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I’ve come back and looked at this about 5 times today so far. I really felt like I should easily be able to figure this out, but the figures tell you NOTHING. So I just kept taking fresh looks at it, waiting for it to tell me.
I’m mostly making my guess based on the hand-ruled panel borders and the lovingly rendered textures in the backgrounds.
So I’m going with Stan Sakai.
By the way, I love the coloring here. So moody and mute.
Wow, for once I can say this. I’ve got this issue so I’m out.
Yep, I figured it would be a tough one. This artist is not normally associated with “cartoony” material…though one could make the argument that his style is also not “realistic”.
Eduardo Risso?
Or… similarly Marcelo Frusin?
Getting closer…Risso is a good guess, in terms of style.
Oeming?
Think British…
Oh Jeez, it’s not Sean Phillips, is it?
Nope.
Maybe Matt Kish can step in with a hint?
It’s Jock isn’t it?
No one right yet. Here’s a hint. He’s Irish, although I have no idea if he struggles withe “The Demon” alcohol.
Oh, man; it all makes sense now. Nice hint, Kish. So it’s the inimitable John McCrea.
Yep.
Answer: This is indeed The Simpsons as interpreted through the lens of artist John McCrea. It’s from Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror #7, published by Bongo Comics, 2001.