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Henry & Glenn Forever & Ever: The Completely Ridiculous Edition
Two men. Two myths. One legend.
The greatest love story ever told has finally been released in graphic novel form, featuring 20 short stories about the domestic life of "Henry" and "Glenn" and sometimes their neighbors "Daryl" and "John." Glenn deals with issues with his mother while Henry, "a loud guy with a good work ethic," shows his darker side and indifference to a fan as he drinks black coffee and bonds with Glenn over their distaste for their own bands. These are two men who truly suffer best together.
This book collects four serialized comics, adds even more never-before-published pages than previous collective edition, and will have a spiffy hardcover. This collection does not include Henry & Glenn Adult Activity and Coloring Book.
The greatest love story ever told has finally been released in graphic novel form, featuring 20 short stories about the domestic life of "Henry" and "Glenn" and sometimes their neighbors "Daryl" and "John." Glenn deals with issues with his mother while Henry, "a loud guy with a good work ethic," shows his darker side and indifference to a fan as he drinks black coffee and bonds with Glenn over their distaste for their own bands. These are two men who truly suffer best together.
This book collects four serialized comics, adds even more never-before-published pages than previous collective edition, and will have a spiffy hardcover. This collection does not include Henry & Glenn Adult Activity and Coloring Book.
320 pages, Paperback
Published March 23, 2022
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About the author
Tom Neely
61 books24 followersTom 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.
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.
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July 21, 2018
A compilation of comics based on the conceit that Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig are in a domestic partnership together. With next-door neighbor satanists Darryl and John, and occasional visits from Rob Zombie (a real zombie here) and Lemmy Kilmister, hi-jinx ensue. My favorite story was the one where some classic skull iconography comes to Glenn in a vision. My favorite part of the book is the galley of covers from Henry and Glenn comix. There's some real stylistic shout-outs to be enjoyed along the way. For mature audiences only.
July 13, 2018
Spinning off from a drunken riff on Tom of Finland, the real charm here is parodies of domestic comics, be it Nancy or Archie or romance comics generally. For no clear reason Hall & Oates live next door and are extremely evil wizards. The homoeroticism is low-key and the overall tone is small domestic disputes played for laughs. This is an anthology and lots of one-pages vary wildly in quality, but this is a fun read even if you are not acquainted with Henry or Glenn’s oeuvres.
January 19, 2020
Even more ridiculous than the title promises - even more immature, one-note and insulting than I could have hoped. Loved it!
March 1, 2022
Ive got something to say Henry & Glenn was great today! And the liars don’t matter much to me as long as we rise above the siren call of the tv party. Henry & Glenn FOREVER. Forever ever.
October 20, 2025
I expected no less than amazing
March 17, 2023
Loved the first bit of about 50 pages but the remainder was hit or miss. Mostly miss.
May 8, 2019
If you don't know who these guys are I'm not sure if this is as fun a read. Thank god you can look them up and find out in 2 minutes online who they are and then settle in for parody bliss. Putting them in other comic styles is totally creative gold. (Tom of Finland cover ! ) The fact that Glenn and Henry are real people who are not gay and not a couple is funny as hell. It's not about them having sex it's about them being in love and in a relationship together. Although I would pay to see them having sex (drawn) together. Who's with me ? ! !
September 7, 2024
It turns out I am nowhere near into music enough to both get this book and also understand who half the people are.
In fact, I only read this because I was doing a keyword search of my library for gay themed books and this popped up. I did no further research beyond looking at the cover and thinking it might be interesting.
So, I didn't realise it was actually a parody featuring alt-universe versions of real life punk/metal musicians Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig until about 80 pages in.
It's also a big anthology featuring minimal pieces by Neely and mostly things by other people. And most of those people do art in a style that I flat out just don't like. If it had just been Neely, I might have enjoyed it a little more. If it had been a little gayer I would definitely have enjoyed it more. As it was, there were a number of pages here that I very much skim read, because I either had no idea why this was supposed to be funny, not understanding who any of the people were supposed to be, or just absolutely hating the art, or all of the above.
So, I didn't really enjoy it. And that's because this isn't really my thing. Both the whole punk/metal scene, the fact that I'd never even heard of Danzig before I looked him up on page 80, and the fact that this is one giant in-joke between a few alt-artists.
I also feel that, for idiots like me, the explanation of what the hell is going on that appears on page 263 should probably have been included on page 1.
It was nice to see a couple of pieces by Wuvable Oaf artist Ed Luce, his style and Neely's mesh pretty well actually, and I think his Wuvable Oaf stuff was much more what I was expecting from this. Very gay with heavy doses of punk metal, not very punk metal with incidental gay themes.
Which isn't to say that it's bad, it's just absolutely not for me.
In fact, I only read this because I was doing a keyword search of my library for gay themed books and this popped up. I did no further research beyond looking at the cover and thinking it might be interesting.
So, I didn't realise it was actually a parody featuring alt-universe versions of real life punk/metal musicians Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig until about 80 pages in.
It's also a big anthology featuring minimal pieces by Neely and mostly things by other people. And most of those people do art in a style that I flat out just don't like. If it had just been Neely, I might have enjoyed it a little more. If it had been a little gayer I would definitely have enjoyed it more. As it was, there were a number of pages here that I very much skim read, because I either had no idea why this was supposed to be funny, not understanding who any of the people were supposed to be, or just absolutely hating the art, or all of the above.
So, I didn't really enjoy it. And that's because this isn't really my thing. Both the whole punk/metal scene, the fact that I'd never even heard of Danzig before I looked him up on page 80, and the fact that this is one giant in-joke between a few alt-artists.
I also feel that, for idiots like me, the explanation of what the hell is going on that appears on page 263 should probably have been included on page 1.
It was nice to see a couple of pieces by Wuvable Oaf artist Ed Luce, his style and Neely's mesh pretty well actually, and I think his Wuvable Oaf stuff was much more what I was expecting from this. Very gay with heavy doses of punk metal, not very punk metal with incidental gay themes.
Which isn't to say that it's bad, it's just absolutely not for me.
February 21, 2023
Henry & Glenn Forever & Ever is the most hilariously wonderful graphic novel I've read in a long time. The conceit is that punk and metal icons Glenn Danzig and Henry Rollins live together in domestic bliss. Daryl Hall and John Oates are their Satan-worshipping next-door neighbors.
The stories in this glorious volume draw inspiration from the songs and milieu of the two artists. Guest stars aplenty make appearances, Lemmy, Wendy O. Williams, King Diamond, and many others.
The artwork styles are wonderful as well, spoofing Tom of Finland, Archie comics, Jack Kirby, Katzenjammer Kids, and more.
So very weird, so very wonderful, I love this freakin' oddball book.
The stories in this glorious volume draw inspiration from the songs and milieu of the two artists. Guest stars aplenty make appearances, Lemmy, Wendy O. Williams, King Diamond, and many others.
The artwork styles are wonderful as well, spoofing Tom of Finland, Archie comics, Jack Kirby, Katzenjammer Kids, and more.
So very weird, so very wonderful, I love this freakin' oddball book.
December 6, 2022
Peanut butter and jelly. Peas and carrots. Sunshine and rainbows. Some things just naturally go together.
I thought my favorite musically-inclined duo was Bowie and Pop. I wasn't ready for the absolute fever dream of an OTP that Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig presented to me.
And I will never be the same.
Thank you, Tom Neely. Thank you for this GIFT to the WORLD.
I thought my favorite musically-inclined duo was Bowie and Pop. I wasn't ready for the absolute fever dream of an OTP that Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig presented to me.
And I will never be the same.
Thank you, Tom Neely. Thank you for this GIFT to the WORLD.
April 5, 2023
If the whole book was as entertaining as the first 68 pages, I’d have been a much happier person. I loved Tom Neely’s retro comic style, both the art and the story. The rest is a very mixed bag, which I feel I would understand more if I knew anything about Danzig or Rollins. The whole thing feels like an in joke between all the artists that I’m never quite let in on.
August 3, 2020
The whole idea is pretty hit-or-miss (when you think about it), but boy, did it hit me! If you're a fan familiar w/ H&G this'll be one of your proudest possessions. The fact that this exists in hardcover still amazes me.
December 8, 2022
Very funny, and only slightly gets into annoying humor (constantly dropping in song titles and "haha they're gay!" jokes). Otherwise, this has some great shit in it. It's also a comic that was made entirely for me, so I have to forgive any flaws.
February 6, 2018
It is pretty much exactly what you would expect from this premise, but I really appreciate the amount of time, energy, and pettiness that went into what was essentially a drunk joke among friends.
September 25, 2019
This was pretty absurd, but also pretty funny
June 26, 2021
Love this book to the bone(r)! It really shines when you know the context. Now I love Glenn Rollins even more!
March 3, 2022
Good for them
January 22, 2023
I was glad I was able to read it but... I don't know... Maybe I need to re-read it or be in a different mood...
April 14, 2024
This is amazing. Loved it!
June 26, 2024
Delightful.
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June 13, 2022God, I love these dumb muscle heads ❤️
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