Applejack has always been my least favorite of the main six, but it was hard to say exactly why. After a while I realized a big part of my problem with Applejack was how she talks. She sounds like a Canadian voice actress trying to mimic what she's heard on episodes of Hee Haw. Nobody talks like that. I grew up on a ranch here in Texas, and we didn't talk like that. Now, I can't rightly convey an accent in text, but I can give a few authentic suggestions for those of you wanting to write

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“There is but two facts of which I am sure. Today is Tuesday, and a witch is gonna die.”

So says Rondel, the main character of Eric Powell’s moody, brilliant fantasy adventure.

Hillbilly is a unique fantasy comic, in large part because of its setting. Taking place in a fantasy equivalent of the Appalachian Mountain area, Hillbilly takes many familiar conventions of the genre and breathes new life into them with this concept.

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