The Goon: Chinatown & The Mystery of Mr. Wicker Book

The Goon is a pop-culture icon, a delightful ode to B-Movies and the old adventure pulps. With Chinatown, the first standalone book in the series, writer and artist Eric Powell finally explains the Goon"s long running aversion to Chinatown and his suspicion towards beautiful women. While controlling all the criminality in a depression era American town and striving to keep the hordes of local zombies at bay, the Goon must keep up the façade of being in the employ of kingpin Labrazio while battling a mysterious enemy made entirely of wicker and avoiding distracting trips down memory lane. The painted style of the art in Chinatown is slightly more sophisticated that that regularly found in the Goon books but the storyline is as delightfully twisted as fans have come to expect from Eric Powell. The Goon is a joy to read, particularly so for fans of the old EC Comics series.