Neil Kleid
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Neil Kleid (1975- ) is a Xeric Award-winning cartoonist raised in Oak Park, Michigan, now living in Bronx, NY.
Neil won the prestigious Xeric Grant for Ninety Candles, a graphic novella about life, death, fatherhood and comic books and 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, Neil has written columns for online writer resource, Scryptic Studios, and popular online websites Popcultureshock.com, Popimage.com, Newsarama.com and Sequentialtart.com. His online novel, Coffin, serializes at Livejournal and he is an active member of webcomic collective, The Chemistry Set.
Currently writing/drawing MIGDAL DAVID, a cartoon memoir for Seraphic Press, Neil 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.
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[edit] Bibliography
[edit] Comics & Graphic Novels
- Migdal David OGN to be published by Seraphic Press (2007-8)
- Ursa Minors #1 - 4 with co-writer Paul Cote and artist Fernando Pinto. Published by Slave Labor Graphics (2006)
- Call of the Wild written by Jack London, co-adapted with artist Alex Nino. Published by Puffin Graphics (2006)
- Brownsville OGN with artist Jake Allen. Published by NBM Publishing (2006)
- The Intimidators #1 - 4 , created by Jim Valentino with artists Miguel Montenegro and CAFU. Published by Image Comics/Shadowline(2006)
- Ninety Candles, Self-Published with the help of the Xeric Foundation (2004)
- Todt Hill serialized webcomic at The Chemistry Set
- Late Night Block #1-3 serialized minicomics with Jamesmith, Max Riffner, Vanessa Satone and cover artists Lea Hernandez, Carla Speed McNeil and Michael Avon Oeming. Stories originally appeared at www.opi8.com
- Rant Comics #1-3 serialized minicomics, Self-Published
- Pilgrimage mixed media minicomic, Self-Published
- Stable Rods mixed media minicomic, Self-Published
[edit] Short Comics
- Postcards, "Intersection" with artist Jake Allen (2007)
- X-men Unlimited #14, "How To Be An Artist" with artist Michael Avon Oeming (2006)
- Hero Happy Hour Super Special, "Secret Origin" with artist Neil Vokes (2004)
- True Porn Vol. 1, "Shomer Negiah" (2003)
- House of Twelve #2.0, "I Was a Teenage Sci-Fi Writer" (2002)
- 9-11: Emergency Relief, "Letters From a Broken Apple" with artists from Insight Studios (2001)
[edit] Awards
- Xeric Grant for Ninety Candles, September 2003
