i will destroy you news

Sparkplug and me

2011-12-22T10:41:00.000-08:00

The Comics Reporter has a Holiday series of big interviews going on for the next couple of weeks. It includes a new interview with Emily Nilsson, Virginia Paine and Me about the future of Sparkplug Comic Books, the company started by my friend Dylan Williams who passed away this year. Please check it out. And please follow our activities at the Sparkplug Books website, blog, twitter and facebook pages.

Also, we've started a group blog to archive the life and work of Dylan Williams. Check it out and follow it. It's off to a pretty good start. It's a bit random so far, but eventually we hope to grow this as a resource for all the knowledge, artwork, writings and contributions Dylan made to the comics world.
Dylan Williams Reporter

Interviews... reviews... Holidays... etc...

2011-12-15T12:00:00.000-08:00

There's a really long, career spanning interview with me over at The Comics Journal. I talk about everything and reveal things I'm already regretting. Enjoy!

Also, there's a couple of really nice reviews that came out:
The "erotic science fiction" magazine Circlet calls me "an exemplar of surrealism!" I like that.

Jordan Hurdler puts The Wolf among his "Best of 2011" books and has nice things to say about it.

Levon Jihanian's Danger Country #1 has a good review up at The Comics Journal. I will be co-publishing this book with Teenage Dinosaur beginning in 2012.

Have a Happy Holiday! Here's a Krampus I drew last night:

CUSTOM CORPSE PAINT POST IT PORTRAITS!

2011-12-11T16:38:00.001-08:00

LIMITED TIME OFFER:

CUSTOM CORPSE PAINT POST IT PORTRAITS!

That's right, for this week only I will be taking commissions for corpse paint post it portraits. What does that mean? I did a series of these portraits of musicians who paint their faces.
You can see a Flickr set of them here.
Most of these musicians are in the black metal world.
But I also included KISS and Alice Cooper and some others.

These portraits are done on post it notes with oil paint markers.

They are fun to make and cheap to commission!

They vary in size.

$30 plus $5 priority shipping

(International orders please e-mail me your address for shipping price)

I'll paint any musician with corpse paint.

If interested, please e-mail me at tom (at) iwilldestroyyou (dot) com

I will stop taking requests on Friday.

I will complete all portraits this week
and ship them on Saturday the 17th

Give them as a X-mas gift!

Happy Holidays!

Vlad the Retailer Holiday Co-op this weekend!

2011-12-08T07:42:00.001-08:00

Hey, I'm gonna have a booth at
Vlad the Retailer's Holiday Co-op this Saturday!

Lots of DIY crafts and art and books to be found
from several local independent vendors.

Also baked goods, booze and DJs all in a space named
after a horrible vampire overlord!

Tell me - what could better put you in the Holiday spririt?

Bonus: it's next to everybody's favorite ice-cream place - Scoops!

I'll have all of my books, prints, some original art and more!

I might even have some brand new, EXCLUSIVE Henry & Glenn merch!

Saturday, December 10th, noon - 8 pm

Vlad The Retailer

704 Heliotrope Dr.

Los Angeles, CA90029

facebook invite here.

Come fill your stockings with my books and art,
so i can fill my belly with some vegan scoops!

Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival

2011-11-28T08:18:00.001-08:00

This weekend, I'll be at the
Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival!

I will be manning my own table #13 on the 2nd floor of the Fest.

Beside me will be my partners Sparkplug Books.

We have a lot of great new stuff.

Since I've never been to this show, it's like all my books are debuting!

Here's your shopping list:

The Wolf

Doppelgänger

Bound & Gagged

Brilliantly Ham-fisted

Neely... Creeps!

Your Disease Spread Quick

The Blot

and of course Henry & Glenn Forever
And a selection of my prints:

Wolf Tour, Moby Dick, Hollywood, Isis, WITTR, Black Math Horseman

I am also distributing a few of my LA friends' books:

Levon Jihanian's Danger Country

and a selection of Drippy Bone Books

including Keenan Keller's Galactic Breakdown series.

Please come out and do your holiday shopping at an independent arts and comics festival!

HOLIDAY ART SALE part 2 - Henry & Glenn!

2011-11-22T11:30:00.001-08:00

HOLIDAY ART SALE PART 2

This time it's the Henry & Glenn fake comic book covers I did last year for the Henry & Glenn Gang Bang art show

at La Luz de Jesus last year.

Henry & Glenn in Defective Comics #13

watercolor and ink on paper

with custom frame measures 22.5x17"

SOLD!

The Savage Sword of Glenn #9

watercolor and ink on paper

with custom frame measures 23x19"

SOLD!

Igloo Tornado's Glenn & Henry #138

watercolor and ink on paper

with custom frame measures 22x17"

SOLD!

For purchase inquiries, please write to

tom (at) iwilldestroyyou (dot) com

Holiday Art Sale!

2011-11-21T08:47:00.001-08:00

Holiday Art Sale!

I've dug out some old illustrations, comics and other original art to sell in time for the holidays.

Prices and sizes are listed. If you are interested in any of the following pieces, please e-mail me with your address and I will calculate shipping for you.

Buy some art!


Wolverine gag from S'supermini


Batman gag from S'supermini

Two superhero gag panels i did for my S'supermini comic from 2005

ink on watercolor paper

8.5x12"

$150 each

batman costume

superman costume

wonderwoman costume

martian manhunter costume

hawkman costume

flash costume


green lantern costume


aquaman costume

The Justice League of bad superhero costumes

drawn at San Diego Comic Con 2005

watercolor and ink on paper

5.5x8.8"
$200 for set

UPDATE: on hold pending purchase

Tentation

Unearthly Spectaculars

A couple of my Horror Cover recreations

2010

watercolor and ink on paper

14.5x20"

$250 each

Blot Ghost

Blot fallout

Two early Blot sketches

Blot Ghost

2004

ink on watercolor paper

15.5x22"

$150

Blot fallout

2004

ink and watercolor on paper

10x13"

$125

Blot/Wolf drawing

2009

black and red ink on paper

18x24"

UPDATE: SOLD!

Nancy and Sluggo Hair Fight

2005

ink on paper

8.5x12"

UPDATE: SOLD!

Fight cloud painting

2004

ink and watercolor on paper

8.5x8.5"

UPDATE: SOLD!

Two scenes from the TV show CHiPs

from Do You Like T.V.? anthology 2006

ink on paper

14.5x20"

$60 each or both for $100

Two "And How" one panel comics

2004

ink on paper

8.5x12"

$200 each

Please e-mail any purchase requests to

tom (at) iwilldestroyyou (dot) com

And don't forget to give The Wolf and my other books as gifts!

thank you!

Wolf Tour Posters now available

2011-11-18T16:19:00.001-08:00

I've added The Wolf West Coast Tour silkscreen posters to my webstore.

2 color silkscreen on colored paper

18 x 24"

$15 (+ shipping and handling)

Order one now!

Happy Birthday Moby Dick!

2011-11-14T11:05:00.001-08:00

Moby Dick was published today in 1851.

Have you read it yet? You should.

(I still have some of these prints available)

Levon Jihanian did Bill Keane

2011-11-11T09:20:00.001-08:00

Bill Keane, creator of The Family Circus, died this week. In some ways I love the Family Circus. I read it every day. But I've probably spent more time making fun of the Family Circus than enjoying it as a comic. Love him or laugh at him, anyone who devotes their life to the pursuit of comics deserves a lot of respect in my book. And now that I think of it, I've probably laughed harder at how bland Family Circus is than I have at just about anything else in newspaper comics... So, in a way, it is kinda the funniest strip in the paper. Maybe Bill Keane is the most unintentionally funny cartoonist of all time?

Anyway... Last year the incomparable Levon Jihanian did these two amazing Family Circus inspired pieces for the Bound & Gagged book (available in my store - i know that's crass, but just wait till the real book publishers start exploiting his death). Levon is a genius. These are bleak masterpieces. And in their own way, a tribute to Keane's work.

R.I.P. Bill Keane

thanks for all the laughs!

MIX this weekend!

2011-11-01T11:33:00.000-07:00

I'm heading to the Minneapolis Indie Xpo this weekend!

I'll have my own full table, and will also be helping with the Sparkplug Books table next to me.

I'm also on a panel about anthologies to discuss Bound & Gagged.

Please come out and check out this great festival!

Inkstuds Interview

2011-10-28T10:45:00.000-07:00

Here's a new interview with me on the Inkstuds Podcast.

Inkstuds Interview with Tom Neely

I talk about The Wolf, Henry & Glenn
and some future projects I'm working on.

I also got to choose the music for the show.

I picked all WOLF songs:

Death SS - Werewolf

Danzig - Killer Wolf

Necro Dethmort - Origami Werewolf

King Diamond - Follow The Wolf

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

new untitled comic

2011-10-27T11:51:00.000-07:00

This comic was just published in the new issue of POOD.

It's a reconfiguration of comics from

my ongoing "i just figured it all out" series.

I'll be posting more of those soon.

Get POOD #4 now!

KEPI GHOULIE - I BLEED ROCK 'N' ROLL

2011-10-25T12:44:00.001-07:00

I did the cover, incidental art, and package design
Kepi Ghoulie's new album "I Bleed Rock 'N' Roll!"
Kepi's the former frontman of the Groovie Ghoulies.
I also did artwork for them a few years ago,
and had a lot of fun working with him again.

You can pre-order "I Bleed Rock 'N' Roll" now
and get a tote bag with my art on it, too!

Go get it now! It Rocks!!!

Poe

2011-10-24T09:06:00.000-07:00

I did 3 illustrations for

Edgar Allan Poe's

Fall of the House of Usher

Coming Soon from Scout Books.

Part of a series of illustrated short stories

by classic authors and contemporary cartoonists.

Pre-order your copy now!

delays...

2011-10-15T14:40:00.000-07:00

i must apologize for any late orders from the iwdy store.

the world has been upside down for the last 2 months.

but all orders are finally packed and will ship on monday.

thank you for your patience.

I should have some new items for sale in the store soon.

Sparkplug Forever

2011-10-11T18:04:00.000-07:00

Read the full story at the Sparkplug Blog.

WOLF TOUR! WOLF TOUR! WOLF TOUR!

2011-09-19T08:58:00.000-07:00

THE SHOW MUST GO ON!

The Wolf Tour: West Coast starts this Tuesday!

I will be doing signings and presentations at the following places.

The links below should take you to Facebook Event pages for each date.

Tuesday, Sept 20th Kick-off Party in LA:

at my regular DJ night Heavy Tuesdays at Footsies Bar at 9:30 pm

Wednesday, Sept 21st has TWO stops in Sacramento:

A-1 Comics co-signing with Matt Maxwell from 3 to 5 pm

then at Phono Select at 7 pm with live music from Kepi Ghoulie

Thursday, Sept 22nd in Berkeley:

at The Escapist Comic Bookstore at 7 pm

Saturday, Sept 24th in Seattle:

Fantagraphics Book Store at 6 pm

also a presentation by Warren Bernard

after party with bands playing TBA

Wednesday, Sept 28th in Portland:

Floating World Comics at 6 pm

plus a small exhibit of original art from The Wolf

Friday, Sept 30th in San Francisco:

at GOTEBLÜD zine store at 7 pm

with Ed Luce and Levon Jihanian

Sat and Sun, October 1st and 2nd:

at The Alternative Press Expo

San Francisco Councourse Exhibition Center

I will have all of my books and prints available on the tour.

Hope to see you soon.

Small Press Expo this weekend!

2011-09-07T10:09:00.000-07:00

I'm heading to Maryland for a couple of events this weekend.

I'm a guest artist at the Small Press Expo. And I'm bringing The Wolf with me!

Friday Night in Baltimore:

SPXPLOSION at Atomic Books

A night of comic readings and book signings with Marc Bell, Anders Nilsen, Dina Kelberman, Melissa Mendes, Brian Ralph, Noah Van Sciver, and ME!

We'll be signing books and projecting comics and there's even something called the Nerdlinger awards. Come out for a fun pre-SPX party night!

All day Saturday and Sunday I'll be at SPX:

I'll be signing my brand new painted novel The Wolf all weekend.

I'll also have all of my other books and some new prints as well.

I'll be at table H10 with my pal J. T. Dockery.

In addition to our own fine books, we'll be proudly representing 7 Ignatz nominated comics at our table, as well as some of the recent new releases from Sparkplug Comic Books.

Check out these Ignatz Award nominated books at our table:

Outstanding Anthology nominees:

Black Eye from Rotland Press

Gay Genius from Sparkplug Comic Books.

Outstanding Series nominee:

Reich by Elijah Brubaker

Outstanding Comics:

Danger Country by Levon Jihanian

Habitat #2 by Dunja Jankovic

Outstanding Graphic Novel:

The Heavy Hand by Chris Cilla

Outstanding Mini-comic:

Danger Country by Levon Jihanian

Be sure to vote for these great books so I can bring home a suitcase full of bricks for everyone!

I will also have a selection of Drippy Bone comics and zines!

And don't forget your WOLF!

THE WOLF TOUR : WEST COAST

2011-08-20T13:53:00.000-07:00

VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS:

TIMES AND MORE DETAILS COMING SOON!

Another great review of The Wolf...

2011-08-05T14:15:00.000-07:00

More good words about The Wolf over at The Poopsheet Foundation:

"...On the back cover, Tom Neely bills The Wolf as “a painted novel.” Now, ordinarily my knee jerk reaction to verbiage like that would be that it was just plain pretentious, yet here it’s actually spot on. It does feel like you’re witnessing some original blending of mediums here, like some type of sequential portraiture that’s an engaging modernization of those old Gothic triptychs, as Neely transitions fluidly between Fine Art paradigms and the world of self-published comics. The blending of artistic paradigms often yields a muddled composition that reveals its experimental nature. Not so with The Wolf. It is stark, fresh, and original, with a crisp sense of purpose that flows naturally and effortlessly...."

Read the whole review here!
What? You haven't you ordered your copy?
Do that now!

Also- It has just been announced that I will be a "Guest Artist" at
this year's Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland.
See you in September!

Stay tuned for info about my upcoming West Coast Wolf Tour!

_________________________________

And now for something completely different
Two of my heroes, Cy Twombly and Lucien Freud, passed away recently. Both have had a huge influence on my art for nearly 20 years. Here's a few favorites...

Lucien Freud Self Portrait

Lucien Freud

Cy Twombly

I urge you to see their paintings in person sometime. The Cy Twombly building at the Menil Museum in Houston, TX, is amazing. But both can be found in most museum modern art collections.

Cy Twombly in front of his painting.

people seem to like The Wolf...

2011-07-28T18:29:00.000-07:00

some reviews...

Sean T. Collins reviews it over at his personal blog:

You can tease an emotional narrative out of the proceedings easily enough — past callousness, cruelty, and self-destruction in the context of a relationship are overcome, atoned for, and healed through sexual connection, and a transcendent future is discovered, a natural world untouched by the taint of the bitter past. But it’s the way each individual stage of that journey is depicted with symbols, colors, and creatures that capture and embody it perfectly

This one from Graphic Eye reviews The Wolf alongside Dave McKean's Celluloid:

For all the pell-mell of the mindbending plots, the creation of altered states and surreal fantasies would be for nothing, if it were not for the sheer virtuoso talent of both creators. McKean has long been established as a master of multimedia imagery and Celluloid represents possibly his finest work.... It’s all the moreso with The Wolf, though, as Neely deliberately breaks the connection to reality with his visual quirks. When the skinless creature first emerges, he wears the mime-gloves of old Disney cartoons as a telling sign that the rules of reality no longer apply, and we are in the realm of elastic physics. This allows Neely’s expressiveness to play and amplify the world of the story

Be sure to read the whole article. To be reviewed alongside Dave McKean is... well... i dunno... doesn't seem like long ago I was just a kid in Texas eagerly awaiting each new issue of The Sandman, not for the comics so much as for Dave McKean's amazing covers... whodathunk this would happen?

Stress Free San Diego!

2011-07-19T09:28:00.000-07:00

This week is the San Diego Movie Marketing Convention. I'm sitting here drinking my morning tea and reading all the blogs about what's happening at SDCC, and I'm so happy to not have a table this year, it's amazing! (If you wanna read more about why, you can read my post-comicon blog entry from last year.)

HOWEVER, even though I will not have a booth this year, I will be there, and I will have The Wolf with me! Here's how to find me:

I will be signing copies of The Wolf

and my cover of Decibel Magazine:

Thursday, June 21 - 4:30 - 5 pm

Friday, June 22 - 4:30 - 5 pm

at booth #114

I'm not sure where that is or how it's listed in the program, but it's the Nuclear Blast Records/Decibel Magazine booth - look for me under a giant poster of my Decibel cover:

If you can't make it to one of the signings, you may find me wandering about with a camera and a backpack full of Wolves. I'll probably be mostly hanging out around friends' tables like Grass Hut Gallery (booth 4739) or Patrick Morgan's, or Ed Luce's tables, browsing the indie publishers like Fantagraphics, Drawn & Quarterly and the small press area, digging through longboxes of old horror comics... or maybe even watching the melee tournaments outside.

Good luck. Godspeed. And I hope to see you there.

The Wolf is loose!

2011-07-09T10:39:00.000-07:00

The Wolf is unleashed and running amok in the world!

Here are a couple of interviews with me about The Wolf:

Sean T. Collins interviews me for Robot 6

And here's an interview with the LA Weekly blog

And this one is mostly about my love of heavy metal

The Wolf release party at SHQ was a lot of fun!

Thanks to everyone who came out to

the book release party last night!

And The Wolf is shipping to these stores this week!

Secret Headquarters in Los Angeles, CA

House of Secrets in Burbank, CA

Bergen Street Comics in Brooklyn, NY

Forbidden Planet in NYC

Escapist Comic Bookstore in Berkeley, CA

Titan Comics in Dallas, TX

Comic Swap Inc in State College, PA

Floating World Comics in Portland, OR

Cosmic Monkey Comics in Portland, OR

Herbivore Clothing Store in Portland, OR

Quimby's Bookstore in Chicago, IL

DOMY in Austin, TX

Coast City Comics in Portland, ME

Tell your local comic shop or independent book stores to

keep The Wolf (and all of my other books) in stock!

They can order through Tony Shenton

or contact me directly for wholesale prices.

Goteblüd Rules!

2011-07-09T09:38:00.000-07:00

GOTEBLÜD fan art by Tom Neely.

Some of you may already know Ed Luce. Others may know him from his brilliant contributions to the Henry & Glenn Gang Bang art show back in February. The rest of you should get to know him. I'm a big fan of Ed Luce's Wuvable Oaf comics! And especially his character Goteblüd. I love wrestling and I love Satanic characters, so, I had to do some fan-art. And Ed is including mine (and many other great artists) in the "pin-up" section of his brand new Wuvable Oaf #3, which will be debuting in San Diego on June 23rd, followed by a short West Coast Tour. Check out Ed's site for more details and get out to one of his tour dates.

The Wolf is unleashed this Friday!

2011-07-05T13:28:00.000-07:00

(Makes a nice coffee table book!)

BOOK RELEASE PARTY!

at The Secret Headquarters Comic Book Shop

3817 W. Sunset Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90026

FRIDAY, July 8th, 2011

8-10 pm

See some of the original art!

Get your books signed!

Come celebrate with me!

Here's a Facebook page for the event.

Read an interview with me about The Wolf at L.A. Weekly!

A couple of things...

2011-06-28T10:26:00.000-07:00

1) I did the cover art for Decibel Magazine #82!
It should hit newstands this month.
There is also an article that profiles many cartoonists who are also into metal. I'm one of them.
Order a copy here.

Here's a short interview about the cover.

2) There's a photography book of portraits of artists, cartoonists and graffiti dudes called Heroes and Villains by Roman Cho and Tatiana Wills. One of those portraits is me:

Get the book here. It's fancy and limited edition.

THEY'RE HERE! THEY'RE HERE!

2011-06-21T15:54:00.000-07:00

The Wolf has arrived!

ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY!

OUR SHIPPING DEPARTMENT IS EAGER TO FILL YOUR ORDER!

Order The Wolf from the IWDY store now!

Stores- e-mail Tom for wholesale orders!

Watch a preview video of part one of The Wolf here.

The Wolf Press Release

2011-06-13T10:02:00.000-07:00

“An assaultive, erotic riot of sex and combat and horror and sheer image-making power. There’s great beauty in The Wolf’s blackness.”
– Sean T. Collins, critic (The Comics Journal, Robot 6)

The Wolf is a new graphic novel by Los Angeles-based painter-cartoonist Tom Neely. The book tells a simple love story, but one woven with surrealist horror, werewolf lore and its own brand of nightmare logic. With The Wolf, Neely progresses from the traditional cartooning style he showed off in his previous books, The Blot and Brilliantly Ham-Fisted, to a form that blends comics-style storytelling with a fine arts approach to imagery. The ultimate effect is equal parts touching and chilling.

Neely’s paintings and illustrations have been featured in galleries all over the U.S., in magazines and literary journals, and on records, posters and CDs for bands like The Melvins, ISIS and Wolves in the Throne Room, Groovie Ghoulies, among others. Earlier this year, he garnered a flurry of attention as one of the authors of the cult hit mini-comic Henry & Glenn Forever. Neely’s debut self-published novel, The Blot, won an Ignatz Award in 2007 and made it onto several of the industry’s “best of” lists that year, including “Best Comics of the Decade” in The Comics Journal.

228 Pages, Black & White and Full Color, Paperback, $25.00 (US)
Available now from I Will Destroy You
P.O. Box 39963, Los Angeles, CA 90039
www.iwilldestroyyou.com

Book Release and Signing
July 8th, 2011 at Secret Headquarters Comic Shop
3817 W. Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026

Some early praise for The Wolf:

"The book talks about a progression, and an inner struggle, but I was most impressed with how Tom masterfully articulates the sentiment of love."
--Trenton Doyle Hancock, artist.

“The Wolf is drawn with skill and heart … It is thrilling to see Neely work this way, and to know that this dedicated artist is in it for the long haul.”
--Austin English, comics author/publisher (The Disgusting Room, Domino Books)

"The Wolf veers from frightening and expressionistic to cartoony at the drop of a hat, sometimes in the same drawing. But Tom pulls it all together beautifully.
--Zak Sally, cartoonist (Sammy the Mouse, Recidivist)

"Tom's work has the unusual ability to provoke anxiety, uncertainty, horror and uncomfortable laughter in equal measure … Mr. Neely has done so here with grace and a crafty precision.
-- Aaron Turner, musician-artist (Isis, Mammifer)

Pre-order the book from the IWDY store now!
Stores- e-mail Tom for wholesale orders!
Watch a preview video of part one of The Wolf here.

Pre-order The Wolf!

2011-06-10T18:15:00.000-07:00

The Wolf is finally done and printed and in the process of being bound... Should be back from the printer in a couple of weeks. Therefore it is pre-order time! Order it now from the IWDY webstore.

And here's a little preview movie I put together:

(it looks better if you go to youtube and watch it on full screen)

If you are in the Los Angeles area, don't pre-order yet! I will be having a book release party at The Secret Headquarters Comic Shop on Friday July 8th.

Comics Reading Event at the Silverlake Jubilee!

2011-05-19T12:38:00.000-07:00

You should come to this:
at the Silverlake Jubilee!

Blue Moby Dick prints back in stock!

2011-05-15T17:45:00.000-07:00

It's amazing what you find when you reorganize your garage, studio and storage shed... Like 5 more of the Blue Moby Dick silkscreens that I thought were sold out! SO, if you had your eye on the blue version of this poster, get 'em while they last. And the Sepia and Red versions are still available as well.

Toronto Comic Arts Festival

2011-05-10T15:39:00.000-07:00

WINNER: TCAF is the best festival of all!

There are too many reasons... from the organization, to the general atmosphere, to the people... that it's a free show in a public library with open lighting, instead of an expensive show charging admission in a horrible convention center... that everyone gives you respect and makes you feel like a guest, rather than treating you like a junk dealer at a flea market... where the organizers and staff are genuinely interested in promoting all facets of this diverse art form, rather than shutting people out at the whims of someone's opinion as being "too arty", or "too mainstream", or "too amateur", or "too awesome"... where volunteers (some of whom are art students and illustrators interested in what's going on and eager to help out) are there to sit at your table while you're on a panel or bathroom break, and making change for you when you're selling $1 mini-comics and all you have is twenties... where the crowds of comic fans seem endless, and the people there to use the library are also genuinely interested, rather than hordes of braindead fanatics killing time until they get to see the trailer for Avengers or whatever... where every cartoonist behind a table is happy and having a great time because of all of the above!

This is how it's done, son!

Someone give Chris Butcher and Peter Birkemoe and everyone else involved some kind of award!

I just wish all "comic conventions" could be

Toronto Comics Arts Festival!

2011-05-04T10:00:00.000-07:00

(photo I took the last time I crossed the border)

I'm heading to Toronto for TCAF 2011!

Ahhhh TCAF... there are so many reasons why this is my favorite comics festival...

See you there!

THE WOLF is coming!

2011-04-25T10:01:00.000-07:00

All done... ready for print... should have pre-orders and specials ready to go very soon.

Here is the teaser cover art:

Stay tuned...

STUMPTOWN this weekend!

2011-04-13T09:43:00.001-07:00

Hey Portland! I'm heading your way.

I will have a table at Stumptown Comics Fest this weekend!
Table D - 16
April 16 10am - 7pm and April 17 noon-6 pm
at the Oregon Convention Center.

I will have lots of new and old stuff for sale.

Come out and say "howdy!"

I love Portland!

Help me publish The Wolf: Fundraiser Part 8

2011-04-11T10:19:00.000-07:00

I am self-publishing my new graphic novel The Wolf very soon. But I need to raise some money to do that. This is Part 8 in a series of fund-raising sales that I'll be doing in the coming weeks.

This week: Random Ephemera part 1

The following are several drawings made for prints, illustrations or random studies.

Varous sizes and prices posted below.

Click for larger view:

"Flower eater"

an early drawing made while writing The Blot

10 x 11" 2005

ink and watercolor on paper

$60

"lost hands"

an early drawing made while writing The Blot

7.5 x 9.5" 2005

ink and watercolor on paper

$60

"I will destroy you"

drawing after Frank Frazetta for the back cover of my book Neely Covers Comics to Give You the Creeps.

12 x 18"

ink and watercolor on paper (i will trim the top edge if you want)

update: SOLD

tree head #1

tree head #2

tree head #3

Three Tree Heads

these were drawings for a poster for my not-quite-fake band Grienhals.

ink on paper

18x24"

UPDATE: all three SOLD

two Ahab vs Moby Dick drawings

11 x 15" each

ink on paper

$125 each or $200 for both

here's some detail close ups:

4 illustrations done for Men's Health Magazine.

9 x 12" each

(I will trim the top edges if you want)

ink and watercolor on paper

$25 each or $75 for all four

here's a close up of one of them:

All purchases are first-come, first served.
All art purchases are final.
Please contact me by e-mail to make purchase:
iwilldestroyyou (at) roadrunner (dot) com
If you live in the LA area and want to see these in person, a studio visit can be arranged. Or I can send more photos if needed.
Shipping and insurance costs will be calculated at time of purchase.
All art sales come with extra items, too!
Payment: I prefer paypal, but other arrangements can be made.

Please look at my other fund-raising sales. Or buy some of my other prints and books that are in my webstore. All purchases will go a long way towards helping me publish my book.

Thank you very much!

MISSING (stolen?) ARTWORK

2011-04-05T09:22:00.001-07:00

The following paintings were lost or stolen last year. They were last seen at the 100 Euros Show in Germany, curated by Antonio de Luca. 6 months after the show, I wrote to Antonio asking him to return my unsold pieces. He said none of them sold and he would ship them back to me immediately. I never received them. When I contacted Antonio he did not offer any tracking info, mailing receipt or insurance for the shipment of the artwork. It may have been a legitimate loss in the mail, but since I have received no help in finding the artwork, no proof that the artwork was returned to me, no offer of compensation (through insurance or otherwise), and since three of the pieces are still available for sale through his website, I'm a bit suspicious.

He is organizing another 100 Euros Show in Amsterdam now. I will not be submitting again, and I AM URGING ALL OTHER ARTISTS TO BEWARE!

If you see any of these 5 paintings for sale anywhere, please alert me immediately. I am still the rightful owner and anyone who has them is in possession of stolen artwork.

All are 9 x 12", ink, watercolor and gouache on paper. They are signed on the back by Tom Neely and dated 2009.

I can't tell you how much it bothers me to not know what happened to this artwork. It is very upsetting to think they are lost forever.

As further warning to artists out there... be sure whoever you send your artwork to is legit. I was so excited to be in a show in Germany, that I blindly trusted that everything would be okay. Hard lesson learned.

UPDATE: They have been removed from his website, and he assures me that they are not in his possession. So, I'm left to accept that they were lost in the mail. Still- no tracking, no insurance, no proof of shipping, no offer of compensation = no professionalism - Do not trust this person with your artwork.

Last Minute Addition: Henry & Glenn Xmas cartoon at Heavy Metal Film Festival

2011-04-03T10:49:00.000-07:00

The Henry & Glenn X-mas Cartoon will be playing at the Heavy Metal Film Festival today!

It will be playing before a new documentary Blood, Sweat and Vinyl: DIY in the 21st Century. Made over the course of 5 years by film-maker Kenneth Thomas, this film focuses on three important, independent record labels and the artists behind them: Hydra Head Records, Neurot Records and Constellation Records. I've seen parts of the film (I'm actually in it briefly) and it looks to be an interesting portrait of the underground music scene and how unconventional artists survive outside of the mainstream music industry.

Please come out and see:

Blood, Sweat + Vinyl: DIY in the 21st Century (w/bonus Henry & Glenn Xmas Special)
Sunday, April 3rd at 2:30 pm
at The Downtown Independent Theater

Help me publish The Wolf: Fundraiser Part 7

2011-03-30T16:17:00.000-07:00

I am self-publishing my new graphic novel The Wolf very soon. But I need to raise some money to do that. This is Part 7 in a series of fund-raising sales that I'll be doing in the coming weeks.

Some of my horror comic book cover reinterpretation paintings.
All are watercolor and ink on heavy watercolor paper.
All are framed (except Tentation)
Sizes and prices vary:

Self Portrait as Horrific #3.
18x24" - $500

See original comic cover here.

Frankenstein #18
11x14" - $350

Unearthly Spectaculars
11x14" - $350

Weird Tales of the Future #8.
11x14" - $250

See the original cover here.

"The Kiss of Death" Adventures Into Weird Worlds #23.
11x14" - $250

See the original cover here.

Black Cat Mystery #45.
11x14" - $250

See the original cover here.

Beware #14.
11x14" - $250

See the original cover here.

Astonishing #30.
11x14" - $250

See the original cover here.

Tentation
11x14" - $250
(unframed)

All purchases are first-come, first served.
All art purchases are final.
Please contact me by e-mail to make purchase:
iwilldestroyyou (at) roadrunner (dot) com
If you live in the LA area and want to see these in person, a studio visit can be arranged.
Shipping and insurance costs will be calculated at time of purchase.
All art sales come with extra items, too!
Payment: I prefer paypal, but other arrangements can be made.

Please look at my other fund-raising sales. Or buy some of my other prints and books that are in my webstore. All purchases will go a long way towards helping me publish my book.

Thank you very much!

Help me publish The Wolf: Fundraiser Part 6

2011-03-30T10:57:00.000-07:00

I am self-publishing my new graphic novel The Wolf very soon. But I need to raise some money to do that. This is Part 6 in a series of fund-raising sales that I'll be doing in the coming weeks.

The next items up for bid: Several of the comic strip poems
from my book Brilliantly Ham-fisted.

All are approximately 11x30"
ink on heavy 500lb arches watercolor paper
$400 each (+ shipping)
comes with signed copy of Brilliantly Ham-fisted
(Note: the originals do not have the titles
or my name printed on the top)

update: sold

All purchases are first-come, first served.
All art purchases are final.
Please contact me by e-mail to make purchase:
iwilldestroyyou (at) roadrunner (dot) com
If you live in the LA area and want to see these in person, a studio visit can be arranged.
Shipping and insurance costs will be calculated at time of purchase.
All art sales come with extra items, too!
Payment: I prefer paypal, but other arrangements can be made.

Please look at my other fund-raising sales. Or buy some of my other prints and books that are in my webstore. All purchases will go a long way towards helping me publish my book.

Thank you very much!

Help me publish The Wolf: Fundraiser Part 5

2011-03-28T09:23:00.000-07:00

I am self-publishing my new graphic novel The Wolf very soon. But I need to raise some money to do that. This is Part 5 in a series of fund-raising sales that I'll be doing in the coming weeks.

Next up: Paintings from my Self Indulgent Werewolf solo art show from 2007. These paintings were the seed that grew into my new book, The Wolf. Those who purchase these paintings will also get a signed copy of The Wolf after it is published. Most of the art in this series contains what some would consider "explicit content" that may be "not safe for work" or whatever... Sorry. Grow up. It's art.

All of these are ink and watercolor on heavy, 500 lb arches watercolor paper:

"evolve #2"

ink on paper, 23x30"

$600

"first"

ink and watercolor on paper, 23x27"

$650

"i tried"