{"id":1911,"date":"2026-05-22T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/eric-powells-appalachian-fantasy-epic-returns-with-hillbilly-the-treason-of-twelve-toe-maggie\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:00:00","slug":"eric-powells-appalachian-fantasy-epic-returns-with-hillbilly-the-treason-of-twelve-toe-maggie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/eric-powells-appalachian-fantasy-epic-returns-with-hillbilly-the-treason-of-twelve-toe-maggie\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Powell&#x27;s Appalachian fantasy epic returns with &quot;Hillbilly: The Treason of Twelve-Toe Maggie&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"block-product\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorse.com\/comics\/3020-215\/hillbilly-the-treason-of-twelve-toe-maggie-1\/\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"richtext-image left \" src=\"https:\/\/images.darkhorse.com\/covers\/600\/30\/3020215.jpg\" alt=\"Cover for Hillbilly: The Treason of Twelve-Toe Maggie #1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-text\">\n<p data-block-key=\"ahi09\">Dark Horse Comics presents <b><i>Hillbilly: The Treason of Twelve-Toe Maggie<\/i><\/b>, the next story and perfect jumping-on point for new readers in the hit <i>Hillbilly<\/i> series by Eisner Award\u2013winning creator, Eric Powell! This three-issue comic arc is written and illustrated by Powell (<i>The Goon<\/i>, <i>Dr. Werthless<\/i>) and follows Rondel, the wandering hillbilly, years after the Great Witch War. The first issue will feature cover art by Eric Powell and a variant by Becky Cloonan.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"akhr3\"><b>About<\/b> <b><i>Hillbilly: The Treason of Twelve-Toe Maggie<\/i><\/b><b>:<\/b><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"cj7gh\">There are many tales of Rondel the wandering Hillbilly; this is but one. Some years after the great witch war, Rondel, in order to save an old friend, finds himself in an uncomfortable situation\u2014in the service of his former captor, Twelve-Toe Maggie. Will he break the magical tie that binds him to the twelve-toed witch, or will the wielder of the Devil\u2019s Cleaver be at her service forever?<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"eodi5\">Listen for the witch\u2019s whispers on September 30, 2026 when <b><i>Hillbilly: The Treason of Twelve-Toe Maggie<\/i><\/b> <b>#1<\/b> (of 3) arrives in comic shops. It is now available for preorder from your <a href=\"https:\/\/findyourcomic.store\/\">local comic shop<\/a> for $5.99.<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"6esp0\">Be sure to follow Dark Horse Comics on social media and check our website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkhorse.com\/\">www.darkhorse.com<\/a>, for more news, announcements, and updates!<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"daro8\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"block-product\">\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.darkhorse.com\/comics\/3020-218\/hillbilly-the-treason-of-twelve-toe-maggie-1-becky-cloonan-variant-cover\/\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"richtext-image left \" src=\"https:\/\/images.darkhorse.com\/covers\/600\/30\/3020218.jpg\" alt=\"Cover for Hillbilly: The Treason of Twelve-Toe Maggie #1 (Becky Cloonan Variant Cover)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>  <\/p><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block-text\">\n<p data-block-key=\"24jhp\">\n<\/p><p data-block-key=\"6s7ii\"><b>Praise for Eric Powell and<\/b> <b><i>Hillbilly<\/i><\/b><b>:<\/b><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"9h82n\">\u201cThere aren&#8217;t many characters like the Goon in comics and there aren&#8217;t many characters as unique and enjoyable as Eric Powell.\u201d\u2014IGN<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"cngj3\">\u201c<i>The Goon<\/i> is one of my favorite comics, and Powell is on the top of my list of best artist\/writers out working today.\u201d\u2014Steve Niles<\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"c28m3\">\u201cAtmospheric and elegantly horrific.\u201d\u2014Slings &amp; Arrows on <i>Hillbilly<\/i><\/p>\n<p data-block-key=\"5gfhj\">\u201cPowell is old school in all the best ways\u2014hand drawing and teasing out textures, often using washes and earth tones to give a weighty sense of times past to his storytelling.\u201d\u2014Comicon<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dark Horse Comics presents Hillbilly: The Treason of Twelve-Toe Maggie, the next story and perfect&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1912,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/authorwebsitepublishing.xyz\/demo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}