The Goon vs Walking Dead: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: Comics & graphic novels, Zombies, Comic books
The Goon
After surviving the return of Labrazio, Goon wants nothing more than to settle onto a barstool with some whiskey, but a succession of cake-mad hobo gods, snake-hurling hillbillies, and bodacious burlesque dancers have…
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Walking Dead
Rick Grimes, Sheriff of a small town in Kentucky awakes in a hospital. Comatose after being shot while on duty, Rick finds the world abandoned of all things living and is faced with walking undead, who attack him on…
The verdict
- Readers rate Walking Dead highest: Walking Dead 4.5 · The Goon 4.1.
- The Goon is the quickest read — about 2 hours vs 10 for Walking Dead.
- Walking Dead has the widest readership — 73052 ratings behind its score.
- Walking Dead runs the darker storyline; The Goon stays the lighter read.
How to choose
Scores by source
| The Goon | Walking Dead | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 4.3 (56) | 4.5 (73052) |
| Hardcover | 4.0 (14) | 4.2 (440) |
| Apple Books | — | 4.5 (6427) |
Reception
| The Goon | Walking Dead | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 56 | 73052 |
| Editions | 10 | 7 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 11 | 39310 |
| Reading it now | 3 | 2741 |
| Written reviews | 8 | 3074 |
| Wikipedia attention | 2810 | 600 |
| Pages | 108 | 560 |