I have to thank the comic book gods (and my editor) for the sweet streak I have been on reading great books! “The Goon: Occasion of Revenge” #2 (aka The Goon #47) this week gives us another beautifully grimy rendered book of monsters, witch gangs, mobster violence, ghouls and dames. A war is raging on in this town and our big fisted galoot isn’t going to lose…easily.
WRITTEN BY: Eric Powell
ART BY: Eric Powell
PUBLISHER: Dark Horse Comics
PRICE: $3.50
RELEASE: 27 August 2014
Reviewed by Your Friendly Neighborhood Brady
Twitter: @MrBradySteele
This saga has been percolating long before this mini-series started. Enemies of enemies have become allies. You know that is never an easy thing to pull off well but creator Eric Powell has woven such compelling characters, motivations and designs that you simply cannot look away from the page. It’s so hard for me to separate the writing and the art for this story. It’s all meshing together so succinctly that it reads as a complete package unto itself.
Again, Powell’s subdued color palette sets a grubby noir tone for each of the storylines herein. Legend Tomb of Draculaartist Gene Colon must have been in Powell’s long box or bookshelf at some point in his life. It shows and it works so well here in this story. You can almost hear the grizzled voice-over narration as you read on through all the doomed souls congregating in this tale of settling of scores. Powell has obviously kept his characters connected enough from past adventures that all of this will come to a head no doubt in explosive abundance. Combine that with the new spirits haunting and gathering and you know something big is going to go down.
I can’t spoil anything because it’s just worth reading and enjoying. Love is found and love is haunting others. There are even poop jokes here so no one takes this too seriously. Powell’s story is sweet when it needs to be, warm and touching when it wants to be, and brutal and gruesome when it has to be. Pick up last issue if you haven’t and treat yourself to a double shot of The Goon this week.