Goon: Wicked Inclinations
Publication Date: November 30, 2011
Format: FC, 128 pages, TP, 7" x 10"
Price: $16.99
Age range: 16
ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-626-8
The wit, the
noir, the horror, everything you love about the Goon is here. Eric Powell’s
work is masterful, taking a story you thought you knew and turning it on its
ear, making it far better.
The Goon
gains a valuable ally, one sick of the zombies rising, and he knows the Zombie
Priest’s name, but his help may come at a price. Forcing the Zombie Priest
against a wall may have been a mistake as a greater foe is created, one that
the Goon may not be able to stop no matter who his allies are.
To save his friends
Goon is willing to employ a zombie, but he should really know better than to
trust those things, especially with his way of making enemies. His hard
treating of the gypsies, no matter how valiant his reason, was bound to bite
him in the tush. And when Henchmen go
running for the hills, you know trouble is a brewing. With Goon, there’s always
trouble a brewing though.
And, no SATAN’S
SODOMY BABY! I laugh as I write that
sentence, but Powell’s description of that story, paired with Franky’s reaction
makes me almost scared for it.
The book closes out with a handful of shorts, which were
absolutely delightful . For the most part Goon only makes an cameo, but they’re
no less twisted or delightful as the rest of the series.
Overall the artwork is always delightful, and the noir elements
of the story are enrapturing. Goon and Franky are lovable characters, a little
rough around the edges, but the kind of guys you’d want in a fight. Powell
weaves a good tale that makes you thirst for more.
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