Neil Kleid
Encyclopedia
Neil Kleid is a U.S.
cartoonist raised in Oak Park, Michigan
, now living in Bronx, New York
. He has received a 2003 Xeric Award
grant for his graphic novel
la Ninety Candles (2004).
Kleid also wrote Brownsville, a graphic novel about Murder, Inc.
, with Jake Allen for NBM Publishing
, and Ursa Minors!, an action/comedy mini-series for Slave Labor Graphics
. He has written for Puffin Graphics and Marvel
, Image and Alternative Comics
, and has created minicomics and cartoons for anthologies and magazines including 9-11: Emergency Relief, House of Twelve, Big News, and Kitchen Sink.
Outside of comic books, Kleid has written columns for online writer resource Scryptic Studios
, and online websites PopCultureShock.com, PopImage.com, Newsarama
.com, and SequentialTart.com. He is an active member of the webcomic collective The Chemistry Set.
Currently writing/drawing Migdal David, a cartoon memoir for Seraphic Press, Kleid spends his days as a graphic designer and has worked on campaigns for Comedy Central
and Miramax Films
. His work has appeared in Variety
and The New York Times
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
cartoonist raised in Oak Park, Michigan
Oak Park, Michigan
As of the census of 2000, there were 29,793 people, 11,104 households, and 7,595 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,863.8 persons per square mile . There were 11,370 housing units at an average density of 2,263.9 per square mile...
, now living in Bronx, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. He has received a 2003 Xeric Award
Xeric Foundation
The Xeric Foundation is a private, nonprofit corporation based in Northampton, Massachusetts, which for twenty years awarded self-publishing grants to comic book creators, as well as qualified charitable and nonprofit organizations...
grant for his graphic novel
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
la Ninety Candles (2004).
Kleid also wrote Brownsville, a graphic novel about Murder, Inc.
Murder, Inc.
Murder, Inc. was the name given by the press to organized crime groups in the 1920s through the 1940s that resulted in hundreds of murders on behalf of the American Mafia and Jewish Mafia groups who together formed the early organized crime groups in New York and...
, with Jake Allen for NBM Publishing
NBM Publishing
NBM Publishing is an American publisher of graphic novels. The company specializes in non-superhero comic genres and has translated and published over 150 graphic novels from Europe and Canada, as well as several works by Americans...
, and Ursa Minors!, an action/comedy mini-series for Slave Labor Graphics
Slave Labor Graphics
Slave Labor Graphics is an independent American comic book publisher, well-known for publishing darkly humorous, offbeat comics.-Company history:...
. He has written for Puffin Graphics and Marvel
Marvel Comics
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
, Image and Alternative Comics
Alternative Comics (publisher)
Alternative Comics is a U.S. independent graphic novel and comic book publisher which operated from 1993–2007. Located in Gainesville, Florida, it is owned and operated by its founder, attorney Jeff Mason...
, and has created minicomics and cartoons for anthologies and magazines including 9-11: Emergency Relief, House of Twelve, Big News, and Kitchen Sink.
Outside of comic books, Kleid has written columns for online writer resource Scryptic Studios
Scryptic Studios
Scryptic Studios is a website created by a group of comic book writers as a massive resource for comic book writers to network, research stories, read news & columns, and find script samples...
, and online websites PopCultureShock.com, PopImage.com, Newsarama
Newsarama
Newsarama is an American website that publishes news, interviews and essays about the American comic book industry.-History:Newsarama began in Summer 1995 as a series of Internet forum postings on the Prodigy comic-book message boards by fan Mike Doran. In these short messages. Doran shared...
.com, and SequentialTart.com. He is an active member of the webcomic collective The Chemistry Set.
Currently writing/drawing Migdal David, a cartoon memoir for Seraphic Press, Kleid spends his days as a graphic designer and has worked on campaigns for Comedy Central
Comedy Central
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel that carries comedy programming, both original and syndicated....
and Miramax Films
Miramax Films
Miramax Films is an American entertainment company known for distributing independent and foreign films. For its first 14 years the company was privately owned by its founders, Bob and Harvey Weinstein...
. His work has appeared in Variety
Variety (magazine)
Variety is an American weekly entertainment-trade magazine founded in New York City, New York, in 1905 by Sime Silverman. With the rise of the importance of the motion-picture industry, Daily Variety, a daily edition based in Los Angeles, California, was founded by Silverman in 1933. In 1998, the...
and The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
.
Comics and graphic novels
- Stable Rods mixed media minicomic, Self-Published
- Pilgrimage mixed media minicomic, Self-Published
- Rant Comics #1-3 serialized minicomics, Self-Published
- Late Night Block #1-3 serialized minicomics with Jamesmith, Max Riffner, Vanessa Satone, and cover artists Lea HernandezLea HernandezLea Hernandez is an American comic book and webcomic creator who usually draws in a Japanese-influenced style. She is the co-creator of Killer Princesses with Gail Simone , and the creator of Rumble Girls...
, Carla Speed McNeilCarla Speed McNeilCarla Speed McNeil born in Hammond, Louisiana, is an American sci-fi writer, cartoonist, and illustrator of comics, best known for the science fiction comic book series Finder.-Career:...
, and Michael Avon OemingMichael Avon OemingMichael Avon Oeming is an American comic book creator, both as an artist and writer. He is known for using a stark art style to tell stories with sophisticated and mature subject matter.-Career:...
. Stories originally appeared at www.opi8.com - "Letters From a Broken Apple" 10 page story in 9-11: Emergency Relief with Insight Studios. Published by Alternative ComicsAlternative ComicsAlternative Comics may refer to:* Alternative Comics , a U.S. comic book publisher* alternative comics, a label for a range of comics, when written with extraneous caps...
(2002) - Ninety Candles, Self-Published with the help of the Xeric Foundation (2004)
- The IntimidatorsThe IntimidatorsThe Intimidators was the fifteenth novel in the Matt Helm secret agent novel series by Donald Hamilton. It was first published in 1974.-Plot summary:...
#1-4, created by Jim ValentinoJim ValentinoJim Valentino is an American writer, penciler, editor and publisher of comic books.-1970s - 1992:Valentino began his career in the late 1970s creating small press and mostly autobiographical comics. The early-mid 1980s saw normalman which first appeared as a back-up story in Aardvark-Vanaheim's...
with artists Miguel Montenegro and CAFU. Published by Image ComicsImage ComicsImage Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
/ShadowlineShadowLineShadowline is a partner studio of Image Comics established by Image co-founder Jim Valentino. The name is an homage to Valentino's character, ShadowHawk.-History:...
(2006) - Brownsville OGN with artist Jake Allen. Published by NBM PublishingNBM PublishingNBM Publishing is an American publisher of graphic novels. The company specializes in non-superhero comic genres and has translated and published over 150 graphic novels from Europe and Canada, as well as several works by Americans...
(2006) - Call of the WildCall Of The Wild-Track listing:All songs written by Ted Nugent, except where indicated:#"Call of the Wild" – 4:51#"Sweet Revenge" – 4:06#"Pony Express" – 5:21#"Ain't It the Truth" – 4:57#"Renegade" – 3:33...
written by Jack LondonJack LondonJohn Griffith "Jack" London was an American author, journalist, and social activist. He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone...
, co-adapted with artist Alex Nino. Published by Puffin Graphics (2006) - Ursa Minors #1-4 with co-writer Paul Cote and artist Fernando Pinto. Published by Slave Labor GraphicsSlave Labor GraphicsSlave Labor Graphics is an independent American comic book publisher, well-known for publishing darkly humorous, offbeat comics.-Company history:...
(2006) - The Big Kahn OGN with artist Nicolas Cinquegrani. Published by NBM PublishingNBM PublishingNBM Publishing is an American publisher of graphic novels. The company specializes in non-superhero comic genres and has translated and published over 150 graphic novels from Europe and Canada, as well as several works by Americans...
(2009) - American Caesar OGN with artist Eoin Coveney. To be published in 2012
Short comics
- 9-11: Emergency Relief, "Letters From a Broken Apple" with artists from Insight Studios (2001)
- House of Twelve #2.0, "I Was a Teenage Sci-Fi Writer" (2002)
- True Porn Vol. 1, "Shomer Negiah" (2003)
- Hero Happy HourHero Happy HourHero Happy Hour is an American comic book co-created by writer Dan Taylor and artist Chris Fason. Like The Tick and, less satirically, Watchmen it takes place in a universe of vaguely familiar costumed crime fighters...
Super Special, "Secret Origin" with artist Neil Vokes (2004) - X-men Unlimited #14, "How To Be An Artist" with artist Michael Avon OemingMichael Avon OemingMichael Avon Oeming is an American comic book creator, both as an artist and writer. He is known for using a stark art style to tell stories with sophisticated and mature subject matter.-Career:...
. Published by Marvel ComicsMarvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
(2006) - Postcards, "Intersection" with artist Jake Allen. Published by Random HouseRandom HouseRandom House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
/VillardVillard-Places:France* Villard, Creuse* Villard, Haute-Savoie* Villard-Bonnot, in the Isère département* Villard-de-Lans, in the Isère département* Villard-d'Héry, in the Savoie département* Villard-Léger, in the Savoie département...
(2007) - Comic Book Tattoo, "The Beekeeper" with artist Chris Mitten. Published by Image ComicsImage ComicsImage Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
(2008) - Tales From the Crypt #2, "The Tenant" with artist Steve Mannion. Published by NBM PublishingNBM PublishingNBM Publishing is an American publisher of graphic novels. The company specializes in non-superhero comic genres and has translated and published over 150 graphic novels from Europe and Canada, as well as several works by Americans...
/PapercutzPapercutz:papercutz is a Portuguese Electronic music project formed in 2005. Bruno Miguel is the only official member of :papercutz and remains solely responsible for its direction but has been working closely with American-born Melissa Veras, since the bands's debut release. After recordings, Bruno...
(2008) - Tales From the Crypt #4, "Extra Life" with artist Chris Noeth. Published by NBM PublishingNBM PublishingNBM Publishing is an American publisher of graphic novels. The company specializes in non-superhero comic genres and has translated and published over 150 graphic novels from Europe and Canada, as well as several works by Americans...
/PapercutzPapercutz:papercutz is a Portuguese Electronic music project formed in 2005. Bruno Miguel is the only official member of :papercutz and remains solely responsible for its direction but has been working closely with American-born Melissa Veras, since the bands's debut release. After recordings, Bruno...
(2008) - Creepy Comics #1, "All The Help You Need" with artist Brian Churilla. Published by Dark Horse ComicsDark Horse ComicsDark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...
(2009) - Fractured Fables, "The House That Jack Built" with artist Fernando Pinto. Published by Image ComicsImage ComicsImage Comics is a United States comic book publisher. It was founded in 1992 by high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their material without giving up the copyrights to the characters they created, as creator-owned properties. It was immediately successful, and remains...
/ShadowlineShadowLineShadowline is a partner studio of Image Comics established by Image co-founder Jim Valentino. The name is an homage to Valentino's character, ShadowHawk.-History:...
(2010) - Fraggle Rock Vol #1, #2, "The Convincing of Convincing John" with artist Fernando Pinto. Published by Archaia Studios (2010)
- Superman 2011 80 Page Giant, "Old Men Talking in Bars" with artist Dean Haspiel. Published by DC ComicsDC ComicsDC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
(2011)
Webcomics
- Todt Hill serialized webcomic with artist Kevin ColdenKevin ColdenKevin Colden is an Eisner Award-nominated, Xeric Grant winning American comic book writer and artist. Primarily known as a webcomics artist, his work has been published in print by Zuda Comics, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, Alternative Comics, and Top Shelf Productions.-Early life:Colden graduated...
, formerly hosted at The Chemistry Set - Action, Ohio serialized webcomic with artist Paul Salvi, formerly hosted at ShadowlineShadowLineShadowline is a partner studio of Image Comics established by Image co-founder Jim Valentino. The name is an homage to Valentino's character, ShadowHawk.-History:...
External links
- Rant Comics.com - Official website
- Preview of Brownsville
- Preview of Migdal David