Eric Powell's series is the best comic you're not reading right now. A gonzo combination of thirties mob dramas, Universal monsters and EC horror comics, The Goon tells the ongoing tales of the titular character a scarred former mafia enforcer who leaves Chicago for a much more simple life, thumping giant Mexican lizards and tearing apart well-dressed zombies with his diminutive sidekick Franky. The art style of The Goon wouldn't just be difficult to translate into live action it would be downright impossible. Powell's drawings see Franky as a three-foot-tall balding guy with totally white eyes, like a Peanuts character; The Goon, meanwhile, is a hulking menace who would make Dwayne Johnson consider skipping his cheat days. So it seems The Goon is destined for an animated adaptation, and he's at least part of the way down that road. Blur Studio who produced that Deadpool test footage are working on a Goon CGI movie in Powell's style, following a successful Kickstarter, with David Fincher producing, Clancy Brown as The Goon and Paul Giamatti voicing Franky. Mr Krabs and the guy from Sideways fighting Lovecraftian horrors with hammers, with the help of the Fight Club guy? Yes, yes, a thousand times yes! Best of all, this one's nearly finished. Know of a dearly beloved comic book that's just crying out for a big screen adaptation? Let us know below.
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