Eric Powell and Kyle Hotz bring to you their high-concept horror book wherein Billy the Kid is traveling the globe with a band of circus freaks, encountering murderous monstrosities along the way. With an emphasis on the weird, is this a book meant for you? Major Spoilers has the review!
Category Archives: Eric Powell
KICKSTARTER: Kickstart The Goon
At the Dark Horse Creators Panel yesterday Eric Powell gave out no news on The Goon finally coming to theaters. Well apparently he was waiting to make the announcement on an even bigger stage, Twitter.
REVIEW: Goon #37
Come on down to a land where zombies roam, de-monic go-rillas join the fight, and the crooked owners get theirs. It is the world of The Goon.
Major Spoilers Podcast #370: Wicked Inclinations
This week on the show: Rodrigo is still absent, The Goon punches some zombies, and KIRKMAN! (doesn’t appear on the show).
Show Notes after the Jump!
VIDEO: New animated Goon footage appears online
A while ago we showed you the teaser footage for Eric Powell’s Goon animated film. Now Powell has posted an early Goon test film that plays out as a PSA about dealing with zombies.
SNEAK PEEK: The Goon #34
Dark Horse Comics sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek of The Goon #34 that arrives in stores this week.
REVIEW: Godzilla – Kingdom of Monsters
SDCC’10: See all the Goon footage for yourself
The other day, Major Spoilers showed you the trailer to the Goon short that was shown at the San Diego Comic Con. Today, we bring you everything shown to the fans gathered at the show.
The new footage is a longer clip created by Blur Studios to showcase the project, which is based on Eric Powell’s celebrated Dark Horse Comics series and produced by award-winning filmmaker David Fincher. “The Goon” team is looking for a studio to snatch up the project and finance production, and after seeing the footage here it probably won’t be long until that happens.
Clancy Brown voices The Goon, with Paul Giamatti voicing Franky.
SDCC’10: Check out this teaser for Eric Powell’s The Goon
I saw the still from this teaser some time ago, and I think Blur Studio’s has really captured the look and feel of Eric Powell’s Goon character and the universe. MTV’s Splashpage has the first look of the art in motion, and it looks wonderful.
Eric Powell’s The Goon now digital on iTunes
Fans and critics alike rejoiced in 2008, when creator Eric Powell took his redneck zombie noir, The Goon, monthly for an entire calendar year. Following the release of the landmark graphic novel Chinatown and the Mystery of Mr. Wicker, Powell laid out his most complex story line to date, spanning twelve issues. In 2009, the creator celebrated the tenth anniversary of the title, releasing a special anniversary issue to coincide with a burlesque anniversary party in his honor in Nashville, followed by a special all-silent issue in November. While both were strong standalone issues, the significantly lighter release schedule left fans wondering what’s next for the madcap mercenary.
Review: The Goon #33
The Goon by Eric Powell is one of those well kept comic book secrets that really needs a lot more attention than it has been given over the last couple of years. Issue #33 is one of those issues that attempts to do something different by keeping the words to a minimum.
On the next Major Spoilers Podcast: The Goon Volume 1: Nothin’ But Misery
On the next Major Spoilers Podcast, the Major Spoilers Crew is cracking open Eric Powell’s first volume of The Goon stories from Albatross Exploding Funny Books.
Bones will be broken and heads will roll! The Goon is a laugh-out-loud action-packed romp through the streets of a town infested with zombies. An insane priest is building himself an army of the undead, and there’s only one man who can put them is their place: the man they call Goon. Collects The Goon series and The Goon Color Special, originally published by Albatross Exploding Funny Books; presented here for the first time in full color.
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