Doing a bit of random tidying up and found the following from the pages of
Worlds of Horror, a short-lived horror mag. that ran in 1974-75. The following were, I think, Kev's first professional sales, two illustrations (from issue 4 and 6) and a 1-page comic strip from issue 6 which pre-dates his work in
Legend Horror Classics. I think Kev's first ever strip appeared in a fanzine called
Eureka way back in 1971 and he also contributed to
Fantasy Advertiser and
Interplanetary News; this was a few years before Kev came to everyone's attention in
2000AD and, later as the only artist whose style of work was unacceptable to the Comics Code Authority. Not anything specific in his work, but the actual way he worked. How mad is that?



(* I imagine these are probably © Dallruth Publishing Group and /or Kevin O'Neill)
Yes, in the tree monster pic you can certainly see the roots (haha) of his later style. Kidding aside, I think WoH had 9 issues in all; I haven't seen one for years.
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