Vincent DePorter was a professional comic book artist with a career spanning four decades across Belgium, France, and the United States. He drew for DC Comics, illustrated for Nickelodeon, contributed regularly to SpongeBob Comics, and inked style guides for Batman and Superman. He was, by any measure, a genuinely accomplished artist.

He was also Dr. OMEB's friend — and one of his biggest fans.

Mike and Vincent found each other the way so many great friendships form in the digital age: commenting on the same posts on Facebook, recognizing something kindred in each other's perspective. What followed was nearly fifteen years of daily conversation — a transatlantic friendship between a one-man rock band from Cincinnati and a Belgian comic artist living in Arizona, bound together by a shared love of music, art, and the particular struggle of being a creative person in a world that doesn't always make room for you.

Vincent designed art for Dr. OMEB constantly — often without being asked. He loved the music and wanted to be part of it. Mike always paid him, but Vincent's motivation was never the money. It was the work. The collaboration. The friendship.

Every piece in the gallery below was created by Vincent DePorter specifically for Dr. OMEB. His last completed works before passing were the artwork for "Close My Eyes Forever" — which went on to cross one million plays on Facebook. He never got to see that milestone. But his work helped make it happen.

He is missed.