Funnier than ever, issue 13 was the highlight of the volume.

The Goon is a series I have arrived at a little late. From the outside a book about a muscled Goon fighting zombies didn't appeal to me but I finally decided to give it a try and I see what all the fuss is about. First and foremost Powell's are is spectacular. It's distinctly his own style and is just beautiful and very suited to the story he is telling. The stories are very entertaining and have some great humour in them. I appreciate the fact the humour comes about naturally and is only sprink...

I love The GoonPowell always delivers on the stories of his lovable(?) thug.A crime boss in the slumsThe Goon fights the good fight.Even if it means breaking legs. A bizarre collection in a bizarreseries.This delivers lots of dark humorand lots of punches

The Christmas Carol reimagining could have been a bit more original (in some places it's word-for-word the same as Dicken's version), but there were still many chuckles to be had in this volume.

“The Goon” trundles along nicely in this fourth volume from Eric Powell. Goon decides to start up an old-timey football team to uplift the people of Lonely Street, there’s a Christmas Carol parody, and Dr Alloy contracts a lethal disease with only Goon and Franky able to help him. And of course the book ends with a big robot battle, a jailbreak, and the introduction of a group of murderous children.This book sees Powell’s artwork progress from inks to paints and the look of Goon change radically...

**3.5**Virtue and the Grim Consequences Thereof is an incredibly apt name for this volume. Time and again, the Goon shows his kinder nature and helps someone out of a jam, only to pay for it later. With all of these bad results, you’d think he’d be more likely to tell them to scram!In the first story, the Goon joins a football team. That’s right, the Goon being athletic! When a washed-up football player shows up with plans to raise the townspeople’s self-worth and dignity by giving them a local

More complete awesomeness from the Goon (or actually from Eric Powell actually) plus some additional awesomeness from Thomas Lennon (from Reno 911). Powell really found a niche here and he does what he does so well he deserves all the acclaim and fortune he gets from it. That doesn't prevent me from being so jealous that I want to dress up to the nines, sell him a harp and then knock him over the head with a rock though.

I like Hellboy, Atomic Robo, noire, and pulp, so I thought I'd really enjoy this. Unfortunately, no story captured my attention. My eyes kept sliding off the pages. The art was fine, but the dialogue and story weren't that great. This was the first Goon book I read, and according to its introduction its from a time before Powell won his Eisners. Maybe I should have started with a different Goon volume, because this one did not entertain.

Another fine mash-up of noir, pulp, aliens, and absurdity. There was a retelling of A Christmas Carol that fell a little flat for me, but there was also a fun installment with the Goon being a football juggernaut, and a surprising entertaining guest writer episode from Thomas Lennon (from The State, Reno 911 and other random comedies. Eric Powell shows a lot of artistic range, and even if this volume didn't wow me, it is still worth the effort to pick it up.

Do you like comics? Because I've literally run out of things to say about these Goon collected editions. So in case you found this but somehow missed the previous ones.1. Feels like a mashup of EC comics and Loony Toons2. Fun ideas, amazing art, chuckle inducing moments3. You'll either get it and want to read more or you won't and will think it is just pretty looking drivel at best. Hell, you might not know anything about comics or art and could possibly think the art sucks. See next.4. Start fr...

I forgot how absolutely masterful The Goon is. I've been away for a while, but coming back is like seeing an old friend (with whom you share a terrible secret, and/or shamanic blood bond). Everything felt familiar and welcoming, as I lost myself in Powell's weird world. The art style shifts into a multi-medium smear of ultra-realistic surrealism (hush you), all while gently gliding us through digestible shot tales, all adding to the Goon mythos. The exposition is so expertly woven in, that I am

After a lengthy absence (because it's been a while since I've been in a comic shop) which made my heart grow fonder (because you miss things you like when you're away from them), I have returned to Lonely Street and its baddest inhabitant, Goon. Not to mention his friends, enemies, associates, etc. Something about the mix of humor, violence, sci-fi, zombies, Lovecraftian monstrosities and old, weird, American fun has made this the only comic I continue to read and my enjoyment never diminishes.I...

A pretty entertaining entry and the most diverse story wise. There is a re-imaging of "A Christmas Carol" a story about Goon helping found a football team in his town, Dr Alloy in peril, he and Goon winding up in jail, killer robots and orphans on a mission. Also there is a story included by Thomas Lennon that's told from Frankie's point of view.

Another volume of good old fashioned mindless fun with a healthy dose of dark humor.

I really enjoyed reading "The Goon: Virtue and the Grim Consequences Thereof" (volume 4). This graphic novel contained a short story about the Goon joining a football team, an Eric Powell version of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol", a short story titled "The Dimension of the Flesh-eating Eye", another short story about Dr. Hieronymous Alloy, a story about the Goon escaping a maximum security prison, and a written story by Thomas Lennon. A couple of new characters were introduced, as well...

(4.0 of 5 for good pal Goon)Well, here I'm, struggling to find some distinctive description for this book only for it's slightly weaker than the ones before. Still good, though, but I didn't enjoy reading as much as the two before.

The Goon volume four. I had never read this Eisner winning author and illustrator before. I like what i read, but the collection had no real thread-line and so, each story was self contained. I liked the first story about putting together a football team to help the Goon's city to care about something. The second story, a bastardization of a Christmas Carol was basically nothing new or exciting at all.The next two stories were connected and were relatively interesting about trying to help and th...

Really weird in a good way. I don’t think I have seen anything quite like this that blends a whole lot of violence with some real out-there weird (plus “A Christmas Carol”), and some sort of wholesome standing-up-for-the-little guy.

You really can't go wrong with Eric Powell's "The Goon." It monstermashes all that is best in life: '30s gangster pictures, '50s science fiction, classic muscle cars, bloodsucking women, seedy bars, zombies, zombies, zombies. And pie. Mmmm, delicious pie. How could it miss??! That said, "Virtue" is one of the weaker Goon collections, treading water until about halfway thru the book. There needs to be a moratorium on "Christmas Carol" variations. It's been done to death. Trust me, all you writer-...

More of Goon's history is revealed, regarding his relationship to the other gangs in the city. The story of Lonely Street is also revealed. In the next story he helps Doctor Alloy recover from an fatal ailment that affects his mind and turns him evil. The Goon battles Alloy's robot army and is knocked out in the end, thrown in jail and escapes. Sure, my review sucks, but the story is so light-hearted and funny that it's easy to recommend it to anyone that can look past the exaggerations and ster...