Tom Neely is a painter and cartoonist living in Los Angeles. He is best know for the cult-hit indie comic book Henry & Glenn Forever, which he created with his artist collective The Igloo Tornado whom were voted LA Weekly's "Best People in LA 2011." His art has been featured in galleries in California and New York, in dozens of magazines and literary journals and on album Covers. His debut graphic novel, The Blot, earned him an Ignatz Award and made it onto several of the industry’s “Best of 2007” lists as well as The Comics Journal's "Best Graphic Novels of the decade 2000-2010." He authored the Melvins comic book, Your Disease Spread Quick, and a collection of comic strip poems called Brilliantly Ham-fisted. His most recent painted novel, The Wolf, was released in 2011 to critical acclaim. He is currently working on a new mini series continuing the story of Henry & Glenn Foreve & Ever, as well asmaking plans for his next graphic novel, The Devil.
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
Igloo Tornado were LA Weekly's Best People Of LA 2011
Read Career-Spanning interview with The Comics Journal.
Read Part 1 and Part 2 of my interview with Molossus
Read this early career interview with me at The Comics Reporter.
The Wolf, solo exhibit, Sep 2011
Floating World Comics, Portland, OR
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 & Ever,IWDY comics and Cantankerous Titles
The Wolf, i will destroy you books
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