CBR Interviews Eric Powell on The Goon's Return to Comics

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CBR Interviews Eric Powell on The Goon's Return to Comics

03/28/2014 3:37pm

ECCC: Eric Powell Breaks Out The Goon's "Occasion Of Revenge"

After months spent hidden in murky uncertainty, Eric Powell's "The Goon" is breaking his way back into comic shops.

The creator-owned comic following the titular bruiser and his foul-mouthed little friend Frankie as they mix it up with vampires, zombies, mobsters and general weirdness has been absent from Dark Horse's regular schedule for over a year. That time was filled by the ups and downs of an attempt to get a "Goon" CGI movie off the ground with David Fincher and uncertainty on whether the book would ever get back to its bi-monthly pace.

By Kiel Phegley

After months spent hidden in murky uncertainty, Eric Powell's "The Goon" is breaking his way back into comic shops.

This weekend at Emerald City Comicon, the final pieces of the long-promised return fell into place as Dark Horse confirmed to CBR News that "The Goon" will follow its June one-shot, "One For The Road," with the all-new "Occasion of Revenge" miniseries in July. And as Powell told us, that mini is just the first in a run of monthly-shipping limited series which will bring his characters back into readers' lives with stories both wacky and woeful. Powell went on to explain how he got his series back on track, why "Occasion of Revenge" will be a big, tragic event in his character's life and what the miniseries format means for the future of "The Goon."

CBR News: Eric, it's been a little time since we last saw "The Goon" hit the stands on a regular basis. What was the challenge in developing a complete return for the book?

Eric Powell: We had geared up to take it monthly again in 2012, and then a bunch of life stuff happened for me, and I moved. It kind of dismantled my whole schedule, and I was never able to get anything back in a reasonable shape again. Everything was in flux, and I was trying to get a bunch of stuff squared away on my end. I felt really bad because we told everyone we were going to go monthly, but stuff happened that was beyond my control and screwed that up.

Catch the rest of the interview at Comic Book Resources!

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