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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #1, 3, 5, 7, 11: "Prime Creations..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "Inventions My Stomach Can't Live Without..."

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Head 9000: "Washlet Wars..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, advanced toilet technology...

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # 7 Taboo Words: "Me Speak Pretty..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, Neal investigates the words we use...

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # Channels 2, 4, and 7: "Sitcom Silliness..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "If J-A's starred in classic TV shows"

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #3 Steps Max: "Foldin' Frenzy..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "E-Z Origami for Beginners"

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # $14.00 Cut: "Hair-raising Styles..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “hairstyles of the modern Asian...”

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #9 Looong Innings: "Uptown Blues..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, rakkasei = peanuts, Neal = Charlie Brown?

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #Ages 6-13: "Hashi Hi-Jinks..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "Things I used my chopsticks for that drove my mother up the wall..."

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #MMX: "Film Frenzy at the Kokusai..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "Japanese Box Office Bombs..."

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry #653 Songs (So FAR): "Tune Talk..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, "Stuff on My iPod..."

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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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