Editing Kevin O'Neill (comics) (section)

===''2000 AD''===
O'Neill initially provided art for pin-ups and covers, including the centre image of [[Tharg the Mighty|Tharg]] on the cover of the first issue of ''2000AD'', [[bodging]] and introducing creator credits.<ref>[https://www.millsverse.com/an-act-of-rebellion/ Millsverse: An Act of Rebellion]</ref> After a period of being nurtured by Mills, he eventually started branching out drawing short ''[[Tharg the Mighty]]'' strips, ''[[Future Shocks]]'' and various humorous short stories. However it was not until he started work on ''[[Ro-Busters]]'' (with Pat Mills as writer) in ''2000AD'' issue 88 that O'Neill started work on his first major ongoing strip for the title. O'Neill's quirky and unusual work on ''Ro-Busters'' proved popular and helped establish him as a major ''2000AD'' creator, as well as establishing what would become a long series of collaborations with writer Pat Mills.

Mills and O'Neill's next major work was a one-off story called ''Terror Tube'' in issue 167 which was said to be inspired by the song ''[[Going Underground]]'' by [[The Jam]]. However the story was a reaction against IPC objecting to a long chase sequence in ''Ro-Busters'', so the pair created a six-page story which consisted entirely of an extended chase sequence between the hordes of the villainous Torquemada and a mysterious character called ''[[Nemesis the Warlock|Nemesis]]''.{{citation needed|date=May 2013}}

The story proved popular and the pair followed ''Terror Tube'' up with a two part story featuring Nemesis called ''Killer Watt''. This proved to be even more popular and by now O'Neill's grotesque style was winning over more and more fans who also wanted to see more of Nemesis. In issue 222 they would get their wish with the first book of an ongoing ''[[Nemesis the Warlock]]'' series. The strip would eventually rival [[Judge Dredd]] in terms of popularity but O'Neill's art would get him into trouble with IPC's censors who considered his work too violent and disturbing. However O'Neill was one of ''2000AD'''s most popular artists and would not only continue working on ''Nemesis the Warlock'', but would provide art for ''[[ABC Warriors|The ABC Warriors]]'' and even ''Judge Dredd''.

It was with ''Nemesis the Warlock'' that O'Neill would spend most of his time working on for much of the early 1980s, but O'Neill was suffering from financial difficulties and decided to take offers of work from [[DC Comics]]. This meant stopping work upon ''Nemesis'' and becoming freelance, although he would return for the occasional one-off episode of Nemesis and provide other work for ''2000AD''.

The story "Shok!" (created with [[Steve MacManus]] for ''Judge Dredd Annual 1981'') was involved in controversy when it was realised that it was the basis of [[Richard Stanley (film director)|Richard Stanley]]'s 1990 film ''[[Hardware (film)|Hardware]]''. Only after a court case, which Stanley lost, were the two given writing credits on the film. ''Hardware'' is now considered the first ''2000 AD'' story to be adapted into film.<ref>[http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=spinoff&page=films 2000AD Online – spinoff zone<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080304120307/http://www.2000adonline.com/?zone=spinoff&page=films |date= 4 March 2008 }}</ref>