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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.


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Journal Entry #The Last 4 of 2025: "Holiday Humor..."
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Dec. 6, 2025

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Journal Entry #72 Bad Hours: "Creative Blocks..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Nov. 29, 2025


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Journal Entry #From 10/31 - 1/1: "Frustration Levels Up..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Nov. 22, 2025


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Journal Entry #About 7½ Weeks: "The Real Holiday Horror..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Nov. 1, 2025


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Journal Entry #Started Around the 1800's: "Trick or Treat..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Oct. 25, 2025

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Journal Entry #All 12 Need Revisiting: "Part 1 (Maybe)..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Oct. 18, 2025


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Journal Entry #70 GMs o’Carbs: “I Miss Green Tea Ice Cream...”
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Nov. 8, 2025

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Journal Entry #Circa 18th - 19th Century: "Cranial Craze..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Oct. 11, 2025

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Journal Entry #McCay, 1869-1934: "If Only Dreams were Real..."
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Oct. 4, 2025

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Journal Entry #3 Brain Cells and a Notion: "Grey Matter Gags..."
A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese desc…

Sept. 27, 2025

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