Eric Powell (comics)

Eric Powell
Eric Powell at Wondercon 2006
Born	March 3, 1975
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer Artist
Notable works	The Goon

Eric Powell (March 3, 1975) is an American comic book writer/artist, best known as the creator of The Goon.

Career

Powell has written and provided artwork for Dark Horse, DC Comics and Marvel Comics, 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 co-wrote the first two volumes of IDW's Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters with Tracy Marsh.

Bibliography

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

• 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)
  • Dreamwalker #1 (avatar Press) (Carousel)(3-page preview of The Goon, came out after 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)
• Marvel Monsters: Devil Dinosaur (Marvel Comics, 2005, ASIN B002YB9Y2I)
• Superman: Escape from Bizarro World (with writers Geoff Johns and Richard Donner, TPB collects "Action Comics" #855-857, DC Comics, 2007, ISBN 978-1401220334

Books illustrated

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

Cover work

Awards

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

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eric Powell.

• 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