Trouble In Little China: Big Fun In Licensed Comic
T, and WCW comic books helped put a black eye on potentially fun licensed series.  Often poorly written, with little thought or effort seemingly put into them, licensed books were often a sure sign of a stinker to be steered clear of.  That's not to say that all licensed comics are bad, in fact the last decade has been something of a renascence for licensed titles. [...]
Bleeding Cool's 31 Best Interviews Of 2014
I'd like to thank those who engaged in interviews this year on Bleeding Cool again for sharing their perspective and wisdom with us, and with our readers. Here are some of the highlights from the interviews of 2014 from myself, Rich Johnston, Dan Wickline, Adi Tantimedh, Alex Wilson, Nikolai Fomich, and Jeremy Konrad: With Fred Van Lente:[...]
The Goon Threatens Shoplifters With New Dark Horse Comic Store Signs
These signs are winging their way to a comic store near you soon, featuring the very recognisable tone of Eric Powell's The Goon explaining store policy and procedures to its customers in a rather gruff voice. Even if that language might have to be slightly amended for fear of offending the littlest eyes. Though it's nice to[...]
Pop Culture Hounding The Goon's Eric Powell For An Occasion Of Revenge
By Chris Thompson  [audio:http://popculturehound.net/podcast/PCHPodcastEpisode99.mp3] Following on from last week's chat with Charles Brownstein of the CBLDF (which you can still listen to here), this time around I'm back with The Goon creator, Eric Powell, to discuss his new mini-series Occasion Of Revenge. Eric & I discuss how he started out in comics, the changes in his work and[...]
Discussions With Scott Allie – Dark Horse's Comedic Triumph In Buffy Season 10, Axes Out In The Goon, Facing Time In Captain Midnight, Staying Scary In Aliens, Monster-Heroes In Criminal Macabre And More
Following on from a massive state-of-the-industry interview with Scott Allie, Editor-in-Chief at Dark Horse recently here at Bleeding Cool in which we talked about SDCC strategies, defining creator-owned as a term, and many upcoming books, Allie joins us again to talk about a whole new slate of upcoming titles, from Buffy Season 10 #7 where[...]
A Comic Show – Fury's Original Sin Bombshells!
And Aw yeah, it's back to the tree house for more all-ages awesome with Tiny Titans #1! Boom's Big Trouble in Little China #1 is written by John Carpenter and Eric Powell continues from the movie Image's Nailbiter #2 (and the 2nd print of #1) is out, and a perfectly executed serial killer detective mystery![...]
Goon But Never Forgotten
Dark Horse Comics are insistent that Eric Powell's The Goon is heading back to schedule More to discover at ECCC, apparently, but here's the Jack Davis cover of the oneshot (June) and an example page… Dark Horse Comics are insistent that Eric Powell's The Goon is heading back to schedule More to discover at ECCC, apparently,[...]
Paul Levitz Joins The Board Of Directors At Boom! Studios
He was deposed by Diane Nelson and chose to walk rather than take a lesser role, though he kept writing Legion Of Superheroes books for the publisher. Then that stopped as well, though he keeps up with Worlds Finest. And now, announced at ComicsPRO in Georgia, Atlanta, Paul Levitz has joined the board of directors at Boom![...]
Late Night Fun – Mike Holmes In The Style Of…
I've picked a few to share here, but he has so many that you will find yourself lost on his page for quite some time. Gary Larson Moebius James Hewlett Bruce Timm Maurice Sendak Eric Powell Rob Liefeld Paul Pope Bill Watterson Sam Keith James Kolchaka In October of 2011, artist Mike Holmes began drawing himself and his cat in the style of other well known[...]
Eric Powell To Create Sequel To Chimichanga
Eric Powell was in France for a film festival and during an interview with MDCU Comics, he revealed that he is currently working on a sequel for his comic series from 2009, Chimichanga. When Wrinkle's Travelling Circus' most adorable little bearded girl trades a lock of her magic beard hair for a witch's strange egg, she[...]
Steve Mannion's Fearless Dawn Is Underground Comics Meets Classic Sci-Fi
The art feels like a cross between Dave Stevens and Eric Powell in both style and tone Hell, this is to the old pulp science fiction what The Goon is to classic horror At times the book feels like it should have been on the shelf next to the classic underground comics of the seventies[...]
Artists Close out SDCC Sunday with a Discussion on Book Banning
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) and their annual fundraiser is always full of interesting stories and powerful thoughts from some of the best indy comics creators. This year, the panel brought together the collective might of Jeff Smith (Bone), Terry Moore (Strangers in Paradise), Eric Powell (The Goon), Chris Burnham (Elephantmen), Tim Seele (Hack/Slash)[...]