If you’re not familiar with Eric Powell’s The
Goon, you should change that immediately. It’s simply one of the best
comics of the modern era, a throw-back mash-up of Depression-era pulp stylistics,
supernatural horror, and comedy that also manages to tell some of the most
emotionally devastating tales while all dressed up gratuitous, over-the-top
violence and crude, bawdy humor. An animated movie has been in the works since
1999—there was even a proof of concept video—but there has been little news
since back in 2013. Little news, that is, until now.
