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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

Toronto Comic Arts Festival

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

Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Toronto Comics Arts Festival!

(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!

Monday, April 25, 2011

THE WOLF is coming!

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

Here is the teaser cover art:

Stay tuned...

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

STUMPTOWN this weekend!

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!

Monday, April 11, 2011

Help me publish The Wolf: Fundraiser Part 8

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!

Tuesday, April 05, 2011

MISSING (stolen?) ARTWORK

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.

Sunday, April 03, 2011

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

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

Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Help me publish The Wolf: Fundraiser Part 7

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

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!

Monday, March 28, 2011

Help me publish The Wolf: Fundraiser Part 5

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