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Buzzard #1

The mysterious man known as Buzzard is lost, wondering what manner of creature he is, following his brutal showdown with the loathsome Zombie Priest in Eric Powell’s celebrated Goon Year.

Buzzard leaves home, wandering into the shadowy spirit realm of the forest. A dark path leads to a village living in fear of a bestial race of savages. More animal than man, these creatures hunt the villagers and drag them from their slumber in the depth of night.

As a bonus, readers will delight in the new Billy the Kid’s Old Timey Oddities short stories, which revive 2005 series that paired Eric Powell with artist Kyle Hotz and leads up to the three-issue series launch in September 2010.

I’ve been anxiously waiting for the first issue of Eric Powell’s Buzzard ever since it was announced. Buzzard is easily one of my favorite characters in the Goon universe. He is an atypical and unwilling anti-hero, an eerily gaunt old man with cloudy white eyes and a hunger for the flesh of zombies. What’s not to love?

Everything about this issue captures the sorrow and pain that Buzzard feels, from Dave Stewart’s drab grays and blues that show how colorless Buzzard’s world is to Eric Powell’s description of how Buzzard drifts through both time and place, utterly detached with no concept of time, place, or purpose… and unable to care about any of it.

The only thing Buzzard cares about is lifting the curse that has transformed him into an immortal zombie-eating zombie, whether by magic or by death. Despite his attempts at both, his curse remains, and he remains, undead and unable to die.

During his wanderings he comes across a village afflicted by marauding ape-monsters. For reasons he doesn’t understand, he attacks the monsters, murdering them in cold blood and hungrily devouring their flesh! The village folk are amazed by his heroic savagery and beg him to help them vanquish the ape-monster threat. They explain that the beasts are actually villagers who have been transformed by some unknown god, monster or spirit, and they want him to fight this unknown threat.

Buzzard accepts their request, not out of the goodness of his heart, but for his own selfish reason; he suspects that a being that powerful may just be able to do the one thing that no one else has been able to do… kill him, and bring an end to his eternal torment! And so he begins his quest…

This issue is a killer kick-off to this 3 issue series, be sure to check out the free preview to witness it yourself.