Eric Powell is an astonishingly good artist. I've not heard of Hillbilly before, seems worth a shot! I was a bit put off The Goon not because any of it wasn't great, but jsut becuase even after like 3 issues I felt I wasn't getting much new out of it. I'd love it if it was five page doses like in 2000AD, but 20+ pages each time of fairly similar stuff wears me down - something to enjoy in small doses!
But spunds as if Hillbilly has more of an overall story to get into?
I've been a Marvel reader since the early 90s (which includes reading an awful lot of earlier stuff as well). I have to say, I've always found there are some comics that are fun, and some that are really excellent in all eras - but my faves are indeed the mid-80s, as well as the mid-2000s. Perhaps not coincidentally, the same peaks as 2000AD...
But spunds as if Hillbilly has more of an overall story to get into?
I've been a Marvel reader since the early 90s (which includes reading an awful lot of earlier stuff as well). I have to say, I've always found there are some comics that are fun, and some that are really excellent in all eras - but my faves are indeed the mid-80s, as well as the mid-2000s. Perhaps not coincidentally, the same peaks as 2000AD...