Goon creator Eric Powell has released a video from the “Creators Front for Diversity in Comics.” The humorous video (contains simulated sex, NSFW) uses the story of a comic book artist trying to make ends meet by taking superhero work to urge viewers to support creator-owned, non-superhero comics. 

 

Powell also cites statistics showing that almost all of the most popular comics are superhero comics from the Big Two publishers. 

 

“No other entertainment industry is sustained from one genre and 50 year old material,” Powell’s intro to the video says. “The comic book industry is living off of decades old company owned super hero titles while shoving new original content to the side. The result is the industry has slowly been losing readers for years and alienates anyone who is not interested in reading books about guys in tights. It's time to change. Support original creator owned comics and diversified content.”