"Knife to the eye!"

I've just treated myself to five Goon trade paperbacks by Eric Powell and I've got to say he is in my opinion one of the very best comic artists (and writers!) in many years. His style is reminiscent of Will Eisner, Wally Wood and even Jack Davis. They're some of my favourite artists so I'm in heaven having something new to read and look at.

Ive got to thank my mate Neal Sutton for putting me onto him (well, for actually buying me one of his comics so cheers Neal!)

So I spent some time copying a few faces from "The Goon" comic (25 cent edition, I didnt want to bend the books too much) just for fun and just because its such a pleasure studying his work. I tried using a brush for some of it but I'm still pretty ropey at that, probably the shakey hand doesnt help from all the caffeine.

I can really recommend his work to anyone who appreciates a classic comic style with some of the best most unpretentious and fun writing I've read in a comic book for years.
Keep an eye out for his "Chinatown" book coming soon.
"Knife to the eye!"