Eric Powell (comics)

Infobox Comics creator
name = Eric Powell

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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 The Goon.

Biography

Powell has written and provided artwork for franchises of Dark Horse [ [http://www.darkhorse.com/Search/Eric+Powell Eric Powell at Dark Horse Comics] ] , DC Comics [ [http://www.dccomics.com/search/?q=eric+powell&x=0&y=0 Eric Powell at DC Comics] ] and Marvel [ [http://www.marvel.com/catalog/?cover_art=ERIC%20POWELL Eric Powell at 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".

Bibliography

Comics

*"Billy the Kid's Old-Timey Oddities" (with artist Kyle Holtz, TPB collects "Billy the Kid's Old-Timey Oddities" #1-4, Dark Horse, 2006, ISBN 1593074484)
*"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 1593072813)
*"The Goon":
**"Satan’s Sodomy Baby" (Dark Horse, 2007, ASIN B0012393S4)
**"The Goon #19" (Dark Horse, 2008)
**"The Goon #20" (Dark Horse, 2008)
**"The Goon #21" (Dark Horse, 2008)
**"The Goon #22" (Dark Horse, 2008)
**"The Goon #23" (Dark Horse, 2008)
**"The Goon #24" (Dark Horse, 2008)
**"The Goon #25" (Dark Horse, 2008)
**"The Goon #26" (Dark Horse, 2008)
**"The Goon #27" (Dark Horse, 2008)
**"The Goon #28" (Dark Horse, 2008)
**"The Goon #29" (Dark Horse, 2008)
**"The Goon #30" (Dark Horse, 2008)
**"The Goon #31" (Dark Horse, 2008)
**"The Goon: Chinatown" (Dark Horse, 2007, ISBN 1593078331)
**"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 1593074263)
**"The Goon: Fancy Pants Edition Volume 2: The Rise and Fall of the Diabolical Dr. Alloy" (limited edition hardcover), Dark Horse, 2008, ISBN 1593079184)
**"The Goon: Rough Stuff" (TPB collects "The Goon" #1-3 (Avatar Press), Dark Horse, 2004, ISBN 1593070861)
**"The Goon Volume 1: Nothin' But Misery" (TPB collects "The Goon" #1-4, The Goon Color Special (self published) , Dark Horse, 2003, ISBN 1569719985)
**"The Goon Volume 2: My Murderous Childhood (and Other Grievous Yarns)" (TPB collects "The Goon" #1-4, Dark Horse, 2004, ISBN 1593071094)
**"The Goon Volume 3: Heaps Of Ruination" (TPB collects "The Goon" #5-8, Dark Horse, 2005, ISBN 1593072929)
**"The Goon Volume 4: Virtue and the Grim Consequences Thereof" (TPB collects "The Goon" #9-13, Dark Horse, 2006, ISBN 1593074565)
**"The Goon Volume 5: Wicked Inclinations" (TPB collects "The Goon" #14-18, Dark Horse, 2006, ISBN 1593076460)
*"Superman: Escape from Bizarro World" (with writers Geoff Johns and Richard Donner, TPB collects "Action Comics" #855-857, DC Comics, 2007, ISBN 1140121794)

Covers

*"" #1 (DC Comics)
*"" #2 (DC Comics)
*"" #3 (DC Comics)
*"" #4 (DC Comics)
*"" #5 (DC Comics)
*"" #6 (DC Comics)
*"Billy the Kid's Old-Timey Oddities" #1 (Dark Horse Comics)
*"Billy the Kid's Old-Timey Oddities" #2 (Dark Horse Comics)
*"Billy the Kid's Old-Timey Oddities" #3 (Dark Horse Comics)
*"Billy the Kid's Old-Timey Oddities" #4 (Dark Horse Comics)
*"Billy the Kid's Old-Timey Oddities" trade collection (Dark Horse Comics)
*"Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash" (DC Comics)
*"" #1 (Dark Horse Comics)
*"" #2 (Dark Horse Comics)
*"" trade collection (Dark Horse Comics)
*"Marvel Monsters" #1 (Marvel Comics)
*"Marvel Monsters" #2 (Marvel Comics)
*"Marvel Monsters" #3 (Marvel Comics)
*"Marvel Monsters" #4 (Marvel Comics)
*"Marvel Monsters" trade collection (Marvel Comics)
*"" #1 (Marvel Comics)
*"" #2 (Marvel Comics)
*"" #3 (Marvel Comics)
*"Super-Villian Team-Up/MODOK'S 11" #1 (Marvel Comics)
*"Swamp Thing (Volume 4)" #21 (DC Comics)
*"Swamp Thing (Volume 4)" #22 (DC Comics)
*"Swamp Thing (Volume 4)" #23 (DC Comics)
*"Swamp Thing (Volume 4)" #24 (DC Comics)
*"Swamp Thing (Volume 4)" #25 (DC Comics)
*"Swamp Thing (Volume 4)" #26 (DC Comics)
*"Swamp Thing (Volume 4)" #27 (DC Comics)
*"Swamp Thing (Volume 4)" #28 (DC Comics)
*"Swamp Thing (Volume 4)" #29 (DC Comics)
*"Tales of the Vampires" #3 (Dark Horse Comics)
*"" 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"

References and Notes

External links

* [http://www.thegoon.com/ The Goon (and Eric Powell) official site]
* [http://marvel.com/wallpaper/?artist=Eric%20Powell Eric Powell wallpapers on Marvel.com]
* interview: [http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=006729 Goon-ing Around With Eric Powell] at [http://www.comicon.com/ www.comicon.com]
* interview: [http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6416126.html Powell Looks to the Goon's Past in Chinatown] at [http://www.publishersweekly.com/ www.publishersweekly.com]
* interview: [http://www.comixology.com/podcasts/18/The-Goon-with-Eric-Powell The Goon With Eric Powell] at [http://www.comixology.com www.comixology.com]
* interview: [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2008/09/the-goon-movie.html Eric Powell talks about 'The Goon' movie] at [http://www.latimes.com/ www.latimes.com]