Quote from: karlos on 08 November, 2022, 03:08:05 PM
A lovely tribute. All this outpouring of love and respect is very moving.
I just think his style opened people's eyes (particularly budding artist-type's eyes!) to a notion that comic art and illustration didn't have to fall into this uniform, accurate style. I obviously loved Bolland's and Gibbons' artwork in 2000AD or John Byrne drawing X-Men but I sure as fuck couldn't draw like them. Their skills were beyond compare, but because of that I found their art was also quite intimidating as a result. O'Neill's artwork was like a thumbs-up for everyone who felt the same way as me - that there were no rules to follow or even better: that you could just make your own and ignore everyone else's. That's a pretty important lesson to learn and all the better if you start learning it early. It's no exaggeration to say I wouldn't have a career as an artist (that as it may be) without discovering his art. I'm going to take a wild guess I'm not alone with that.