Comic Review - Eric Powell - The Goon - Issue 44 - El Bruto

Photo taken by me – Iron Man and Hulk comic cover, FAB Café – Manchester
Preston, England
September 17, 2017 3:25pm CST
Dark Horse Comics – 2013 – Spoiler alerts Another classic rule breaking Goon comic. This one sees The Goon smuggling moonshine liquor into Mexico hidden in old clocks, only to find his customers under attack by a demon, the El Bruto of the title. The Goon proceeds to beat the Hell out of the creature. When the Goon or other American characters talk, the text is in English, but the Mexican and demon dialogue is given in untranslated Spanish-Mexican. It is obvious from the context what is going on though and the Bruto’s ravings are clearly non-complementary bad language. The joke is a little over-stretched but there are some great asides, such as a comic strip Tom Waites cutting in randomly to say that listening to his music would be a better way to pass the time. There is also an extremely rude poster-page for a pretend movie sequel to Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter featuring Richard Nixon doing something extremely vulgar to the Frankenstein Monster – the title would get me kicked off Mylot. Arthur Chappell
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
17 Sep 17
Ha the title would get you booted from here huh? I love it My son is way into comics..I know a few but not many. I believe he had that novel set of HellBoy, but had to sell it. I do love to stand in comic shops though, they are always so interesting.
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
17 Sep 17
@TiarasOceanView I love comic shops - bought this comic in one
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
17 Sep 17
@arthurchappell I bet there are some cool ones around your place Arthur..there is the shop called Mile High Comics here. It is huge.
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
18 Sep 17
@TiarasOceanView ours is just called 'That Comic Shop'.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
19 Sep 17
Are today's comics much different from vintage comic books ?
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Arthur Chappell
@arthurchappell (44941)
• Preston, England
20 Sep 17
@Tampa_girl7 nowadays they are far more graphic and violent
Anna
@LadyDuck (502394)
• Italy
18 Sep 17
I am not a lot into Comics, my husband is. It's interesting to keep the mix of languages and it makes sense. Like the Mafia movies have a mix of American slang and Sicilian.
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