Kevin O’Neill, a comic book artist best known as a creator of the series Marshal Law, a graphically violent exploration of superheroes, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which united characters from across literature, died Nov. 3 in London. He was 69.The cause was cancer, said Tony Bennett, a friend of O’Neill’s and the founder of Knockabout Comics in London, which publishes international editions of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
The story, written by Alan Moore, was published in 1986 — without the authority’s seal of approval, which by 2011 was dropped by most publishers in favor of their own ratings systems. A tradition returns: San Francisco Examiner launches Comix Showcase A bimonthly feature of acclaimed and emerging cartoon artists
Their collaboration on this series, Moore said, began what was perhaps the longest, happiest and most productive partnership of both men’s careers. One of O’Neill’s accomplishments at 2000 AD was to successfully lobby to get credits added to the stories. “This was a huge breakthrough,” said Dave Gibbons, co-creator with Moore of the series Watchmen and a friend of O’Neill’s, “because previously in British comics, they used to actually employ people to remove artist signatures, with this kind of lame excuse that it would spoil the mystery for the reader if they saw it was drawn by somebody.
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