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My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # Psych 101: "Different Strokes..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, guess how often Neal shows his public displays of annoyance.

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # Over 500 Years: "Gimme that ondo beat..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, Neal explains the meaning of Obon.

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # Lunch Special No.7: "The See-Food Diet..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, Neal introduces his four major food groups.

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # 1+1+1-3=0: "Ersatz Asian..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, three things that sound Japanese (but aren't).

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # 10-9-8-7-6-5: "Descent of Man..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, learn the four major ages in human history.

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # Count to 10: "Now what did I do?..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, five ways an Asian mom gets even.

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # 1-800-555-Artist: "Me Artist, You Buy..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, learn how to be an artist in four easy steps.

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # 1 or 2: "Stupid, Stupid Rat Creatures, II..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, Hit or myth? Can you handle the truth?

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # Member No. 0: "What are the Dues?..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, how to be a part of the model minority.

My Name is Neal

Journal Entry # Just Number 1: "Furoba? Benjo? What?..."

Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, please aim with care.

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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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