The 2000 AD Art of Kevin O'Neill: Apex Edition
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Kevin O'Neill
An incredible insight into the art of one of comics’ most unique
talents – the 2000 AD Art of Kevin O’Neill: Apex Edition is available to
pre-order now.
Due for release on 28 June 2023, the Apex Edition will be available
in standard and special slipcase editions. The standard edition is available to
pre-order from the 2000 AD webshop and will also be available for comic
book stores to order through Diamond Distribution’s Previews magazine next
year.
The slipcase edition is only available from the 2000 AD webshop
and will include an individually numbered extra bound page, featuring a page of
brand new art created by O’Neill exclusively for this edition.
The contents of this 160-page collection were compiled by O’Neill
from his own archive, working closely with Rebellion’s editorial and
reprographics teams to curate this unmissable testament to his remarkable
career.
O’Neill, who sadly died in November, was an artist without peer.
His work on strips in 2000 AD such as Nemesis the Warlock, Metalzoic,
Judge Dredd, Ro-Busters and more sealed his reputation even
before his wildly popular and influential work on Marshal Law with Pat
Mills and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen with Alan Moore. His
innovative, iconoclastic, idiosyncratic, and inventive work for 2000 AD will
be showcased in an unmissable over-sized art book, featuring high-resolution
scans of original artwork by one of comics most unique talents.
Presented in a deluxe, over-sized facsimile edition, the Kevin
O’Neill Apex Edition will reproduce these stunning pages at their actual
size – from covers to stunning double-page spreads, from just some of his famous
work on Nemesis the Warlock to his final sequential work on Bonjo
From Beyond The Stars, giving fans the chance to see these pages in all
their glory.
From his concept sketches for 2000 AD’s alien editor ‘Tharg
the Mighty’ to complete episodes from robot rescue squad series Ro-Busters,
future lawman Judge Dredd, and alien freedom fighter Nemesis the
Warlock, O’Neill’s unmistakeable style was influenced by everything from
his childhood in the East End of London to the films of special effects pioneer
Ray Harryhausen, from Mad magazine and from the work of British
cartoonist Ken Reid.
The complete list of contents:
Tharg the Mighty head shot concepts
2000 AD Sci-fi Special 1977 cover
Judge Dredd: Judges Graveyard pages 1-6
Tharg’s Future Shocks: Hunted pages 1-3
Mach Zero Star Scan
2000 AD Annual 1979 cover
2000 AD covers - Progs 40, 71, 84, 88, 97 (unused due to
strike action), 103, 112, 167 (sketch & cover) 398, 483, 485, 489, 492, 500
Ro-Busters cover – Starlord issues 5 & 16 Cover
Ro-Busters Star Scan – Starlord issue 19
Ro-Busters – 2000 AD Prog 88, pages 1-4, 6
Ro-Busters – 2000 AD Prog 90, pages 1-6
Ro-Busters – 2000 AD Prog 103, pages 1-6
Ro-Busters – 2000 AD Prog 104, pages 1-6
Ro-Busters – Ro-jaws, 2000 AD Prog 106 Star Scan
Ro-Busters – 2000 AD Prog 111, pages 1-6
Ro-Busters – 2000 AD Prog 112, pages 1-6
ABC Warriors – 2000 AD Prog 119, pages 3-7
ABC Warriors – 2000 AD Prog 123, pages 1-6
ABC Warriors – Titan Book One frontispiece
ABC Warriors – Prologue pages 1-3
ABC Warriors – Epilogue pages 1-3
Shok! – Judge Dredd Annual 1981, pages 1-7
Judge Dredd: The Law According To Dredd – 2000 AD Prog 474,
pages 3-7
Judge Dredd: The Law According To Dredd – 2000 AD Page 475,
pages 1-2, 4-7
Judge Dredd – 2000 AD Prog 521, page 1
Nemesis: Terror Tube – 2000 AD Prog 167, pages 1-6
Torquemada The God – 2000 AD Prog 520, pages 1-6
Torquemada’s Second Honeymoon – 2000 AD Annual 1988, pages
1-6
Tomb Of Torquemada Poster Prog, cover
Tomb Of Torquemada Poster Prog, pages 1-6
Tomb Of Torquemada Poster Prog, poster
Nemesis the Warlock: The Final Conflict – 2000 AD Prog 2000,
pages 1-6
Bonjo From Beyond The Stars – 2000 AD Prog 2312
