A friend just sent this to me...
Guys, Jenni Gregory was sending me a note about her Dreamwalker 0 from Avatar. I had mentioned to her that we all found out it was preview material posted in that book. Well, she had an interesting take on this.
Sorry, you're wrong about that. At the time I was working IN the Avatar offices. My husband was the Managing Editor for Avatar. Barry was the one who was pitch and subsequently signed Eric. The one page that appeared in DW 0 was indeed the first published appearance of The Goon. Eric gave us the page.