The Wolf is a painted novel by Tom Neely. The book tells a simple love story, but one woven with surrealist horror, werewolf lore and its own brand of nightmare logic. With The Wolf, Neely progresses from the traditional cartooning style he showed off in his previous books, The Blot and Brilliantly Ham-Fisted, to a form that blends comics-style storytelling with a fine arts approach to imagery. The ultimate effect is equal parts touching and chilling.
Tom Neely is an American illustrator and comic book artist based in Los Angeles. Best known among his works are the indie comic book Henry & Glenn Forever, the graphic novel The Blot, winner of an Ignatz Award, and the series The HUMANS, which he created with Keenan Marshall Keller for Image comics. Neely has also a long career as illustrator for magazines, literary journals, album covers and festival posters.