Art For Art’s Sake #210: More Kevin O’Neill Genius

Art For Art’s Sake – our weekly celebration of all things comic continues, this week ending with more brilliance from Kevin O’Neill.

Beautiful artwork from Howard Hardiman – part of the Kickstarter campaign for the latest Badger story – go buy his work here and see what I had to say about it here.

Guy Davis‘ Baker Street cover, a fabulous series from 1989 to 1991 created by Gary Reed and Guy Davis – 

Something from many years ago as well now, with thanks to David Roach for finding it – cover art by Brendan McCarthy…

Fred Hembeck‘s recreation of Rob Liefeld‘s Youngblood cover…

Wally Wood – “Jester’s League of America,” Topps Krazy Little Comics, 1967…

John K Snyder – Green Lanterns…

Walt Simonson – The Thing

And another from Walt Simonson – Detective Comics issue 450, with those small Bat-ears…

Some great Patrick Goddard process for his Rogue Trooper…

John Romita – My Love #4 – 1970

Marguerite Sauvage – women of Marvel variant homaging Blondie’s Parallel Lines

Geof Darrow – Shaolin Cowboy

And speaking of Geof Darrow, there’s this homage from Frank Quitely for the variant cover for Sgt. Rock vs. The Army of the Dead #1…

Which of course is based on this Darrow cover of Hard Boiled #3 –

Dave Kendall – The Dark Judges…

Art Adams – How To Draw Comics The Art Adams Way

Bernie Wrightson – House of Secrets 103 (1972)

… which is rather compositionally similar to Giant Size Man-Thing 4 (1975) by Frank Brunner

Dan Parent homages Dave Stevens‘ 1983 Vanguard cover for Archie Versus The World…

 

And I’ll end this week with more uncovered gems from Kevin O’Neill… this one being Nightpeeder from 1997, which is concept-art used to pitch an animated film based on an idea by Jean-Marc & Randy Lofficier. The comic was eventually published in France as part of an anthology, with added captions. (Hat tip to the Kevin O’Neill Appreciation Page)