Politically incorrect, highly irreverent, I should have started reading the Goon series sooner. From what I gathered, the Goon deals with the occult and supernatural forces alongside Franky the pupil-less sidekick, with whom the course usually takes on a humorous if slightly demented manner.
Death's Greedy Comeuppance comes with three stories: the first accounting Franky and the folks at the bar attempting rather unsuccessfully to drop on the Goon a birthday party, cake, beer and all, including a self-reference where Eric Powell himself discusses his formula for irreverent humor with a Mr.T-themed Terminator robot; the second, the Goon and Franky caught in a conflict between a Scrooge-like figure and a seductive whore, where dialogues are replaced by symbols reflecting one's own thoughts and symbols; the third detailing the course of Buzzard, the Goon's immortal acquaintance, which led up to a face-off with an equally immortal beast, equally fed up with immortality itself.
Coupled with fantastic art, this volume hits a high note in the spectrum of the far-fetched and nonsensical (the raping gorilla idea was a nice touch) in the first one, then a lower key in the second story as the only thing I could draw a few short chuckles out of was Franky's fluctuating sexual inclinations, which was just as well a delight as the last, where the Buzzard's brooding reflects the face of immortality impeccably, while being employed as an ironic reference to the Horseman of Death at the same time. Despite being quite new to the Goon series, I was largely entertained throughout and am wanting for more in the future, though money-wise, I don't think it would be any more possible considering my limited financial capabilities at the moment. Bummer.
Death's Greedy Comeuppance comes with three stories: the first accounting Franky and the folks at the bar attempting rather unsuccessfully to drop on the Goon a birthday party, cake, beer and all, including a self-reference where Eric Powell himself discusses his formula for irreverent humor with a Mr.T-themed Terminator robot; the second, the Goon and Franky caught in a conflict between a Scrooge-like figure and a seductive whore, where dialogues are replaced by symbols reflecting one's own thoughts and symbols; the third detailing the course of Buzzard, the Goon's immortal acquaintance, which led up to a face-off with an equally immortal beast, equally fed up with immortality itself.
Coupled with fantastic art, this volume hits a high note in the spectrum of the far-fetched and nonsensical (the raping gorilla idea was a nice touch) in the first one, then a lower key in the second story as the only thing I could draw a few short chuckles out of was Franky's fluctuating sexual inclinations, which was just as well a delight as the last, where the Buzzard's brooding reflects the face of immortality impeccably, while being employed as an ironic reference to the Horseman of Death at the same time. Despite being quite new to the Goon series, I was largely entertained throughout and am wanting for more in the future, though money-wise, I don't think it would be any more possible considering my limited financial capabilities at the moment. Bummer.