Comics

Neal is also a comic artist, who contributes to print work and webcomics.

Online, he is known for large formal experimentation and non-linear storytelling vehicles like his comic “the Jerk” his series “The Halcyon Years” and his collaboration with Alexander Danner “Five Ways to Love A Cockroach“, which was shown in MoCCA’s “Infinite Canvas” art exhibition. His digital comics were also featured in “Webcomics: tools and techniques for digital cartooning” by Steven Withrow and John Barber.

His print work has been found in anthologies like “Negative Burn“, “Side A“, “Split Lip” and most recently “The Kids of Widney High” from Atomic Basement Press.

He is currently working on a series of adaptations of American folk songs with Sam Costello called “Labor and Love” and also compiling research his own series about the town he grew up in.

(Note: some comics contain mature themes and language)

Payroll City Tales:

Self-Published:
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Andrew Dabb’s “Slices”
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Folk Adaptations “The Wind and Rain” and “the Wreck of  The Ol’ 97″ with Sam Costello:
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“No Stairway” with Leonard Pierce:
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“What I Meant When I said ‘I Love You’” with Adam White:
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Sample pages of “Gentle” with Matt R Davis:
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