Kevin O’Neill Obituary

Kevin O’Neill was a British comic book artist best known for his work on Nemesis the Warlock, Marshal Law (with writer Pat Mills), and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (with Alan Moore).

At the age of 16, O’Neill began working for the publishing company IPC as an office boy for Buster, a children’s humour title.

As a personal side project, he began publishing the fanzine Just Imagine The Journal of Film and Television Special Effects in 1975, which ran for five regular issues and one special issue until 1978.

By 1976, he was colouring Disney reprints and British children’s comics like Monster Fun and Whizzer and Chips.

O’Neill had a long and successful career in the British comics industry, honing his distinct grim art style on the sci-fi magazine 2000AD and frequently collaborating with writer Pat Mills on stories such as Nemesis the Warlock.

Kevin O’Neill passed away at the age of 69. His death was announced on November 7, 2022.  Gosh, Comics in the United Kingdom broke the news, noting that O’Neill died recently after a long illness.