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My Name is Neal


Nov. 24, 2007 - May 4, 2024

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent.



Stories from this series

Journal Entry #1918-2023: "Good Boys..."

Nov. 11, 2023 • Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Man's Best Friends — a short list of our most preeminent canines!” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.

Journal Entry #4 Harbingers: "Armageddon Anxiety..."

Nov. 4, 2023 • Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Signs the Apocalypse is Nigh” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.

Journal Entry #3 Days Left: "Menacing Mitts..."

Oct. 28, 2023 • Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Halloween Hands—and how dangerous they might be!...” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.

Journal Entry #10 Days and Counting: "A Long Afterlife..."

Oct. 21, 2023 • Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Ghostly Inquiries: Questions I'd like to ask the dearly departed...” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.

Journal Entry #17 Days Left: "Making Faces..."

Oct. 14, 2023 • Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, Neal reveals what he's going to be for Halloween... Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.

Journal Entry #24 Days and Counting: "Samhain's Coming..."

Oct. 7, 2023 • Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Faces of Death - Popular Personifications of Death...” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.

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Author in This Series

Neal Yamamoto is a curmudgeonly freelance artist of indeterminate age whose vaguely disturbing scribblin’s and scrivenin’s have been published in a variety of books, magazines and papers. His latest drawing book (Superhero Explosion: 60 Easy Lessons For Drawing Comics) can be found at your big-chain-monolithic-mega-bookstore and his upcoming visual journal/cartoon “My Name Is Neal” can be found...well, duh, here. Post comments about the ’toon here or email Neal at nealnyamamoto@gmail.com.

Updated July 2012