The official booth of Hurricane Entertainment's Artist/Writer/Scoundrel WILLIAM O’NEILL: GENTLEMAN NERD O’Neill is a professional illustrator, writer, & co-founder of Hurricane Entertainment along with Jan Utstein. He was the initial creator & artist of the comic book series CHASSIS & co-created the critically acclaimed VIOLENT MESSIAHS. Both were published through Hurricane at Image Comics, with VM Graphic Novels from IDW. O’Neill wrote the comic book series JOHN CARPENTER’S SNAKE PLISSKEN CHRONICLES, at Cross Gen. The book was produced in partnership with John, Kurt Russell, Debra Hill. As an illustrator William’s clients have included: Lucasfilm, Acme Archives, Netflix, Printed in Blood, Fox Television, MGM, New Line, Jim Henson Prods, Topps, Inkworks, Hanna-Barbera, Cross-Gen, Image Comics, Rittenhouse, and Warner Bros. O’Neill is an official Lucasfilm Artist and was selected to create limited edition prints for 5 past STAR WARS CELEBRATION shows. He is probably best known for his Celebration print entitled "Scoundrels" depicting Harrison Ford's two most iconic roles, Indiana Jones and Han Solo. In the film industry, O'Neill co-wrote & co-created MILES FROM NOWHERE, a TV pilot, formally in development at Jim Henson Productions. He also teamed with 4-time Academy Award winner Ben Burtt (WALL-E, STAR WARS, INDIANA JONES) to develop his property CHASSIS as a feature film. The union resulted in a film treatment and short demo, directed by Burtt with VFX by THE THIRD FLOOR. O’Neill wrote AGENT 88, a dark, action, comedy which garnered international press, including the front page of the LA Times. His most recent artwork appears in: “Visions from the Upside Down: Stranger Things” artbook, published by Printed in Blood for Netflix as well as “Who Ya’ Gonna Call” also from PIB along with Sony Pictures. William is currently working on several new projects including a new comic book, a sci-fi comedy titled VEXXED “A DICK FROM OUTERSPACE.” (less)