Comments on: Check out: John R. Neill http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/06/10/check-out-john-r-neill/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:57:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Steve Brumbaugh http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/06/10/check-out-john-r-neill/#comment-3348612 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:37:56 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/06/10/check-out-john-r-neill/#comment-3348612 One of my favorite Oz stories and one of the few that really scared me as a kid. (I know that one of Baum's goals was writing fairy tales for kids that weren't scary [a la Hansel and Gretel], but hey! it worked for me!) Neill remains probably my favorite illustrator. As an adult, I can now appreciate Denslow (illustrator for the actual Wizard of Oz) but Neill's work is a source of eternal fascination for me. His style of course changed CONSIDERABLY over the many years of mainline Oz, but I love his early style (as in the illos shown) and his later work equally. John R Neill rules! One of my favorite Oz stories and one of the few that really scared me as a kid. (I know that one of Baum’s goals was writing fairy tales for kids that weren’t scary [a la Hansel and Gretel], but hey! it worked for me!)

Neill remains probably my favorite illustrator. As an adult, I can now appreciate Denslow (illustrator for the actual Wizard of Oz) but Neill’s work is a source of eternal fascination for me. His style of course changed CONSIDERABLY over the many years of mainline Oz, but I love his early style (as in the illos shown) and his later work equally.

John R Neill rules!

]]> by: Sphinx Magoo http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/06/10/check-out-john-r-neill/#comment-3348029 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:07:46 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/06/10/check-out-john-r-neill/#comment-3348029 Wow! Thanks, Mr. Shanower. This's like getting a Superman trivia question answered by Mark Waid! Wow! Thanks, Mr. Shanower.

This’s like getting a Superman trivia question answered by Mark Waid!

]]> by: ericshanower http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/06/10/check-out-john-r-neill/#comment-3347258 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:32:25 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/06/10/check-out-john-r-neill/#comment-3347258 Actually, that's not the Nome King, that's General Guph of the Nome Army. The creature on the left is the First and Foremost of the Phanfasms, ruler of a scary race of shape-changers. The lower illustration is Dorothy, Toto, and Billina the Yellow Hen in the pun-based Oz kingdom of Utensia. Actually, that’s not the Nome King, that’s General Guph of the Nome Army. The creature on the left is the First and Foremost of the Phanfasms, ruler of a scary race of shape-changers.

The lower illustration is Dorothy, Toto, and Billina the Yellow Hen in the pun-based Oz kingdom of Utensia.

]]> by: Sphinx Magoo http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/06/10/check-out-john-r-neill/#comment-3347212 Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:48:01 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2009/06/10/check-out-john-r-neill/#comment-3347212 Wow! Those are pretty amazing. Thanks, Heidi! Who's that with the Nome King? (The Nome King's the one on the right in the first image, right?) Wow! Those are pretty amazing. Thanks, Heidi!

Who’s that with the Nome King? (The Nome King’s the one on the right in the first image, right?)

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