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Eric Powell (comics)
Encyclopedia
Eric Powell is a comic book
writer
and self-taught artist
living in Lebanon, Tennessee
who is best known as the creator of The Goon
.
, DC Comics
and Marvel
, 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 Goons 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 will co-write the first two volumes of IDW
's Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters
with Tracy Marsh.
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
and self-taught artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
living in Lebanon, Tennessee
Lebanon, Tennessee
Lebanon is a city in Wilson County, Tennessee, in the United States. The population was 20,235 at the 2000 census. It serves as the county seat of Wilson County. Lebanon is located in middle Tennessee, approximately 25 miles east of downtown Nashville. Local residents have also called it...
who is best known as the creator of The Goon
The Goon
The Goon is a comic book series by Eric Powell. The series has a paranormal slant, with the average story concerning ghosts, ghouls, skunk-apes with an unnatural hunger for pies, extra-dimensional aliens, and mad scientists.-Publication history:...
.
Biography
Powell has written and provided artwork for franchises of Dark HorseDark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
, DC Comics
DC Comics
DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
and Marvel
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
, but is most regarded for his original series The Goon
The Goon
The Goon is a comic book series by Eric Powell. The series has a paranormal slant, with the average story concerning ghosts, ghouls, skunk-apes with an unnatural hunger for pies, extra-dimensional aliens, and mad scientists.-Publication history:...
, which debuted from the small publisher Avatar Press
Avatar Press
Avatar Press is an independent American publisher of comic books, founded in 1996 by William A. Christensen, and based in Rantoul, Illinois.Avatar initially published only mini-series; however, they have since begun to branch out...
. 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 Goons quality was recognized with an Eisner Award
Eisner Award
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, and sometimes referred to as the Oscar Awards of the Comics Industry, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the...
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
Independent movie about comic book artists
Independents is a documentary film by Chris Brandt that explores the creative process and the artistic spirit. It is narrated by James C. Kaufman, and features interviews with over two dozen comic book creators, including Robert Williams, Kevin Eastman, Eric Powell, and Wendy Pini. It was screened...
.
Powell will co-write the first two volumes of IDW
IDW
IDW may refer to:* IDW Publishing , a U.S. comic book publisher* Inverse distance weighting, a mathematical method for surface fitting* Investigative Data Warehouse, an FBI surveillance database...
's Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters
Godzilla (comics)
Godzilla has appeared in a range of comic books that have been published in Japan and the United States.-Japanese Godzilla comics:In his native Japan, Godzilla has been featured in various comic books since his inception in 1954. These comics for the most part were black and white publications...
with Tracy Marsh.
Books illustrated
- Billy Hooten: Owlboy (with author Thomas E. SniegoskiThomas E. Sniegoski-Career:A number of Sniegoski's works have been related to the Buffyverse, the fictional universe established by TV series, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel....
, published by Yearling Books, 2008, ISBN 978-0-440-42180-1)
Covers
- Arkham Asylum: Living Hell #1-6 (DC Comics)
- Billy the Kid's Old-Timey Oddities #1-4 (Dark Horse Comics)
- Billy the Kid's Old-Timey Oddities trade collection (Dark Horse Comics)
- DethklokDethklokDethklok is both a virtual band featured in the Adult Swim animated program Metalocalypse, as well as a real band created to perform the band's melodic death metal music in live shows. The band was created by Brendon Small and Tommy Blacha. The music heard on Metalocalypse is performed by Brendon...
Vs. The GoonThe GoonThe Goon is a comic book series by Eric Powell. The series has a paranormal slant, with the average story concerning ghosts, ghouls, skunk-apes with an unnatural hunger for pies, extra-dimensional aliens, and mad scientists.-Publication history:...
(Dark Horse Comics) - Freddy vs. Jason vs. AshFreddy vs. Jason vs. AshFreddy vs. Jason vs. Ash is a six-issue comic book limited series that was released in November 2007 and ran until March 2008. It was published by Wildstorm, Dynamite Entertainment, and DC Comics. Based on the original Freddy vs. Jason vs. Ash film treatment by Jeff Katz, the story serves as a...
(DC Comics) - Fused: Think Like a Machine #1-2 (Dark Horse Comics))
- Fused: Think Like a Machine trade collection (Dark Horse Comics)
- Marvel Monsters #1-4 (Marvel Comics)
- Marvel Monsters trade collection (Marvel Comics)
- Marvel Westerns:Western #1 (Marvel Comics)
- Marvel Westerns:Kid Colt and the Arizona #2 (Marvel Comics)
- Marvel Westerns:The Two Gun #3 (Marvel Comics)
- Metalocalypse #1-3 (Dark Horse Comics)
- Super-Villain Team-Up/MODOK'S 11 #1 (Marvel Comics)
- Swamp Thing (Volume 4) #21-29 (DC Comics)
- Tales of the VampiresTales of the VampiresTales of the Vampires is a five issue American comic book limited series , published by Dark Horse Comics and set in the Buffyverse. It comprises an anthology of short stories written by Joss Whedon, Jane Espenson, Ben Edlund, and Drew Goddard...
#3 (Dark Horse Comics) - Universal Monsters: Cavalcade of Horror trade collection (Dark Horse Comics)
Awards
- 20042004 in comics-February:*February 6: Marvel Enterprises and Electronic Arts announce a multi-year agreement in which EA will develop a new generation of fighting video games pitting Marvel superheroes against a new, original set of EA heroes....
:- Won "Best Single Issue" Eisner AwardEisner AwardThe Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, and sometimes referred to as the Oscar Awards of the Comics Industry, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the...
, for The Goon #1 - Won "Best Illustrated Narrative" International Horror GuildInternational Horror GuildThe International Horror Guild was created in 1995 as a way to recognize the achievements of those who create in the field of Horror and Dark Fantasy. The IHG presented the International Horror Guild Award. Nancy A. Collins, the founder of the award, felt there was a need for an award granted by...
for The Goon #1-4
- Won "Best Single Issue" Eisner Award
- 20052005 in comics- January :* January 3: Will Eisner, creator of The Spirit, dies at age 87.-April:*April 13:**DC Comics announces the discontinuation of its Humanoids and 2000 A.D. titles....
:- Won "Best Humor Publication" Eisner AwardEisner AwardThe Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, and sometimes referred to as the Oscar Awards of the Comics Industry, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the...
, for The Goon - Won "Best Continuing Series" Eisner AwardEisner AwardThe Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, and sometimes referred to as the Oscar Awards of the Comics Industry, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the...
, for The Goon
- Won "Best Humor Publication" Eisner Award
- 20082008 in comics-January:*January 9: Teen Titans: The Lost Annual, delayed since 2003, is published.*January 23: Hellblazer #240, marking the 20th anniversary of the series, is released.-February:...
:- Won "Best Writer/Artist-Humor" Eisner AwardEisner AwardThe Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, and sometimes referred to as the Oscar Awards of the Comics Industry, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the...
, for The Goon - Won "Best Painter or Multimedia Artist-Interior" Eisner AwardEisner AwardThe Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, and sometimes referred to as the Oscar Awards of the Comics Industry, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the...
, for The Goon: Chinatown
- Won "Best Writer/Artist-Humor" Eisner Award
External links
- 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