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Eric Powell

Eric Powell

Creator of the Goon.

Name:
Eric Powell
Aliases:
Birth date:
March 8th, 1975
Home town:
Nashville, Tennessee
Country:
United States
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Career

Powell has written and provided artwork for franchises of Dark Horse Comics, 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 Exploding Albatross Funnybooks 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. Additionally, he has illustrated roller derby bout posters for Fracture Magazine.

Powell will co-write the first two volumes of IDW Publishing 's Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters with Tracy Marsh.

Awards

  • Winner 2004 Eisner Award Best Single Issue for The Goon #1
  • Winner 2004 International Horror Guild Best Illustrated Narrative for The Goon #1-4
  • Winner 2005 Eisner Award Best Humor Publication for The Goon
  • Winner 2005 Eisner Award Best Continuing Series for The Goon
  • Winner 2008 Einser Award Best Writer/Artist Humor for The Goon
  • Winner 2008 Eisner Award Best Painter or Multimedia Artist-Interior for The Goon: Chinatown and the Mystery of Mr. Wicker

Issues

May 2000

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Black Panther (1998) #18 Legacy May 1st, 2000

September 2000

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Dark Horse Presents (1986) #157 Witch's Son/Die, … September 20th, 2000

December 2000

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Star Wars Tales (1999) #6 The Hovel on Terk Street December 1st, 2000
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Incredible Hulk (2000) #21 The Truth is Really "O… December 21st, 2000

January 2001

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Incredible Hulk (2000) #22 Disorganized Crime, Pa… January 31st, 2001

February 2001

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Incredible Hulk (2000) #23 Disorganized Crime, Pa… February 21st, 2001

May 2001

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Incredible Hulk (2000) #26 Do You Know Where You'… May 31st, 2001

August 2001

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Incredible Hulk (2000) #29 Animus August 21st, 2001

July 2002

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The Hood (2002) #1 Blood from Stones, Pt. 1 July 1st, 2002

August 2002

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The Hood (2002) #2 Blood from Stones, Pt. 2 August 1st, 2002

September 2002

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The Hood (2002) #3 Blood from Stones, Pt. 3 September 1st, 2002

October 2002

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The Hood (2002) #4 Blood from Stones, Pt. 4 October 1st, 2002

November 2002

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The Hood (2002) #5 Blood from Stones, Pt. 5 November 1st, 2002

December 2002

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The Hood (2002) #6 Blood from Stones, Pt. 6 December 1st, 2002

April 2003

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Hellboy: Weird Tales (2003) #2 Flight Risk; Hot; … April 1st, 2003

June 2003

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The Goon (2003) #1 June 1st, 2003

July 2003

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Arkham Asylum: Living Hell (2003) #1 Chapter 1: W… July 1st, 2003

August 2003

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Arkham Asylum: Living Hell (2003) #2 Chapter 2: B… August 1st, 2003
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The Goon (2003) #2 August 1st, 2003

September 2003

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Arkham Asylum: Living Hell (2003) #3 Chapter 3: C… September 1st, 2003

October 2003

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Arkham Asylum: Living Hell (2003) #4 Chapter 4: T… October 1st, 2003
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The Goon (2003) #3 October 1st, 2003
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Drawing On Your Nightmares (2003) #1 Letter from … October 10th, 2003

November 2003

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Arkham Asylum: Living Hell (2003) #5 Chapter 5: P… November 1st, 2003

December 2003

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Arkham Asylum: Living Hell (2003) #6 Chapter 6: R… December 1st, 2003
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The Goon (2003) #4 December 1st, 2003

February 2004

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The Goon (2003) #5 February 1st, 2004

April 2004

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The Goon (2003) #6 April 1st, 2004

June 2004

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The Goon (2003) #7 June 1st, 2004

August 2004

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The Goon (2003) #8 August 1st, 2004

Volumes

1938

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Action Comics (1938) 3 issue(s)

1986

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Dark Horse Presents (1986) 1 issue(s)

1998

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Black Panther (1998) 1 issue(s)

1999

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Star Wars Tales (1999) 1 issue(s)

2000

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Incredible Hulk (2000) 5 issue(s)

2002

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Fables (2002) 1 issue(s)
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The Hood (2002) 6 issue(s)

2003

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Arkham Asylum: Living Hell (2003) 6 issue(s)
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Drawing On Your Nightmares (2003) 1 issue(s)
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Hellboy: Weird Tales (2003) 1 issue(s)
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The Goon (2003) 32 issue(s)

2004

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Conan (2004) 1 issue(s)
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Six (2004) 1 issue(s)
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Swamp Thing (2004) 9 issue(s)

2005

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Avengers Finale (2005) 1 issue(s)
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Billy the Kid's Old-Timey Oddities (2005) 4 issue(s)
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Dark Horse Book of the Dead (2005) 1 issue(s)
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Man With The Screaming Brain (2005) 1 issue(s)
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Marvel Monsters: Devil Dinosaur (2005) 1 issue(s)
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Marvel Monsters: Fin Fang 4 (2005) 1 issue(s)
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Marvel Monsters: From the Files of Ulysses Bloods… 1 issue(s)
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Marvel Monsters: Monsters on the Prowl (2005) 1 issue(s)
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Marvel Monsters: Where Monsters Dwell (2005) 1 issue(s)
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The Goon 25¢ Edition (2005) 1 issue(s)

2006

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52 (2006) 1 issue(s)
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Fear the Dead (2006) 1 issue(s)
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Negative Burn (2006) 1 issue(s)
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The Goon Noir (2006) 2 issue(s)
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Wetworks (2006) 1 issue(s)

2007

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Freddy vs Jason vs Ash (of Army of Darkness) (200… 2 issue(s)

Characters

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Allie
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Big Man
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Bill Mudd
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Bog Lurk
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Brick Head Johnny
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Bruno
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Charlotte
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Chris
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Clancy
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Dennis Golembuski
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Don Calabresi
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Drakston Entity
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Fishy Pete
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Franky
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Fritz & Jocko
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Giant Zombie Chimp
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G-Man Smith
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Harvey Labeau
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Hombre Lagarto
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Houstus Grave
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Isabella
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Joey the Ball
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Kathy
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Kizzie
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Labrazio
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Lazlo
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Leon
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Longfingers
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Mallorie
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Merle