Bookslut Column--Featuring The Blot

My latest Bookslut column on graphic novels is now up. Among the work I review is The Blot:Out, out damn blot, but it won't come out -- it just keeps growing. That's something of the premise behind The Blot by Tom Neely (), one of the most bizarre and original graphic novels I've read this year. In a crisp, clean, yet utterly surreal drawing style, Neely depicts the odd adventures of an Average Joe whose face is periodically ravaged by a giant ink blot.Check out Tom's website. It's got some amazing stuff on it.