Neal Yamamoto
@nealtoonNeal 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
Stories from This Author
Journal Entry #70 GMs o’Carbs: “I Miss Green Tea Ice Cream...”
Nov. 8, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Foods I've given up...” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.
Journal Entry #About 7½ Weeks: "The Real Holiday Horror..."
Nov. 1, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, Neal discovers the real nightmare before Christmas! Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.
Journal Entry #Started Around the 1800's: "Trick or Treat..."
Oct. 25, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Creatures I'd like to be! (Halloween edition)” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.
Journal Entry #All 12 Need Revisiting: "Part 1 (Maybe)..."
Oct. 18, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Your Daily Horoscope - Revised Zodiac symbols for the current age...” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.
Journal Entry #Circa 18th - 19th Century: "Cranial Craze..."
Oct. 11, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Phrenological foolishness (my character as indicated by the bumps on my skull)” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.
Journal Entry #McCay, 1869-1934: "If Only Dreams were Real..."
Oct. 4, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Little Neal in Slumber Land ~ My Life in Daydreams ~” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.
Journal Entry #3 Brain Cells and a Notion: "Grey Matter Gags..."
Sept. 27, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Where My Ideas Come From...” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.
Journal Entry #Back to the '70's: "Rewind and Re-do..."
Sept. 20, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Fictional Inventions I Wish were Real! (and that I had access to...)” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.
Journal Entry #And 4 Brushes: “I Need to Upgrade...”
Sept. 13, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Indispensable Tools! Implements and instruments necessary to do this ’toon...” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.
Journal Entry #597 Pages of Pap: "It was a Dark and Stormy..."
Sept. 6, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Novels I Intended to Write... (or ‘why I write and draw cartoons instead...’)” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.
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