Kevin O'Neill (comics)
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Kevin O'Neill is a British comic illustrator. He was born in London in 1953, and began working for the British publisher IPC at the age of 16. In 1976 he was working as a colorist on reprint magazines and British children's comics such as Buster and Whizzer and Chips, when he put in a transfer to the new science-fiction anthology magazine 2000 AD. On the first ever issue of this seminal British sci-fi Comic, the centre image of Tharg is by O'Neill. Under the guidance of editor Pat Mills, O'Neill's irreverent hyper-kinetic style became a mainstay of the book, and he became one of the magazine's most popular creators.
O'Neill contributed numerous single page illustrations during the first two year run of 2000AD but it was not until Ro-Busters was added to the comic that he got a regular series. More comfortable with robots and aliens as subjects the strip was a natural showcase for O'Neill.
Co-creations of O'Neill with Pat Mills include The ABC Warriors, Nemesis the Warlock, for '2000 AD and "Metalzoic" for Marvel.
During the mid-1980s O'Neill's work began appearing in North America. He encountered numerous difficulties with censors (the Comics Code Authority) who were aghast at the quirky yet apparently subversive nature of his artwork. He went freelance in the mid-1980s and produced material such as the black comedy superhero title Marshal Law with Pat Mills for Epic, and work for Dark Horse and Marvel Comics amongst others.
His most recent work (as of 2003) is the artwork for Alan Moore's ongoing series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
External link
- 2000 AD Profile (http://www.2000adonline.com/index.php3?zone=droid&page=profiles&choice=KEVINO)Template:Comics-creator-stub