I have a new website. And the blog is integrated into the home-page of the new site. All new blog posts will be continue over here.
thanks!
tomN.
Monday, June 17, 2013
New Website. New Blog.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Anniversaries...
The Blot is five years old this week.
The Wolf is one year old this week.
Wanna help me unpack some of these boxes?
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Popeye #2 is out this week!
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| Popeye #2 variant covers by Roger Langridge and Tony Millionaire |
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| Sappo and Wotasnozzle from Popeye #2 |
IDW's Popeye #2 hits comic shops Wednesday, June 6th, and it features a seven page back-up story featuring Sappo and O.G. Wotasnozzle, written by Roger Langridge and penciled, inked and hand-lettered by ME!
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| Popeye #3 cover by Tom Neely |
Everybody go get Popeye Comics at your local comic shop! Or get it online from IDW!
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Stumptown and TCAF and Eagle Rock Mini-con!
On Friday Ed, Benjamin and I are having a release party for Henry & Glenn Forever & Ever #1 at Floating World Comics. Sparkplug Comic Books will also be debuting Katie Skelly's Nurse Nurse! Here's the facebook invite.
Then I'll have a table at the Stumptown Comics Festival all weekend. Sparkplug Comic Books will be there, too!
Next week, May 5th & 6th, I will be representing Sparkplug Comic Books at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival in Toronto.
Also that weekend - Drippy Bone Books will have all of my IWDY books available at their table at the Eagle Rock Mini-comic-con!
see ya around...
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Shelf Life 2 at USC
I will have a table at the Shelf Life 2 small press event at USC this Saturday!
Come out and support small press and independent arts!
See you there!
Thursday, February 16, 2012
L.A. Zinefest this weekend!
The brand new and already awesome L.A. Zinefest happens this weekend! And I'm involved in a couple of the events.
First off - Saturday Night, Feb 18th at 8 pm:
COMIX AND ZINE READING
at Home Room.
I will be unveiling my brand new Henry & GLenn story "Buried Secrets" performed by Eric vesbit and Mark Wilson (the actors who portrayed Henry & Glenn in my X-mas Cartoon). I'm also putting together an existentialist Garfield nightmare. Don't miss it!
But that's just one of the kick-off parties!
LA Zinefest happens all day Sunday!
There are a ton of good people with interesting zines and comix and other things exhibiting at the Zinefest this year. Even Henry Rollins is supposed to be there (first time we've been in a room together since the H&G book dropped)I Will Destroy You will have a table full of my books, comics, minis and prints. I will also have a distro set up with books from out-of-town zinesters like John Porcellino, Zak Sally, Studygroup Comics, Press Gang, Uncivilized Books and the Igloo Tornado!
Sparkplug Comic Books will also be joining me with a full line of their books!
Friday also has a couple of events at Home Room and Secret Headquarters. There are several events going on all weekend and you can find out about them here.
Please come out and join us all weekend long. Los Angeles is full of amazingly talented people who make lots of interesting things. We've needed a Zinefest in this town for a long time. Come out and support small-press and DIY culture!
Friday, February 10, 2012
May all your dreams come true...
...and hopefully they won't become nightmares.
A couple of cool things I'm excited to announce:
1) I have completed Part 1 of "Buried Secrets" a new story to be serialized in the upcoming Igloo Tornado's Henry & Glenn Forever & Ever comic book mini-series. First issue should be debuting at Stumptown Comics Festival in Portland, OR and then in stores May! More info for this coming very soon
2) I just got the gig to draw some "legit" Popeye comics for the new IDW series written by my pal Roger Langridge. A while back I did a bootleg Popeye comic that you can read for free online at Studygroup12 Comics (or you can buy the mini-comic in my webstore). Now I'm really happy to say I've completed my first Sappo back-up story and am beginning a full issue of Popeye! More info for that soon, too.
Next week is LA Zinefest, lotsa fun stuff happening, so stay tuned for more announcements!
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
2011
My long, overdue, self-indulgent, self-obligatory post about 2011... late... it's February already. and I feel like this year is getting away from me... but in a good way (more on that later).
2011 was simultaneously the best and worst year of my life so far. The loss of my friend Dylan is something I'm still not really able to talk about. So, I want to focus on the "best" parts of last year.
Best of all - The Wolf was finally set loose! It's been a pretty successful effort so far. Though sales have been slow lately (c'mon stores - re-order! keep my books in stock!) I'm very proud of this book. Thank you to everyone who have adopted a Wolf. I hope you enjoy it. I've received a lot of good press, and ended up on several "Best of 2011" lists on the internets. So, here's some links to archive that stuff:
The Wolf is #78 on CBR's top 100 Comics of 2011
It's on J.T. Dockery's and Keenan Keller's Top 5 of 2011 at the Atomic Books Blog
Ed Luce includes me in his Best list.
Ed Luce includes me in his Best list.
Thirteen minutes Best of 2011
It's #6 on Sean T. Collins list over at Robot 6
Kristi Valenti's "career-spanning" interview for The Comics Journal. Even though I feel very "naked" after this and it kinda makes me wanna hide in a cave, it's an honor to be covered in the esteemed TCJ. I never thought it would happen. That interview was conducted in the middle of my tour (Sorry - it's very long - apparently I'm a wind-bag).
The Wolf Tour was an amazing trip! it was a rollercoaster of a Fall in every way, but spending time on the road, visiting friends all along the way, flying kites, punk rock thai food, sleeping under D&D dice, making everyone eat vegan dinners with me, all the fun dinners! record shopping in every town, getting new tattoos, seeing the la mano 21 press and tooth in action, kids, the all "wolf" song dj sets at footsies, digging thru longboxes with cartoonists, fighting over coveted undergound comics found in longboxes, laughing our asses off at anal cunt song titles, sharing a genuine kumbaya moment when everyone quietly sang along to jesse playing "tainted love" on a guitar, hanging out at the fantagraphics headquarters, drinking too much bourbon with kentucky metal-heads, getting lost in museums in new york with friends, sisters, black metal and punk rock shows, late night art parties, brooklyn, new york, minneapolis, san francisco, napa, portland, seattle, berkeley, oakland, sacramento, bethesda, baltimore, san diego, los angeles, everyone who hung out, gave me a place to sleep, came to my signings, wined me, dined me, shared a story with me, supported me... i love you all.
To be honest, everything before August is kind of a blur. It feels like the first half of the year was about 5 years ago. I think I remember the Igloo Tornado made the LA Weekly's Best of LA list... and we had a fun show at La Luz de Jesus... TCAF... Stumptown... all great things, too.
I've also now been an herbivore for half my life. Vegetarian since '93. Vegan since 2000.
Anyway... 2012 is already shaping up to be a big year. I Will Destroy You Comics & Books is expanding slightly. I will soon be publishing Levon Jihanian's Danger Country. I will be co-publishing the all new Henry & Glenn Forever & Ever comic book mini-series. I will be releasing a Wolf compilation album and a Wolf special edition box set. I'm editing a new horror/metal/punk/art zine called Too Much Horror. My new partnership with Sparkplug is moving forward with a new book, too. I'm going to be regularly posting new and old comics on Studygroup 12. I'm planing another tour: East Coast and more... It's going to be a good year.
Okay, enough of all that. Back to work! I have a new"legit" comics job that I'll be announcing soon. Here's a hint.
Gotta lotta drawing to do...
Gotta lotta drawing to do...
Thank you to everyone along the way.
You know who you are.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Sparkplug and me
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
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Interviews... reviews... Holidays... etc...
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:
Sunday, December 11, 2011
CUSTOM CORPSE PAINT POST IT PORTRAITS!
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.
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.
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
and ship them on Saturday the 17th
Give them as a X-mas gift!
Happy Holidays!
Thursday, December 08, 2011
Vlad the Retailer Holiday Co-op this weekend!
Hey, I'm gonna have a booth at
Vlad the Retailer's Holiday Co-op this Saturday!
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.
from several local independent vendors.
Also baked goods, booze and DJs all in a space named
after a horrible vampire overlord!
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
Come fill your stockings with my books and art,
so i can fill my belly with some vegan scoops!
so i can fill my belly with some vegan scoops!
Monday, November 28, 2011
Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival
This weekend, I'll be at the
Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival!
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:
and of course Henry & Glenn Forever
And a selection of my prints:
And a selection of my prints:
I am also distributing a few of my LA friends' books:
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!
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
HOLIDAY ART SALE part 2 - Henry & Glenn!
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
Monday, November 21, 2011
Holiday Art Sale!
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!
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| Wolverine gag from S'supermini |
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| 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
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| batman costume |
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| superman costume |
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| wonderwoman costume |
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| martian manhunter costume |
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| hawkman costume |
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| flash costume |
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| green lantern costume |
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| 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
$200 for set
UPDATE: on hold pending purchase
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| Tentation |
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| Unearthly Spectaculars |
A couple of my Horror Cover recreations
2010
watercolor and ink on paper
14.5x20"
$250 each
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| Blot Ghost |
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| 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
thank you!
Friday, November 18, 2011
Wolf Tour Posters now available
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)
Monday, November 14, 2011
Happy Birthday Moby Dick!
Moby Dick was published today in 1851.
Have you read it yet? You should.
(I still have some of these prints available)
Friday, November 11, 2011
Levon Jihanian did Bill Keane
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!
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
MIX this weekend!
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!
Friday, October 28, 2011
Inkstuds Interview
Here's a new interview with me on the Inkstuds Podcast.
I talk about The Wolf, Henry & Glenn
and some future projects I'm working on.
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!!!
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