Eric Powell (comics)

Eric Powell
Eric Powell at Wondercon 2006
Born	March 8, 1975
Nationality	American
Area(s)	writer and artist
Notable works	The Goon, Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters

Eric Powell (March 8, 1975) is a comic book writer and self-taught artist living in Lebanon, Tennessee who is best known as the creator of The Goon.

Biography

Powell has written and provided artwork for franchises of Dark Horse, DC Comics and Marvel, but is most regarded for his original series The Goon, which debuted from the small publisher Avatar Press. Powell quickly switched to self-publishing under the moniker Albatross Exploding Funny Books, before being picked up by Dark Horse after only a handful of issues. The Goon's quality was recognized with an Eisner Award in 2004 for Best Single Issue (Dark Horse The Goon #1) as well as an International Horror Guild award. The following year Powell won Eisner's Best Humor Publication and Best Continuing Series awards.

He is a featured interviewee in the movie Independents.

Powell will co-write the first two volumes of IDW's Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters with Tracy Marsh.

Bibliography

The Goon Volume 3: Heaps of Ruination (February 2005)

• " slice girls" eric powell art.#1
• " razor" #32-36 ([london night]) "werewolves"
• " mosaic" "preview" ([sirus])
• Billy the Kid's Old-Timey Oddities (with artist Kyle Hotz, TPB collects Billy the Kid's Old-Timey Oddities #1-4, Dark Horse, 2006, ISBN 1-59307-448-4)
• Chimichanga #1-3. (Albatross Exploding Funny Books, 2009–2010)
• Conan #28 (with writer Kurt Busiek, Dark Horse, 2006)
• The Dark Horse Book of the Dead (contributed the short story "The Wallace Expedition", TPB, Dark Horse, 2006, ISBN 1-59307-281-3)
• The Goon:
  • Best Cellars #1 (1st Appearance Monster Boy by Eric Powell, Goon prototype)
  • Avatar Illustrated 1998 (Avatar Press)
  • Dreamwalker #0 (Avatar Press) (The Goon preview, 4-page back-up story later reprinted in The Goon #1)
  • The Goon #1-3 (Avatar Press) (Issue #1: 1st Appearance of The Goon, Franky, Joey the ball, and Zombie Priest) (Issue #3: Origin of the Goon)
  • The Goon #1-Present (Dark Horse)
  • The Goon: Chinatown (Dark Horse, 2007, ISBN 1-59307-833-1)
  • The Goon: Fancy Pants Edition Volume 1 (limited edition hardcover collecting The Goon #1-2 (self published), #1,3,5,9 (Dark Horse Comics), Dark Horse, 2005, ISBN 1-59307-426-3)
  • The Goon: Fancy Pants Edition Volume 2: The Rise and Fall of the Diabolical Dr. Alloy (limited edition hardcover), Dark Horse, 2008, ISBN 1-59307-918-4)
  • The Goon: Rough Stuff (TPB collects The Goon #1-3 (Avatar Press), Dark Horse, 2004, ISBN 1-59307-086-1)
  • The Goon Volume 1: Nothin' But Misery (TPB collects The Goon #1-4, The Goon Color Special (self published), Dark Horse, 2003, ISBN 1-56971-998-5)
  • The Goon Volume 2: My Murderous Childhood (and Other Grievous Yarns) (TPB collects The Goon #1-4, Dark Horse, 2004, ISBN 1-59307-109-4)
  • The Goon Volume 3: Heaps Of Ruination (TPB collects The Goon #5-8, Dark Horse, 2005, ISBN 1-59307-292-9)
  • The Goon Volume 4: Virtue and the Grim Consequences Thereof (TPB collects The Goon #9-13, Dark Horse, 2006, ISBN 1-59307-456-5)
  • The Goon Volume 5: Wicked Inclinations (TPB collects The Goon #14-18, Dark Horse, 2006, ISBN 1-59307-646-0)
  • The Goon Volume 6: Chinatown (Dark Horse, 2007, ISBN 1-59307-833-1)
  • The Goon Volume 7: A Place of Heartache and Grief (TPB collects The Goon #19-23, Dark Horse, 2009, ISBN 1-59582-311-5)
  • The Goon Volume 8: Those That is Damned (TPB collects The Goon #24-27, Dark Horse, 2009, ISBN 1-59582-324-7)
  • The Goon Volume 9: Calamity of Conscience (TPB collects The Goon #28-31, Dark Horse, 2009, ISBN 1-59582-346-8)
  • Satan’s Sodomy Baby (Dark Horse, 2007, ASIN B0012393S4)

• Superman: Escape from Bizarro World (with writers Geoff Johns and Richard Donner, TPB collects "Action Comics" #855-857, DC Comics, 2007, ISBN 1140121794)

Books illustrated

• Billy Hooten: Owlboy (with author Thomas E. Sniegoski, published by Yearling Books, 2008, ISBN 978-0-440-42180-1)

Covers

• Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1-6 (DC Comics)
• Billy the Kid's Old-Timey Oddities #1-4 (Dark Horse Comics)
• Billy the Kid's Old-Timey Oddities trade collection (Dark Horse Comics)
• Dethklok Vs. The Goon (Dark Horse Comics)
• Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash (DC Comics)
• Fused: Think Like a Machine #1-2 (Dark Horse Comics))
• Fused: Think Like a Machine trade collection (Dark Horse Comics)
• Marvel Monsters #1-4 (Marvel Comics)
• Marvel Monsters trade collection (Marvel Comics)

• Marvel Westerns:Western #1 (Marvel Comics)
• Marvel Westerns:Kid Colt and the Arizona #2 (Marvel Comics)
• Marvel Westerns:The Two Gun #3 (Marvel Comics)
• Metalocalypse #1-3 (Dark Horse Comics)
• Super-Villain Team-Up/MODOK'S 11 #1 (Marvel Comics)
• Swamp Thing (Volume 4) #21-29 (DC Comics)
• Tales of the Vampires #3 (Dark Horse Comics)
• Universal Monsters: Cavalcade of Horror trade collection (Dark Horse Comics)

Awards

• 2004:
  • Won "Best Single Issue" Eisner Award, for The Goon #1
  • Won "Best Illustrated Narrative" International Horror Guild for The Goon #1-4
• 2005:
  • Won "Best Humor Publication" Eisner Award, for The Goon
  • Won "Best Continuing Series" Eisner Award, for The Goon
• 2008:
  • Won "Best Writer/Artist-Humor" Eisner Award, for The Goon
  • Won "Best Painter or Multimedia Artist-Interior" Eisner Award, for The Goon: Chinatown

External links

• The Goon (and Eric Powell) official site
• Eric Powell wallpapers on Marvel.com
• interview: Eric Powell at www.exploringthemultiverse.com
• interview: Goon-ing Around With Eric Powell at www.comicon.com
• interview: Powell Looks to the Goon's Past in Chinatown at www.publishersweekly.com
• interview: The Goon With Eric Powell at www.comixology.com
• interview: Eric Powell talks about 'The Goon' movie at www.latimes.com
• interview: Eric Powell at www.thedailycrosshatch.com