Flashback to… Kevin O’Neill!
December 7th, 2015
LIFE TURDS have prevented me from finishing my long promised post on Julia Scheele‘s comics, so here’s a quick ramble about the dick-slap aesthetics of Nemesis the Warlock and Marshal Law that I stole from my own twitter account…
Matt Maxwell once asked me if I had any thoughts on NEMESIS THE WARLOCK. I do, and they’re all blurred by time & distance but here we go!
In Alec – how to be an artist, Eddie Campbell described Mills & O’Neilll’s NEMESIS as “the wicked satire of a rejected Catholic upbringing”. I wouldn’t presume to be able to improve on that description, but it does point towards what’s so good about *O’Neill’s* NEMESIS.
Don’t get me wrong, plenty of good artists have drawn NEMESIS (including Bryan Talbot, for fuck’s sake!) but O’Neill made it look *naughty*. This is what separates his baroque atrocities from similar dystopias (Warhammer 40K, etc): the heavy metal fanfare never obscures the man.
Much as I like NEMESIS, thinking about it out loud reminds me that MARSHAL LAW was always my favourite Mills/O’Neill collaboration.
O’Neill’s art on MARSHAL LAW would look fucking great scratched into a bus stop, or sprayed onto the side of a building – you couldn’t graffiti in that Warhammer 40K style, you’d get huckled before you finished the first carefully buffed and shame splattered shoulder-pad…
But MARSHAL LAW… that shit, you could just about get away with. Mills’ writing is most efficient in that context too, I think – after all, it so often feels that his words are intended to wound rather than reform.
See Alan Moore’s essay on comics’ pre-history in OCCUPY COMICS for a stealth argument that Mills and O’Neill’s style of comics is in keeping with the *true* spirit of comics past, the piss-take on the flip side of the monument, the sly dig on the side of the milk carton, etc. O’Neill’s comics feel like part of the lived environment – they lie in wait in newsagents for unwary minds, they creep up behind us while we wait for the 66 on Victoria Road, they etch themselves into desks and jotters, scowling out defiantly at all who might find them. See, also, the first volume of Hitch/Millar’s THE ULTIMATES for an example of how much more toxic this type of storytelling feels when presented with a sheen of Hollywood Realism – special guest star George Dubbya Bush!
So, not too many actual thoughts on #NEMESIS there, but repurposing this old twitter rant has definitely made me want to reread it, so thanks again Matt!
93 Responses to “Flashback to… Kevin O’Neill!”
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
December 16th, 2015 at 9:38 pm
It’ true – there’s something fantastically and grotesquely unwholesome about O’Neill drawing Nemesis that isn’t there in the other artists’ versions (though they bring a bunch of their own good shit, of course. Mills’ words for Nemesis (and generally) often feel that they’ve been coughed up, and O’Neill’s art is uniquely capable of embodying that grungy feel, as though dragged up in a bucket from ‘that foul rag and bone shop, the heart’…shit, I just quoted Yeats like it was no thang…
January 26th, 2023 at 11:07 pm
https://over-the-counter-drug.com/# jock itch treatment over-the-counter
January 29th, 2023 at 1:45 am
https://zithromax.science/# can you buy zithromax online
January 29th, 2023 at 11:44 am
https://zithromax.science/# zithromax capsules price
[url=https://amoxil.science/#]amoxil[/url] amoxicillin 500mg cost
January 30th, 2023 at 3:48 pm
https://doxycycline.science/# buy cheap doxycycline
[url=https://doxycycline.science/#]buy cheap doxycycline[/url] doxycycline mono
January 30th, 2023 at 6:06 pm
https://doxycycline.science/# buy doxycycline online
January 31st, 2023 at 5:26 pm
https://amoxil.science/# azithromycin amoxicillin
[url=https://stromectol.science/#]stromectol pills[/url] buy minocycline
February 2nd, 2023 at 12:26 pm
Read information now. Commonly Used Drugs Charts.
[url=https://stromectolst.com/#]cost of ivermectin[/url]
Medscape Drugs & Diseases. Some are medicines that help people when doctors prescribe.
February 2nd, 2023 at 12:47 pm
Generic Name. Get warning information here.
https://stromectolst.com/# stromectol price
Definitive journal of drugs and therapeutics. Some are medicines that help people when doctors prescribe.
February 2nd, 2023 at 1:15 pm
Actual trends of drug. Comprehensive side effect and adverse reaction information.
stromectol generic name
Some trends of drugs. Read now.
February 2nd, 2023 at 11:01 pm
Some trends of drugs. Read here.
ivermectin over the counter canada
Get here. Read information now.
February 3rd, 2023 at 1:05 am
Cautions. Drugs information sheet.
[url=https://stromectolst.com/#]ivermectin 50[/url]
Prescription Drug Information, Interactions & Side. Definitive journal of drugs and therapeutics.
February 3rd, 2023 at 8:48 am
Top 100 Searched Drugs. Actual trends of drug.
https://stromectolst.com/# buy ivermectin for humans uk
Definitive journal of drugs and therapeutics. Drugs information sheet.
February 3rd, 2023 at 12:33 pm
Everything information about medication. Read now.
stromectol tab 3mg
Prescription Drug Information, Interactions & Side. earch our drug database.
February 4th, 2023 at 6:42 am
earch our drug database. Commonly Used Drugs Charts.
https://stromectolst.com/# stromectol price in india
Medscape Drugs & Diseases. Prescription Drug Information, Interactions & Side.
February 4th, 2023 at 10:57 am
Medscape Drugs & Diseases. Cautions.
[url=https://stromectolst.com/#]ivermectin price uk[/url]
Read information now. Medicament prescribing information.
February 4th, 2023 at 12:40 pm
Everything what you want to know about pills. Some are medicines that help people when doctors prescribe.
https://stromectolst.com/# where to buy stromectol
Get here. Everything about medicine.
February 5th, 2023 at 2:08 am
What side effects can this medication cause? Commonly Used Drugs Charts.
ivermectin 1 cream
Generic Name. Comprehensive side effect and adverse reaction information.
February 5th, 2023 at 8:54 am
Actual trends of drug. Get information now.
[url=https://stromectolst.com/#]stromectol uk[/url]
Definitive journal of drugs and therapeutics. Get here.
February 5th, 2023 at 11:54 am
Read now. Get here.
ivermectin for sale
Top 100 Searched Drugs. Some are medicines that help people when doctors prescribe.
February 5th, 2023 at 4:48 pm
Some are medicines that help people when doctors prescribe. Get warning information here.
[url=https://stromectolst.com/#]stromectol usa[/url]
Read information now. earch our drug database.
February 5th, 2023 at 5:32 pm
Get warning information here. Everything about medicine.
stromectol covid 19
safe and effective drugs are available. Commonly Used Drugs Charts.
February 6th, 2023 at 11:49 am
Get warning information here. Read now.
[url=https://stromectolst.com/#]ivermectin ebay[/url]
Definitive journal of drugs and therapeutics. Everything information about medication.
February 6th, 2023 at 1:27 pm
Read information now. Comprehensive side effect and adverse reaction information.
ivermectin human
Get information now. Read information now.
February 7th, 2023 at 12:50 pm
Cautions. Learn about the side effects, dosages, and interactions. [url=https://avodart.science/#]buying cheap avodart online[/url]
Medscape Drugs & Diseases. Some trends of drugs.
February 7th, 2023 at 1:02 pm
Read information now. Everything about medicine.
[url=https://nexium.top/#]can i buy nexium without a prescription[/url]
Get information now. Comprehensive side effect and adverse reaction information.
February 7th, 2023 at 1:13 pm
Prescription Drug Information, Interactions & Side. Comprehensive side effect and adverse reaction information.
https://mobic.store/# how to buy generic mobic pills
Get here. Medicament prescribing information.
February 7th, 2023 at 11:00 pm
Long-Term Effects. Drug information.
buy levaquin without insurance
Comprehensive side effect and adverse reaction information. Cautions.
February 8th, 2023 at 2:11 am
Cautions. Prescription Drug Information, Interactions & Side.
how can i get generic levaquin pills
Long-Term Effects. safe and effective drugs are available.
February 8th, 2023 at 11:20 am
What side effects can this medication cause? Everything about medicine.
https://nexium.top/# can i purchase nexium without rx
All trends of medicament. Top 100 Searched Drugs.
February 8th, 2023 at 12:56 pm
Top 100 Searched Drugs. Drugs information sheet.
[url=https://mobic.store/#]where buy cheap mobic without prescription[/url]
Read now. Best and news about drug.
February 9th, 2023 at 10:12 am
Prescription Drug Information, Interactions & Side. Everything information about medication.
where can i get generic levaquin for sale
Drug information. safe and effective drugs are available.
February 10th, 2023 at 1:08 am
Medicament prescribing information. Medscape Drugs & Diseases.
can i buy generic nexium for sale
Everything what you want to know about pills. Get information now.
February 10th, 2023 at 1:12 am
Read information now. safe and effective drugs are available.
[url=https://nexium.top/#]where buy cheap nexium without prescription[/url]
Actual trends of drug. Read information now.
February 10th, 2023 at 3:27 pm
Commonly Used Drugs Charts. Medscape Drugs & Diseases. https://avodart.science/# where can i get avodart pills
Comprehensive side effect and adverse reaction information. What side effects can this medication cause?
February 10th, 2023 at 5:48 pm
Learn about the side effects, dosages, and interactions. Comprehensive side effect and adverse reaction information.
https://lisinopril.science/# lisinopril 10 mg prices
Comprehensive side effect and adverse reaction information. Cautions.
February 10th, 2023 at 11:10 pm
Everything about medicine. п»їMedicament prescribing information.
https://mobic.store/# where buy cheap mobic prices
Actual trends of drug. Some are medicines that help people when doctors prescribe.
February 11th, 2023 at 4:21 am
What side effects can this medication cause? Everything information about medication.
can you buy cheap levaquin no prescription
drug information and news for professionals and consumers. Everything what you want to know about pills.
February 11th, 2023 at 1:51 pm
Actual trends of drug. Get information now.
https://azithromycins.com/ zithromax pill
Top 100 Searched Drugs. Get warning information here.
February 11th, 2023 at 5:47 pm
Best and news about drug. Medscape Drugs & Diseases.
zithromax 500 mg lowest price online
Top 100 Searched Drugs. What side effects can this medication cause?
February 12th, 2023 at 12:31 am
Read information now. drug information and news for professionals and consumers.
https://clomiphenes.com cheap clomid for sale
All trends of medicament. Drugs information sheet.
February 12th, 2023 at 1:41 am
Prescription Drug Information, Interactions & Side. п»їMedicament prescribing information. https://amoxicillins.com/ amoxicillin 500mg
Read information now. Best and news about drug.
February 12th, 2023 at 2:26 pm
Read information now. Everything about medicine.
[url=https://finasteridest.com/]can you buy cheap propecia pills[/url]
Prescription Drug Information, Interactions & Side. Drugs information sheet.
February 13th, 2023 at 9:20 am
Generic Name. Learn about the side effects, dosages, and interactions.
https://clomiphenes.online can you get cheap clomid prices
Read now. Actual trends of drug.
February 13th, 2023 at 6:50 pm
Learn about the side effects, dosages, and interactions. Everything what you want to know about pills.
how can i get cheap propecia without dr prescription
Learn about the side effects, dosages, and interactions. Generic Name.
February 14th, 2023 at 12:59 am
Read information now. Everything what you want to know about pills.
[url=https://finasteridest.com/]can i purchase generic propecia without a prescription[/url]
Commonly Used Drugs Charts. Top 100 Searched Drugs.
February 14th, 2023 at 2:27 am
Get information now. Get warning information here.
can i purchase cheap propecia
Learn about the side effects, dosages, and interactions. safe and effective drugs are available.
February 14th, 2023 at 2:36 am
safe and effective drugs are available. Everything information about medication. amoxicillin 1000 mg capsule
Read now. Everything information about medication.
February 14th, 2023 at 8:59 am
Read now. Everything what you want to know about pills.
[url=https://finasteridest.com/]how to get cheap propecia without rx[/url]
Everything what you want to know about pills. Read information now.
February 14th, 2023 at 6:40 pm
Get here. Drug information.
https://azithromycins.com/ how to get zithromax online
safe and effective drugs are available. Best and news about drug.
February 15th, 2023 at 12:52 am
Get warning information here. Medscape Drugs & Diseases.
[url=https://clomiphenes.com]can i order cheap clomid prices[/url]
drug information and news for professionals and consumers. Read information now.
February 15th, 2023 at 5:41 am
Some trends of drugs. Get warning information here. order amoxicillin uk
п»їMedicament prescribing information. Get here.
February 15th, 2023 at 1:08 pm
All trends of medicament. Commonly Used Drugs Charts. amoxicillin 500 mg without prescription
Medscape Drugs & Diseases. safe and effective drugs are available.
February 15th, 2023 at 5:36 pm
Everything what you want to know about pills. Read information now.
can i buy zithromax online
Long-Term Effects. Medicament prescribing information.
February 20th, 2023 at 11:11 am
Drugs information sheet. Everything what you want to know about pills.
https://canadianfast.com/# pet antibiotics without vet prescription
Everything about medicine. Comprehensive side effect and adverse reaction information.
February 20th, 2023 at 6:32 pm
Some are medicines that help people when doctors prescribe. drug information and news for professionals and consumers.
[url=https://canadianfast.online/#]online canadian pharmacy[/url]
Read now. Generic Name.
February 20th, 2023 at 6:32 pm
Everything information about medication. Everything about medicine.
canadianpharmacyworld com
earch our drug database. Everything what you want to know about pills.
February 20th, 2023 at 7:48 pm
Prescription Drug Information, Interactions & Side. Drugs information sheet.
my canadian pharmacy review
Medscape Drugs & Diseases. Everything what you want to know about pills.
February 20th, 2023 at 9:50 pm
Get warning information here. Read now.
[url=https://canadianfast.online/#]online canadian drugstore[/url]
Read information now. Top 100 Searched Drugs.
February 21st, 2023 at 12:09 pm
Long-Term Effects. Drugs information sheet.
canadian online pharmacy
What side effects can this medication cause? Everything information about medication.
February 21st, 2023 at 5:05 pm
Long-Term Effects. drug information and news for professionals and consumers.
best canadian pharmacy
Medscape Drugs & Diseases. Everything about medicine.
February 21st, 2023 at 7:13 pm
Read now. Learn about the side effects, dosages, and interactions.
[url=https://canadianfast.com/#]canada ed drugs[/url]
Read information now. Best and news about drug.
February 22nd, 2023 at 5:46 am
Prescription Drug Information, Interactions & Side. Read now.
canadian pharmacy tampa
Generic Name. Drug information.
February 22nd, 2023 at 11:01 pm
buy cialis 20mg Hypertension was even more frequently diagnosed in our BC population than in the general female population, probably as a result of surveillance bias
February 23rd, 2023 at 8:16 am
Thanks for sharing your info. I really appreciate your efforts and I will be waiting for your further write ups thank you once again.
my home page : okbet
February 26th, 2023 at 7:27 am
Wow, marvelous weblog structure ! How lengthy have you been running a blog for ? you make running a blog look easy. The whole glance of your web site is fantastic, as neatly as the content
my home page : okbet online casino
February 26th, 2023 at 1:26 pm
Some trends of drugs. Drugs information sheet.
https://viagrapillsild.online/# viagra side effects on teenagers
Some trends of drugs. Everything about medicine.
February 26th, 2023 at 1:43 pm
drug information and news for professionals and consumers. Everything about medicine.
https://viagrapillsild.online/# order viagra online in australia
Read now. drug information and news for professionals and consumers.
February 26th, 2023 at 11:41 pm
Get warning information here. Comprehensive side effect and adverse reaction information.
[url=https://viagrapillsild.online/#]viagra ad[/url]
Read here. Top 100 Searched Drugs.
February 27th, 2023 at 1:01 pm
Prescription Drug Information, Interactions & Side. Read now.
https://viagrapillsild.online/# sildenafil tablets online
All trends of medicament. Everything what you want to know about pills.
February 27th, 2023 at 2:35 pm
Definitive journal of drugs and therapeutics. Medscape Drugs & Diseases.
[url=https://viagrapillsild.online/#]sildenafil 50mg price australia[/url]
Comprehensive side effect and adverse reaction information. Get information now.
February 27th, 2023 at 8:28 pm
What side effects can this medication cause? Commonly Used Drugs Charts.
https://viagrapillsild.online/# can i buy sildenafil in canada
Read information now. Long-Term Effects.
February 28th, 2023 at 1:45 pm
Medscape Drugs & Diseases. What side effects can this medication cause?
tadalafil 5 mg tablet coupon
Everything what you want to know about pills. Read information now.
February 28th, 2023 at 11:36 pm
Drug information. Long-Term Effects.
[url=https://tadalafil1st.com/#]best tadalafil generic[/url]
п»їMedicament prescribing information. safe and effective drugs are available.
February 28th, 2023 at 11:54 pm
Top 100 Searched Drugs. Some are medicines that help people when doctors prescribe.
cialis free trial coupon
Drugs information sheet. Get information now.
March 1st, 2023 at 1:15 am
Generic Name. Generic Name.
https://tadalafil1st.online/# buy tadalafil online australia
All trends of medicament. Prescription Drug Information, Interactions & Side.
March 1st, 2023 at 2:20 am
Generic Name. Medscape Drugs & Diseases.
buy tadalafil online no prescription
All trends of medicament. Comprehensive side effect and adverse reaction information.
March 2nd, 2023 at 4:02 am
cialis online purchase The cardiopulmary morbidity caused by RT was not specifically studied, but the overall results and analysis of OS indicate that the possible morbidity caused by RT was not of major importance at 20 years
March 2nd, 2023 at 4:24 am
Get warning information here. Read here.
[url=https://tadalafil1st.online/#]cialis los angeles[/url]
Learn about the side effects, dosages, and interactions. Cautions.
March 2nd, 2023 at 9:20 am
Dry them on a clean paper towel buy zithromax for chlamydia Trying to get pregnant for three years with un- protective intercourse
March 2nd, 2023 at 6:28 pm
Read information now. Get warning information here.
https://tadalafil1st.com/# online pharmacy tadalafil 20mg
Comprehensive side effect and adverse reaction information. Top 100 Searched Drugs.
March 3rd, 2023 at 4:26 am
Some are medicines that help people when doctors prescribe. What side effects can this medication cause?
https://tadalafil1st.online/# tadalafil 5 mg tablet coupon
Get warning information here. safe and effective drugs are available.
March 3rd, 2023 at 5:21 am
Commonly Used Drugs Charts. Get warning information here.
https://tadalafil1st.online/# canadian pharmacy generic tadalafil
Prescription Drug Information, Interactions & Side. Actual trends of drug.
March 3rd, 2023 at 8:47 am
earch our drug database. п»їMedicament prescribing information.
https://tadalafil1st.com/# comparison of 10 mg cialis price
Read information now. Best and news about drug.
March 3rd, 2023 at 7:58 pm
Everything what you want to know about pills. Everything what you want to know about pills.
buy generic tadalafil 20mg
Get information now. safe and effective drugs are available.
March 4th, 2023 at 4:55 am
All trends of medicament. Some trends of drugs.
cialis soft tabs, united states origin
Medscape Drugs & Diseases. Read here.
March 4th, 2023 at 1:07 pm
Top 100 Searched Drugs. earch our drug database.
[url=https://amoxila.store/]amoxicillin 500 mg without a prescription[/url]
Everything what you want to know about pills. Get information now.
March 4th, 2023 at 4:34 pm
Some trends of drugs. drug information and news for professionals and consumers.
[url=https://prednisoned.top/]buy prednisone tablets online[/url]
[url=https://clomidc.fun/]how to get clomid without rx[/url]
[url=https://propeciaf.store/]where to get generic propecia[/url]
Everything information about medication. Get here.
March 8th, 2023 at 12:34 pm
Everything about medicine. Get information now.
https://propeciaf.store/ buy propecia pills
Everything what you want to know about pills. Drug information.
March 9th, 2023 at 10:03 am
Medscape Drugs & Diseases. Long-Term Effects.
can i get generic propecia pill
[url=https://prednisoned.top/]prednisone online pharmacy[/url]
[url=https://zithromaxa.fun/]zithromax prescription online[/url]
Get information now. All trends of medicament.
March 10th, 2023 at 12:55 pm
Everything what you want to know about pills.“부산유흥”
Everything information about medication.
March 11th, 2023 at 9:36 pm
You need to be a part of a contest for one of the most useful sites
해외스포츠중계 online. I most certainly will recommend this site!
March 12th, 2023 at 8:35 pm
Specifically, we determined regression estimates as rate ratios using a Poisson link and Gaussian distribution best price cialis Treatment of acute mania from clinical trials to recommendations for clinical practice