Do you like Zombies? How about mad scientists?  What if I throw in some large fella with mob ties who beats people/monsters with a large wrench…?  SOLD!  But, If you were dead for the last 12 years or, Buddha forbid, not into comic books; then you might not know I’m speaking of the other worldly comic series The GOON. Or as series creator and 5 times Eisner Award winner Eric Powell describes it, “A dark comedy about a street thug, in a world of monsters.” Ah, Quaint.

Thankfully for Powell, Dark Horse comics and Producer David Fincher (Fight Club) love them some cannibal hobos, so much so, that a The GOON CGI animated film is in the testing (please give us money) stage with some serious names (The Goon: Clancy Brown and Frankie: Paul Giamatta), possibly finally putting a breath to some of the great lines in the series like, “Hey you! Take that broad in the kitchen to fry me up a stake! It’s gonna be a long night!”  Powell promises that “when” it makes its debut, “There’s not going to be a Hollywood moment in it, this will be 100% Goon from the comics.”

Whilst we hold our bated breaths for it’s silver screen debut, Powell let me know that The GOON #7 and The Goon: Chinatown and the Mystery of Mr. Wicker, are now available on “one of his favorite inventions ever,” the Goon iPhone App. Also, in the works, is a three-issue miniseries based on “The Buzzard” character which will debut later this year around the time he gets back to working on new characters for The Goon itself.

Words and Images by Dustin Downing