Tom Neely is a painter and cartoonist living in Los Angeles with his wife and a dog. His art has been featured in galleries in San Francisco and Los Angeles, in dozens of magazines and literary journals and on album Covers. His debut graphic novel, The Blot, earned him an Ignatz Award for “Promising New Talent,” and made it onto several of the industry’s “Best of 2007” lists. He authored the Melvins comic book, Your Disease Spread Quick, and a collection of comic strip poems called Brilliantly Ham-fisted. He is currently working on his next graphic novel The Wolf.

Tom Neely born 1975 in Paris Texas.
Graduated BFA in Painting, 1997 University of Tulsa.

Graduated MFA Painting, 2000, San Francisco Art Institute.

A founding member of the Art Fraternity - The Igloo Tornado

Read Part 1 and Part 2 of my interview with Molossus

Read Tom Spurgeon's interview with me at The Comics Reporter.

Funny (not funny), group show, Jan 2010
Work: Detroit Gallery, Detroit, MI

Metal Mad, group show, Feb 2010
GRNY Gallery, New York, NY

4th Annual Post-it Show, group show, Dec 2009
GR2 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

100 Euros Show, group show, Dec 2009
Hotel de Vil Gallery, Stuttgart, Germany

Supertrash!, group show, Oct 2009 - Feb 2010
Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA

INKWADS, 4 man show, Aug 2009
Grass Hut Gallery, Portland, OR

Panelists V, group show, June 2009
GRNY Gallery, New York, NY

Panelists IV, group show Nov 2008
GRSF Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Igloo Tornado, 4 Man Show  Feb. 2008
Black Maria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

? the War, Group Show  Dec 2007
Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Self Indulgent Werewolf  Solo Show  Sept. 2007
Black Maria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

LiterArtistry, Group Show  Aug 2007
Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

The Blot book release party and exhibition, July 2007
Secret Headquarters, Los Angeles, CA

Charity by the Numbers, Group Show  Mar 2007
Corey Helford Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Igloo Tornado, 4 Man Show  Sept. 2006
Black Maria Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Survival of the Fittest, Group Show curated by Tom Neely  Mar. 2006
Harmony Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

The Blot, Solo Show and Visiting Artist Lecture  October 2005
Alexandre Hogue Gallery, University of Tulsa, OK

Everything but the Kitschen Sink, Group Show  2003, '04, '05, '06, '07
La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Tom Neely / Scot Nobles  Oct. 2004
Harmony Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Mini*Mart, Group show curated by Tom Neely  Nov. 2003
Harmony Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

I Will Destroy You, Solo Show  Sept, 2001
Jernigan Wicker Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

Introductions 2000,  July 2000
Jernigan Wicker Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

San Francisco Art Institute MFA Graduate Exhibition, April 2000
Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA 2000

Henry & Glenn Forever, Cantankerous Titles
Funny (not funny) exhibition catalog, Rotland Press
Neely Covers Comics to Give You the Creeps, i will destroy you books
Brilliantly Ham-fisted, i will destroy you books
Beasts 2, Fantagraphics Books
Your Disease Spread Quick, Robotic Boot
The Blot, i will destroy you books
American Illustration Annual 24, 25, 26, 27, 29
Graphic Classics: O'Henry & Robert Louis Stevenson
Only The Lonely
Krayon's Ego
SPX 2003
I Will Destroy You, Exhibition catalog – published by Jernigan Wicker Fine Arts