the goon Archives

But first, let's discuss this week's comic offerings, shall we? The Goon: Them That Don't Stay Dead #3 crashes into stores on Wednesday, October 23rd, bringing with it a homecoming party that's truly to die for Observe the synopsis: To mark the 25th anniversary of the Goon, Eric Powell returns with an all new mini-series, Them[...]

Today, we turn our attention to The Goon: Them That Don't Stay Dead #2, shambling into stores on August 7th Behold, the synopsis: To mark the 25th anniversary of The Goon, Eric Powell returns with an all-new miniseries, Them That Don't Stay Dead! When one of the Goon's most hated enemies delves into black magic to[...]

Looks like it is the latest re-acquisition for Dark Horse Comics to follow Star Wars and Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo, and it's the whole Albatross Funnybooks line. Pulpy crime thriller comedy The Goon was originally published in a prototypical form in Best Cellars #1 in 1995 from Out of the Cellar Comics by Eric Powell, but[...]

The lineup will consist of: The Goon Madman The Rocketeer Mr Monster Cassie Hack The Tick Grendel Onslaught Trooper Black Phantom  Obviously, some of the heavy hitters are Madman, The Rocketeer, and The Tick However, it is great to see figures for The Goon, Mr Monster, and even Black Phantom! Independent comic fans have been waiting for collectibles like this, and Fresh Monkey Fiction and[...]

Eric Powell took his comic book The Goon, first published by Bleeding Cool's publisher Avatar Press and then Dark Horse Comics, and founded his own comic book publisher, Albatross Funnybooks, to publish The Goon and everything else he has had on his mind And now he is taking all of that and turning it into[...]

The Goon #1 by Eric Powell was published by Bleeding Cool's own publisher, Avatar Press, back in 1999 It has just sold at Heritage Auction in CGC 9.9 condition for $28,800, which is being described as a record-setting amount for a modern comic book, after some frenzied bidding from 43 people by the end of[...]

Superstar comic book writer Rick Remender revealed an outline for a crossover between Fear Agent, The Goon, Hellboy, The Mask, Aliens, and Predator Sadly, it was not to be. The coronavirus pandemic has shut down comic shops and halted the publication of new comics, leaving many comic book readers, along with the media, without anything to[...]

It's a blast to watch, and testament to the fact that the art style that drew people to Hellboy in the first place could be adapted to animation. https://youtu.be/3q-BtUye51sVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: The Amazing Screw-On Head – Trailer (https://youtu.be/3q-BtUye51s) That's not the only case of someone trying to bring the look of a[...]

The Goon is just about the greatest thing to grace comics pages ever Mash them up and you get Grumble VS The Goon, with story and art from the creative teams of both books There's also a back-up story from Eric Powell's Hillbilly, which is worth every moment of your valuable time. Here's the downside: Grumble[...]

Originally published in 1997 as part of the Hellboy: Christmas Special, A Christmas Underground can be found in Hellboy Volume 3: The Chained Coffin and Others. The Goon: A Christmas Story Eric Powell is a demented genius The opening two pages of this story have two kids talking about what they're going to get for Christmas, a[...]

By Christopher Helton So, Gen Con happened, and then my computer broke. It has a been a busy couple of days here at the convention, but because of my

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[...]

Rich having sold out in first and second issues, that's at the forefront of conversation. Scott Allie joins us today to talk about Lady Killer, "retro" comics, Fight Club 2, Ei8ht, The Goon: Once Upon a Hard Time,  Past Aways, Rebels,  Rat God, Abe Sapien #23, Frankenstein Underground, Hellboy in Hell and Baltimore: The Cult of[...]

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. [...]

It's a cursed town, we've learned, and how can one man moving in that environment escape being cursed himself? Eric Powell's long running title The Goon ventured into very dark territory this autumn in the "Occasion of Revenge" miniseries, exploring very pointedly the ways in which revenge entices, corrupts, and builds for a wide swath[...]

This week, we see another part of Wolverine's storyline concerning Three Months To Die! Where is Wolverine going with this storyline? What is going to be changing? Also, we get to see more of the Zero Year storyline with the newest issue of Batman! This is the next-to-last issue of the Zero Year storyline going[...]

Dark Horse Comic has gotten into the Halloween spirit by posting a series of pumpkin carving templates on their facebook page. Here are a few of the ones

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

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 So if you are looking for something fun that doesn't have ninety tie in books, pick up[...]

He's been talking to Eric Powell at WonderCon. Ryan King: Allow me to begin by saying congratulations on the constant success of your Dark Horse comic series The Goon The quirky sense of humor, dark seriousness, and glorious monster mayhem make it a top of the pile read whenever an issue is released Not to mention[...]