The Goon and Houstus Grave both experienced life-altering tragedies on the same night. Years later their tragedies have brought them face to face as the Goon and his pal Franky try to stop Grave and his deformed sons from supplying the Zombie Priest with more corpses to build his army of the undead. The grave robbing family desperately tries to shake the Goon off their heels only to find themselves surrounded in the middle of the Hobo Jungle, a forest where the hobos have given up train-hopping for a feral life of cannibalism in the wild! Will the Goon and his enemies end up in a hobo stew pot?
Previously, The Goon appeared in Dark Horse Presents. Over the past year, Powell has also published other Goon comic books including a four-issue series on his independent press, Albatross Exploding Funny Books. The Goon has been cited as an "absolute riot" (Comics Buyers Guide), "filled with imagination, intrique, horror, and laughs" (Ain't It Cool News) and that "every comic should be this fun to read".
"Dark Horse is the greatest company on the planet! They treat me like a king!" an excited and hungry Eric Powell exclaimed. "And as long as their free glazed donut incentive plan remains in effect, I'll be at Dark Horse!"
The Goon is a bi-monthly series with story and art by Eric Powell. Issue #1 arrives in comic shops June 18 with a retail price of $2.99. Also, keep you eye out this July for a full color collection from Dark Horse featuring PowellÂ’s previously self published Goon stories!