Oh, he probably just drew the new Orcus and was jealous of my verdict in favor of the old Orcus. So I'll repeat it: 1E Orcus crushes 3E Orcus despite being drawn with crayons! ;-)
(Or maybe he is Orcus and he thought the 1E pic was unflattering -- Orcus:" Minion, tell the truth, does my butt look that fat?")
Seriously though, Dispater is a better example of the "personality" issue which afflicts 3E Orcus. I wouldnt want to put 1E Dispater in my portfolio and try to shop it around for art jobs; its just not that good a picture technically. But it does have a lot of personality, while the 3E version has about zero. 3E Dispater is quite the generic monstrous villian, forgotten seconds after you see him. But people remember the 1E Dispater -- "Oh yeah, the little bald dude with the satyr legs" -- even 20 years later.
The same thing with Orcus. The 3E guy perfect portfolio fodder because he's technically fine and he could be friggen anything -- "Here, look, I can draw generic demons." But if the editor switched it accidentally with the pic of Bal, would anyone notice? Nope. Because he's more a random big demon than he is Orcus. So, the 1E version wins out.
