Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 741 EAN: 9781593078331 ISBN: 1593078331 Label: Dark Horse Manufacturer: Dark Horse Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 128 Publication Date: December 12, 2007 Publisher: Dark Horse Sales Rank: 215941 Studio: Dark Horse
Product DescriptionDark Horse is very proud to present the first original graphic novel from Eisner Award-winning creator Eric Powell. Powell has been sowing the seeds of Chinatown and the Mystery of Mr. Wicker for years in his bimonthly series The Goon, and salivating fans may now feast their eyes on the Goon's formative backstory of love, loss, and extortion - a lengthy tale that demanded to be told in this uninterrupted format. Spiritual leader of Tennessee and hero to the Great Unwashed, Powell escaped catastrophic death and mother-shaming scandal to bring this work to fruition. He's a sensitive man in insensitive times. But be warned: This book ain't funny.
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Rating: - A little backstory
Chinatown allows us to flashback to the oh so tantalizing hints we have gotten in previous episodes about how Chinatown impacted the Goon and how he looks at the world these days. It also has a parallel story running at the current time, this one has a dame in it just like Chinatown did. In both, he is rebuffed by a woman who he tries to open up to or fall in love with. The title of this story could have been Dames and would have been an accurate picture of things. We also get to revisit some ... Read More
Rating: - "This Ain't Funny" well, maybe it should be...
Giving Powell every opportunity to pull out all his artistic chops, CHINATOWN gives readers of THE GOON some more backstory and a chance to see Powell cut loose. The Goon has always reminded me of early Popeye comics, with outrageous visuals and a rough hewn hero, (Of course Popeye wasn't a crime boss, who destroys zombies and people that annoy him, but you get the point.) but this book amps up the serious aspects of the comic and shows that under this kind of scrutiny the humor is a necessary ... Read More
Rating: - Sadly Much Less Than Powerful, Much Less Than Satisfying
Eric Powell's Chinatown, the most highly anticipated and mysterious part of The Goon's story, is sadly disappointing. Powell brings out one cliche storyline after another cliche plot element to the point that the story gets weaker as it goes along. The ending is completely anticlimactic. Fans already knew that The Goon had women problems, and Powell simply seems content to reiterate that. (WARNING: SPOILERS included past this point.)
The only true mystery in this part of The Goon's narrative ... Read More
Rating: - Lives up to expectations
The most interesting thing about Eric Powell's _Goon_ series is that every volume manages to explore new territory, happily mish-mashing genres and tones together into a rolling zombie horror gangster comedy surprise. The one thing he hadn't tried -- up until now -- was a straight up serious character drama without any of the trademark off-the-wall humor that's made the series such a success. Even the darker, more horror-laden and psychology-wrought tales, like "The Vampire Dame Had to Die," had extensive ... Read More
Rating: - This Ain't Funny
Powell's The Goon has consistently been one of my favorite comics since I first discovered it in trade form. I fell in love with its wit and dark humor throughout and its ability to deliver a delightfully intense and serious story. What makes Chinatown stand out from the bi-monthly series thus far is its serious tone. The very first page states "This Ain't Funny." There is no other statement that could bluntly put how serious this book is and how much it refuses to be anything but. Powell went all out ... Read More
- "This Ain't Funny" well, maybe it should be...
- Lives up to expectations
