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My Name is Neal


Nov. 24, 2007 - Feb. 15, 2025

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


Stories from this series

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Journal Entry #Published in 1812: "I'd Misuse All of Them..."

Feb. 8, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Fictional Weapons and Tools I Wish I Owned!” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.

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Journal Entry #$1.00 to Play: "Designed to Win..."

Feb. 1, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Carnival Games I'd Like to See...” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.

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Journal Entry #Over 70 Million Copies: "Here I Am!..."

Jan. 25, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “If I were Waldo! The places I would hide...” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.

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Journal Entry #4 Simple Greetings: "Ahoy, Ahoy..."

Jan. 18, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “My Salutations for 2025!” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.

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Journal Entry #There's More Than 5: "You Win Some, etc."...

Jan. 11, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Bad Clichés OR Truisms that are not so true (they should come with a warning label...)” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.

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Journal Entry #Rolling 7's: "Random Choices..."

Jan. 4, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “My Decision-Making Process for the New Year!” 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

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