The Goon #36

Eric Powell's cover for The Goon #36 is a pitch-perfect carnival con, built around a wooden kissing booth staffed by the darkly glamorous Roxi Dlite — billed right on the sign as "The Queen of Burlesque, the Drinkin', Smokin', Strippin' Machine" — while a wide-eyed cowboy clutches his cash on one side and the Goon himself grips a piggy bank on the other, surrounded by bulging money bags. The booth's hand-lettered promise of "Free Kisses for the Small Donation of Everything You Chumps Got" perfectly captures the book's gleeful pulp humor. Powell's confident linework delivers a cover that's equal parts noir pinup and sideshow grift — exactly the flavor that makes The Goon such a distinctive corner of the Dark Horse catalog.