Dark Horse Comics Presents: The Chinatown Interview

[jnapper]

The following is based on an almost true story.

Recently, DH editor Scott Allie and Matt Parkinson paid a little visit to Lebanon, Tennessee to meet with Eric Powell.

The purpose for heading out to Eric's little slice of heaven was twofold...

Pt 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6OafqyH2F4
Pt 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kj7t8F3gaQ
Pt 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVHhsiv2G0M
Pt 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfqYtSVQPAo
Pt 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgYcDb4ttJs

[Maija]

Scott Allie's lucky he got out of there alive. Eric is a crazy person.


Also, I can't wait for Chinatown.

[jnapper]

... and Lance is very fetching.

[Todd H]

Where's the part where we learn about Chinatown? :(

[el seth]

Genius does not come without its price.

SPOILER ALERT:

oh my god I'm going to be giggling about FART for like the next ten minutes.

[Maija]

Where's the part where we learn about Chinatown? :(This is all you need to know about Chinatown. (http://images.darkhorse.com/common/salestools/previews/goonchina/goonchinap1.jpg)



Seriously, Eric Powell wants you to read it cold.

[Maija]

If you must know more, there is a 7 page preview up. (http://www.darkhorse.com/profile/preview.php?theid=14-729)


... and Lance is very fetching.

Lance makes a mean omelet.

[Todd H]

Yar. Already read the preview. I wish the Goon would go monthly already. It's hard to get a fix, man!

Edit: Oooh look at the Jnapster and the sexy new avatar! Woo wooo!

[Neil Hill]

Okay, odd online marketing campaign there. I mean, who doesn't love the country yokel routine, ala' Deliverance style, right? Ugghh.. :rolleyes:

Anyway, thanks for the link and thank you Maija also for the meat of the matter- the 7-page preview.

[patrick r]

Okay, odd online marketing campaign there. I mean, who doesn't love the country yokel routine, ala' Deliverance style, right? Ugghh.. :rolleyes: At least there was no pig squealing going on.

That was too damn funny. Ha!

[Maija]

Okay, odd online marketing campaign there. I mean, who doesn't love the country yokel routine, ala' Deliverance style, right? Ugghh.. :rolleyes:
That's no routine.

These images are cycling on the Dark Horse front page at the moment and they crack me up every time I see them.

http://i21.tinypic.com/10h3swk.jpg

http://i21.tinypic.com/5dl3qw.jpg

Poor Lance. :)

[parrish]

....geez...and to think how many of us have been within 2 feet of that weirdo...several times even...

[Tad]

It's Blair Witch all over again! I trust Allie got out of there in one piece.

Really, really looking forward to Chinatown.

[Maija]

I'm glad that Eric Powell is revealing little about it. That's why the "interview" is so great.

Well, that and "Momma". :)

[jnapper]

In the theme of Eric Powell, I didn't see the episode, but I was told he was one of the judges for the BEAUTY AND THE GEEK contestants at SDCC 2007. The episode was on last week.
(I think the guys had to design super-hero costumes for the girls?)

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This is an oldie, but I saw it again the other day. Powell and Scott-- and at about 3:15 in, you can see Powell sketch The Goon.

Alas, I have no idea if Lance was present... I didn't notice any men in nightgowns.

Eric Powell's Monster Mash-Up
http://youtube.com/watch?v=zK2a-gThKac

[Maija]

Bellygrub posted about it on the Goon board on the evening that it was broadcasting so I managed to catch it. The contestants themselves were painful to watch but it was a hoot to see the judges, including Eric and Dwight, reacting to the painfulness (and bouncing buxomness).

The team that won was actually rather clever: the one geek girl and her beauty boy partner capitalized on his "assets" by turning him into "MetroMan" an underwear model who gained his powers from a bottle of spray-on tan he found in the bathroom while at a party in the home of George Hamilton. He fights his enemies by deflecting their bullets and lasers with his shiny jewelry and dance moves.

[jnapper]

"MetroMan" an underwear model who gained his powers from a bottle of spray-on tan he found in the bathroom while at a party in the home of George Hamilton. He fights his enemies by deflecting their bullets and lasers with his shiny jewelry and dance moves.

Holy crap, that is hilarious!

[Maija]

Alas, I have no idea if Lance was present... I didn't notice any men in nightgowns.
Lance is never going to live that nightgown down... assuming he ever got out of there and out of the nightgown.

I had seen that video before but it's cool to see it again. Powell is a drawing madman.

I wish my town had a comic shop that was cool enough (and roomy enough) to host a dance party.

[Maija]

Holy crap, that is hilarious! It was pretty funny to see him do a hip thrust to deflect a laser (helpfully added in post) with his giant "M" belt buckle.

Dwight said on the board that what wasn't revealled on the show is that MetroMan's partner is "WingMan". :)

[Maija]

For those jonesing for spoilers (for shame) there are eight more pages posted on Myspace Comic Books (http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=92159514&blogID=324102462).

For those who don't want spoilers, the blog begins with a spoiler-free preamble by Eric Powell and photos from his gallery show in Nashville and other Hallowe'en-related adventures. The Chinatown pages are at the end of the blog, so if you don't want to be spoiled, stop reading when you hit the Chinatown cover (which is what I did).

[Maija]

Picked up Chinatown today.

Wow.

[Todd H]

Picked up Chinatown today.

Wow.

Aaaawhaaaaaaa? I thought it got delayed! To the Goonmobile!

[black eyeliner]

i think it was supposed to come out nov 28th, it was then pushed to dec 5th, and now ive been told it was available since 22nd.
tfaw.com still has the dec 5th release date and i pre-ordered..so now my butt has to wait till then

[SpydaWeb]

I picked Chinatown up last night. Will be reading it on the weekend.

[BKole]

Yeah. I echo that wow.

It's really good. I like the Goon, he's just very different from whats going on in the world of comics at the moment. And i love the really random bad guys and characters in it. Frankie cracks me up.

Good stuff, really, really good stuff.

[fitzroy]

So beautiful I could cry. A superb read. Will be this years pressie for my special peeps this XMas

[Ken O]

Totally different that I had expected. Great read.

[Todd H]

The LCS dropped the ball. I have no idea when or if I'll be recieving my copy of Chinatown. :evilangry

[jscott]

The Goon is one of those rare books, like Hellboy and Bone, that everytime I read it, I'm thinking, Man I wish I came up with this...

'Chinatown' was a pretty darn good yarn. I loved the more serious tone of the story and I hope Powell continues to give us more like it. I like The Goon when it has more of a twisted dark humor energy to it instead of all-out goofiness.

But hey-that's just me...

[Maija]

I loved the more serious tone of the story and I hope Powell continues to give us more like it. I like The Goon when it has more of a twisted dark humor energy to it instead of all-out goofiness.
I agree whole-heartedly.