Eric Powell returns to 'The Goon' universe

Writer and artist Eric Powell has lifted the lid on his return to The Goon universe with miniseries Buzzard.

Buzzard, who Powell named as one of his favourite characters, was the sheriff of a zombie-infested town before an evil priest inadvertently gave him near-immortality on the condition that he consumes the flesh of the dead.

Powell told MTV.com: "When I originally created Buzzard, he was intended to be a standalone character outside of The Goon.

"But in the theme of keeping everything in The Goon universe, I decided to throw him in there - and then the idea came to me. What is Buzzard? How did this happen to him?

"I had a different origin story for him, and then I thought, 'What if the Zombie Priest made him what he is?' And then it all just kind of clicked. I thought, 'This is perfect - I can throw this Old West character into this noir monster world'."

Buzzard, a three issue miniseries from Dark Horse Comics, is out later this year.