Neil Kleid

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Neil Kleid (born 1975) is a U.S. cartoonist raised in Oak Park, Michigan, now living in Bronx, New York. He has received a 2003 Xeric Award grant^[1] for his graphic novella 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. His online novel Coffin is serialized at LiveJournal, and 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.

1 Bibliography
- 1.1 Comics and graphic novels
- 1.2 Short comics
2 Awards
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] 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 Hernandez, Carla Speed McNeil, and Michael Avon Oeming. Stories originally appeared at www.opi8.com
Todt Hill serialized webcomic at The Chemistry Set
Ninety Candles, Self-Published with the help of the Xeric Foundation (2004)
The Intimidators #1-4 , created by Jim Valentino with artists Miguel Montenegro and CAFU. Published by Image Comics/Shadowline (2006)
Brownsville OGN with artist Jake Allen. Published by NBM Publishing (2006)
Call of the Wild written by Jack London, 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 Graphics (2006)
Migdal David OGN to be published by Seraphic Press (2007 or 2008)

[edit] 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 Hour Super Special, "Secret Origin" with artist Neil Vokes (2004)
X-men Unlimited #14, "How To Be An Artist" with artist Michael Avon Oeming (2006)
Postcards, "Intersection" with artist Jake Allen (2007)

[edit] Awards

Xeric Award grant for Ninety Candles, September 2003

[edit] References

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