i will destroy you

the blot by tom neely

Painter and cartoonist Tom Neely's first graphic novel, "The Blot," is like a sad song that breaks your heart while reminding you of life's beauty.

“The Blot" follows a nameless everyman who, while dealing with the fallout from a doomed relationship, is stalked by a mysterious black splotch. As the story unfolds, this shape-shifting blot appears as a harmless cloud of ink, a faceless demon, a source of strength and an inescapable darkness, testing our character in a new way with each metamorphosis.

192 Pages, Black & White and Color,
Paperback, $14.95 (US)
ISBN: 978-0-9742715-8-3

Available now from I Will Destroy You
P.O. Box 39963, Los Angeles, CA 90039

Winner “Promising New Talent” Ignatz Award 2007

“A very rich book, this. I strongly recommend it.”
- Joe McCulloch

“The Blot is a meditation on intimacy, creativity and the loss of control over one's environment.”- Tom Spurgeon for The Comics Reporter

“The Blot contains some of the most unnerving and original horror imagery I've seen in comics all year.”
- Sean T. Collins

"Days after reading The Blot, I was still thinking about it. So far, it’s one of my favorites of 2007"
- Jeff Vandermeer for Bookslut.com

"The Blot, marks a brilliant, blackly humorous milestone"
-Ron Garmon for L.A. City Beat

Tom Neely has also been published in Graphic Classics: O' Henry, Graphic Classics: Robert Louis Stevenson, SPX EXPO 2003, Only The Lonely, Krayon's Ego and with his artist fraternity Igloo Tornado in Henry and Glenn #1 & #2