An homage to/pastiche of everything from 30s gangster movies to 40s film noir to 50s EC comics to Conan the Barbarian to b-movie horror and sci-fi, The Goon: Nothin' but Misery should be right up my alley. I even like the book's cartoony yet detailed visual style, with its dynamic page compositions and crisp coloring (that reminds me of Laura Allred's). My only complaint is that I just don't find the book all that funny. And being funny clearly is the main objective here, as the plotlines themse...

Part horror, part dark comedy. The Goon channels the humor of Ren and Stimpy and Looney Tunes in a 1940's setting. The Goon and Franky fight rival zombie gangs and fish people while saving children from being eaten by Santa's elves. I'd love to peer inside Eric Powell's head. There's some strange, dark thoughts in there. If you like your comics weird and humorous with fantastic, moody art, it's time to jump on The Goon train.

The Goon is a goofy, stylized, a-typical comic. It feels like a Dark Horse published comic and some of you will understand what that means right away. The art feels different, the tone feels unique, it doesn't hang on the cannon of an old/established character. It's really enjoyable because it is it's own thing. ...also zombies and gangsters.

As good as I remember. Zombies. Hillbilly's. Unrestrained violence. Everything a growing girl needs. Better than a self defense class, forget the taser girl needs to pack an axe.

I don’t know how I’ve done it but I’ve read the entire Goon series without ever reading the first volume! Anyhoo, it’s a fairly easy title to follow as most of the time it’s Eric Powell telling loopy horror stories with a heavy dose of black comedy - and I love it! Nothin’ But Misery follows that same zany approach as the best Goon volumes - or rather establishes it given this is Volume 1! Goon and Franky take on some fish fishermen (you heard me), investigate a haunted house, draw battle lines

I didn't think I would enjoy this at all. In fact I thought I'd hate it. Turns out it's a fun read and really crazy out there. It feels like the kind of comic you find in the garbage pale kids section back in the 80's along with some whacky 2000AD comics and the Viz. I'm going to keep going but I don't sense an improvement. Enjoying the art and another beautiful book from Dark Horse.

Well shit, I haven't ever laughed this hard at a comic. It's terribly violent, non-PC, darkly satirical, Looney Tunes wacky, and downright bizarre. I haven't seen something this weird and funny since Ren & Stimpy or Rocko's Modern Life, but really never this much of a hodgepodge of genres and characters. There are even fully illustrated fake ads for a severed head lobotomy kit, fat burning pills, a wacky Golden Age super hero, and a psychic seal. And sometimes the story gets interrupted just be

Do you like retro comic strips like Lil' Abner but wish they had more Lovecratian Demons, Mindless Zombie Hordes, Insane Ultra Violence, Hard-boiled Mob Heroes, and that very special blend of rotgut moonshine Southern Gothic?Do you also find the fact that they appear that they weren't drawn by Robert E. Howard on loan to EC Comics during a Mescaline Induced Panic Attack to be a disappointing detriment at best? Have you ever wanted to see an angry hillbilly beat the ever lovin tar out of Ebenezer...

This feels like kind of a weird throwback to Dick Tracy comics with the larger than life criminals and outlandish plots. involving ghosts, zombies and other monsters.I figured this was like a gritty reboot of a character from the 1930s, but it turns out Eric Powell was just heavily influenced by those old school comics.The artwork is grotesque and hilarious in equal measure. I enjoyed it, but not sure if I'll keep reading. There wasn't quite enough here to leave me wanting to see what happens ne...

(4 of 5 for thugs, zombies, unbridled violence, dark humour and for some reason censored swearing)I like the Goon. He's good-hearted but a bitter thug with surprising wits and the strength of a giant gorilla on steroids. This combination somehow makes him weirdly likeable and human. I like Powell's style of storytelling. He created the setting, set some basic origins and then he decided to tell some short random stories, somehow chronological and fitting the setting (and main "story"). I like hi...

After second read I decided to give it 5 stars instead of 4.

This is an almost perfect comic for comic fans. Eric Powell thoroughly nails the convoluted yet compelling continuity, the stylish art, and frequent absurdity of comics. He knows how to tell a joke and a good story. I really like his introduction of The Buzzard, a living guy who eats the flesh of the undead. What could have been a throwaway character (like Psychic Seal) gets a beautifully sketched, heartbreaking pages-long introduction that invests you in the character.I also like how Fishy Pete...

I found this while looking at someone's blog about sketching. They had been to a sketch night where the models followed a "Goon" theme. Hmmm…What is a "Goon" theme? I wondered. I looked it up on Amazon and found this comic. Wow. I thought, that must have been some sketch night and this is definitely something i could get into. What a cool comic. I loved every page. I will be reading more of these volumes. The art is really cool and the story telling is fun. It is like Noir meets horror/sci-fi. D...

**3.5**Powell's The Goon: Nothin' But Misery is an entertaining enough tale of neighbourhood thug vs. zombies (and more). Through 30s and 40s pastiche, Powell creates a character who's probably more bad than good by our modern standards. He runs a protection racket, buys shipments of stolen goods off the docks, and flattens anyone who doesn't pay his debts on time. However, in a town where zombies roam free, ghosts hold people captive, and little green men make children into snacks, the Goon ser...

Hilarious and irreverent, this is now one of my new favorite comics. A touch of Lovecraft (fish people!), a little old-fashioned (G-man!), and a bit of insanity (ARK! ARK! ARK!), I can't recommend this graphic novel enough. While the overarching story (involving the whereabouts of the Goon's boss) is sprinkled like breadcrumbs through various issues, the fact that it isn't the main plot of the book isn't a drawback. Instead, each issue is a standalone story that builds an outlandish world just e...

A fun read if you're in a Halloween mood.

Eric Powell's The Goon is a cult media amalgam that infuses zombies, Lovecraftian fish monsters, brawny back-alley toughs and lots of fist fights. It's the anti-pop, purposefully avoiding pop culture references and mash-ups for it's satire and instead relying on the mind of Eric Powell, which is a time capsule of 50's and 60's cult fanaticism, to conjure up a completely original book out of a number of derivative concepts. I'm surprised to see some people liken it to Lil' Abner comic strips with...

The Goon is a Rando Hatton-lookalike brute who loves to kill zombies, these zombies his former neighbors who have sold their souls to a rogue preacher. If that sounds silly it's okay, the stories are terrible, but Eric Powell's such a cool artist you won't even notice that the stories make no sense whatsoever. Like bad Tarantino it drops countless trash culture references (Spider Baby, House of 1000 Corpses, Night of the Living Dead, etc.) What they lack in logic they make up in atmosphere, and

Hilarious but also heartfelt. What took me so long to jump on this bandwagon????

You might think this is a weird book to review in late August (okay, it's the 9th, but for those of us who look forward to summer's end, "late August" is a VERY relative term), but it's around this time of year I start thinking Halloween. Why? Because Halloween is the best, that's why. And when I'm thinking about Halloween, it's not too long before I start thinking about The Goon.The Goon is a book that exists in its own world. Maybe a little Hellboy, maybe a little Atomic Robo, but it's so uniq...