Eric Powell is best known for his creation The Goon.  Recently Powell decided to give The Goon a rest and start up with another of his creations, Hillbilly.  

What?  You’ve never heard of Hillbilly?  Well, of course you haven’t.  He’s a new character.

Hillbilly may be new to us but the character has been “sitting in (Powell’s) sketchbook at least ten years.” Since this is such a personal project it makes great sense (but will it make dollars and sense?) that Powell self-publish the comic through his  Albatross Funnybooks company.

That’s what he did to get The Goon going.  And we all know how that turned out.

If you’d like to learn more about Hillbilly and see some preview art from the first issue you can at CBR.com’s  ERIC POWELL UNLEASHES HIS “HILLBILLY” ON THE COMICS INDUSTRY.