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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #1,000's of Excuses: "Don't You Believe Me?..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Top 5 Reasons for Missing a Deadline (Artist Edition)”

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #100,000 Follicles in Unison: "Yay Me!..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Life Events We Need to Celebrate More!”

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #First Performed in ’53: ”It’s Time to Go!...”

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Waiting...The amount of time we've spent waiting for people...”

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #We Shifted in 2022: "The Truth is Out There..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Wacko Beliefs for the New Year”

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #365 of Them: "Did I Say that Out Loud?..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Fresh Retorts for 2024”

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #The Last 10 Resolutions: “Yeah, Right, Sure...”

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “My New Year’s Resolutions...”

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Nov. — Dec. '63: "Merry Christmas!"

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “How Santa delivers all those gifts in one night”

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #First Seen in '39: "The Youngest Reindeer..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Rudolph's Side Hustle”

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #A5 Loin: "$300 Per Pound..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “A click away...”

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Written in '34: "The Bizzaro Version..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “What a Difference a Day Makes — 24 Little Hours —”

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About

As a Freelance (i.e., unemployed) Artist, Neal Yamamoto has spewed forth a wide variety of scribblin's and scrivenin's, including humorous illustrations, gag cartoons and comic/sequential art for over a hundred books, comics, magazines and educational publications nationwide. Mr. Yamamoto has also been caught conducting cartooning and comic book illustration workshops at unsuspecting institutions like CSULA, Pasadena City College, Glendale Adult Education and Santa Monica City College. His fevered meanderings can also be seen in a weekly cartoon called "My Name is Neal, which he has been illegally posting on the Discover Nikkei website for the past couple of years.

As yet, he has not been successfully prosecuted.

Nikkei interests

  • community history
  • family stories
  • festival/matsuri
  • Japanese/Nikkei food
  • Japantowns
  • taiko

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