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My Name is Neal

Nov. 24, 2007 - April 26, 2025

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

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Journal Entry #B.P. Hovering at 200/200: "Under Pressure..."

April 26, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “‘I’m Feeling TENSE!’: My methodology for dealing with stress...” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.

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Journal Entry #Between 3/22 - 4/25: "Happy Easter!..."

April 19, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto

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

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Journal Entry #Art Lesson 379: "Creating Interest..."

April 12, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Cartoon Foils Guaranteed to Attract Attention!” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.

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Journal Entry #Over 400 Million Per Day: "Unsubscribe!..."

April 5, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Bad Texts—Crap I keep getting on my cell week after week after week...” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.

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Journal Entry #5 Loooong Seconds: "Does it Taste Okay?"

March 29, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Exceptions to the Five Second Rule of Eating...” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.

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Journal Entry #6 More Tidbits: "Do This, Don't Do That..."

March 22, 2025 • Neal Yamamoto

A weekly visual journal/cartoon about an easily-annoyed fourth generation American of Japanese descent. This week, “Signs Part 3 (or is it 4? 5? 6?)” Check back every weekend for subsequent entries.

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Neal Yamamoto @nealtoon

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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