I was put onto Tom Neely, a painter and cartoonist living in Los Angeles, by Adam Albright-Hanna (@adamah). Neely's imaginary creatures reminded him of the fantastical Photoshop Bestiary from a few days ago.
Neely is best known 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."
From the book description:
"Starring super-notorious musclebound punk/metaldudes Glenn Danzig and Henry Rollins..."
It is his brief series of illustrations from the story of Moby Dick (which, honest to God, I love and keep re-reading now. I hated it in high school and college, but came to it again in grad school and gave myself permission to think of Melville's voice as sly and funny amidst the mythological and timeless), that have really caught my imagination.
