History ComicBook / TheGoon

* CircusofFear: Brigadoon's Dreamland Carnival, a malicious parody of the classic 1930s film, Freaks, where deformed outcasts torment or murder normal people in assorted Carnival games. Even the Goon and Franky were disgusted by it.

* FirstEpisodeTwist: At the end of the first series (which is only three issues long), it is revealed that, Labrazio was DeadAllAlong, and The Goon is the real man in charge. Taken UpToEleven when this story arc was relegated to the "Volume 0: Rough Stuff" status, with the first "real" issue opening with a summary of Goon's origins, meaning this was spoiled on the ''5th page'', ''and'' the fact that this truth has become openly known InUniverse, to the point Houstous unwittingly ticks his boss off by commenting on how much effort the Nameless Preacher wasted on trying to find and kill a dead man.

Eric is working with Creator/DavidFincher and the crew down at Creator/BlurStudio to turn the Goon into an animated feature film. A proof of concept preview [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKdrCbE4YRA came out]] around Comic-Con 2010. There was a [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/624061548/the-goon-movie-lets-kickstart-this-sucker successful Kickstarter campaign]] to raise funds for it. Although things seem to be going forward with [[Film/Deadpool2016 Tim Miller]] now being involved, and as of May 16th 2019, finally greenlit at Fox/Disney. However, after no news for three years, Miller would announce during SDCC 2022 that the project would move to Creator/{{Netflix}} and be directed by former Disney animator Patrick Osborne (''WesternAnimation/{{Feast}}'', ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'').

Eric is working with Creator/DavidFincher and the crew down at Creator/BlurStudio to turn the Goon into an animated feature film. A proof of concept preview [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKdrCbE4YRA came out]] around Comic-Con 2010. There was a [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/624061548/the-goon-movie-lets-kickstart-this-sucker successful Kickstarter campaign]] to raise funds for it. Although things seem to be going forward with [[Film/Deadpool2016 Tim Miller]] now being involved, and as of May 16th 2019, finally greenlit at Fox/Disney. However, after no news for three years, Miller would announce during SDCC 2022 that the project would move to Creator/{{Netflix}} and be directed by former Disney animator Patrick Osborne (''WesternAnimation/{{Feast}}, ''WesternAnimation/LoveDeathAndRobots'').

Eric is working with Creator/DavidFincher and the crew down at Creator/BlurStudio to turn the Goon into an animated feature film. A proof of concept preview [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKdrCbE4YRA came out]] around Comic-Con 2010. There was a [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/624061548/the-goon-movie-lets-kickstart-this-sucker successful Kickstarter campaign]] to raise funds for it. Although things seem to be going forward with [[Film/Deadpool2016 Tim Miller]] now being involved, and as of May 16th 2019, finally greenlit at Fox/Disney.

* WouldHurtAChild: Whilst Goon himself wouldn't hurt any kids, they still get hurt a lot in this series. In Greedy Gut's first appearance, he eats several children (offscreen), which renders hims fat and slow enough that the Unholy Little Bastards can evade him long enough to get saved by the Goon. Roscoe, the kid werewolf, gets his leg cut off when the Unholy Little Bastards make him chase a stick over a busy train track. And those are just some of the xamples.

* BearsAreBadNews

Currently a Roleplaying Game of the series using the ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds'' system [[https://www.peginc.com/pre-orders-for-fear-agent-and-the-goon-launch-next-week/ has just been released]]

* RealPersonCameo: Burlesque performer Roxi Dlite in issue #36.

* SilenceIsGolden: Issue #33 has no dialogue, just sound effects and one thought balloon that said "Censor".

* BiTheWay: Roxi Dlite.

* FirstEpisodeSpoiler: At the end of the first series (which is only three issues long), it is revealed that, Labrazio was DeadAllAlong, and The Goon is the real man in charge. Taken UpToEleven when this story arc was relegated to the "Volume 0: Rough Stuff" status, with the first "real" issue opening with a summary of Goon's origins, meaning this was spoiled on the ''5th page'', ''and'' the fact that this truth has become openly known InUniverse, to the point Houstous unwittingly ticks his boss off by commenting on how much effort the Nameless Preacher wasted on trying to find and kill a dead man.

Eric is working with Creator/DavidFincher and the crew down at Creator/BlurStudio to turn the Goon into an animated feature film. A proof of concept preview [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKdrCbE4YRA came out]] around Comic-Con 2010. There was a [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/624061548/the-goon-movie-lets-kickstart-this-sucker successful Kickstarter campaign]] to raise funds for it. Although things seem to be going forward with [[{{Film/Deadpool}} Tim Miller]] now being involved, and as of May 16th 2019, finally greenlit at Fox/Disney.

* BigEater: GreedyGut, the Hobo god is this to a villainous degree, even eating his own Hobo worshippers at times.

* TakeThat: Against ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'', [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah]], Anne Rice, ''{{Twilight}}'', the entire superhero genre...

Eric is working with Creator/DavidFincher and the crew down at Creator/BlurStudio to turn the Goon into an animated feature film. A proof of concept preview [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKdrCbE4YRA came out]] around Comic-Con 2010. There was a [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/624061548/the-goon-movie-lets-kickstart-this-sucker successful Kickstarter campaign]] to raise funds for it. Although things seem to be going forward with [[{{Film/Deadpool}} Tim Miller]] now being involved, [[DevelopmentHell only time will tell if the film actually gets released]].

Currently a Roleplaying Game of the series using the ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds'' system [[https://www.peginc.com/pre-orders-for-fear-agent-and-the-goon-launch-next-week/ has just been releaseed]]

Eric is working with Creator/DavidFincher and the crew down at Blur Studios to turn the Goon into an animated feature film. A proof of concept preview [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKdrCbE4YRA came out]] around Comic-Con 2010. There was a [[http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/624061548/the-goon-movie-lets-kickstart-this-sucker successful Kickstarter campaign]] to raise funds for it. Although things seem to be going forward with [[{{Film/Deadpool}} Tim Miller]] now being involved, [[DevelopmentHell only time will tell if the film actually gets released]].

** A scene in a bar has [[BlueVelvet Frank Booth]] screaming about [[BlandNameProduct "Paps"]] Blue Ribbon.

** In ''One For The Road'', there's three creepy robed figures who are actually the Old Witch, the Vault Keeper and [[TalesFromTheCrypt the Crypt Keeper]] from the old [[Creator/ECComics EC Comics horror anthologies]].

''The Goon'' is Eric Powell's award-winning fantasy comic book series, published by Creator/DarkHorseComics. Goon, a musclebound former freak circus assistant, is the top enforcer of the secretive mob boss Labrazzio, and he is at war for the control of the city with the nameless Zombie Priest, who directs zombie hordes from his citadel at Lonely Street. Together with his loudmouthed sidekick Frankie, Goon battles zombies, robots, aliens and mad scientists. Mostly with his fists.

A GenreBusting epic of pitch-black humor, tragedy and utterly grotesque monsters getting punched in the face, any description pales in comparison to the real thing. ''The Goon'' is a comic where a vampire gets set on fire while being tied on the hood of a car zooming around the town. ''The Goon'' is a comic where a Wild West zombie hunter must eat the flesh of his prey. ''The Goon'' is a comic where the main character must blow up a burlesque but is diverted by a giant, violent transvestite.

Currently a Rolsplaying Game of the series using the ''TabletopGame/SavageWorlds'' system is in pre-production.