Neil Kleid (born 1975) is an American cartoonist who received a 2003

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grant for his

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la ''Ninety Candles'' (2004). Raised in

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, he lives in

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Kleid wrote '' Brownsville'', a graphic novel about

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, with Jake Allen; '' The Big Kahn'', a graphic novel about family, faith, and

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, with Nicolas Cinquegrani, for

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; and ''Ursa Minors!'', an action/comedy mini-series for

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. He has written for Puffin Graphics,

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, Image Comics, and

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, and has created

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and cartoons for anthologies and magazines. Kleid adapted '' Spider-Man:

Kraven's Last Hunt "Fearful Symmetry: Kraven's Last Hunt", or simply "Kraven's Last Hunt" is a comic book storyline by J. M. DeMatteis and Mike Zeck published in 1987, featuring the final battle between Marvel Comics characters Kraven the Hunter and Spider-Man. Co ...

'' to prose in 2014, the popular

storyline by

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and

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, which was published by Marvel Press and Titan Books. In 2016, he co-plotted and wrote '' Powers: The Secret History of Deena Pilgrim'', an original novel based on the popular

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by Brian Michael Bendis and

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for MacMillan Books. In 2020,

published ''Savor'', Kleid's culinary adventure

with artists John Broglia and Frank Reynoso. Outside of comic books, Kleid penned columns for now defunct online writer resource '' Scryptic Studios'', and various online websites including ''PopCultureShock.com'', ''PopImage.com'', ''

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.com'', and ''SequentialTart.com''. He was a founder and active member of the webcomic collective The Chemistry Set. While writing/drawing various projects, Kleid spends his days as a UX/UI product designer, having helped co-found a series of mobile collecting apps for the

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Company in New York, including Topps Pennant, Topps BUNT, Topps HUDDLE, and their popular Star Wars Card Trader app. Kleid has worked on marketing campaigns for

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and

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, has been employed as a designer by McCann, Girl Scouts and his work has appeared in ''

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'' and ''

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''. A Modern Orthodox Jew, Klein has been a resident of

Teaneck, New Jersey Teaneck () is a township in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a bedroom community in the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 U.S. census, the township's population was 39,776, reflecting an increase of 516 (+1.3%) f ...

.Samuel, Adam
"Teaneck Comic Author Brings ‘The Panic’ to Readers"
''Jewish Link'', April 28, 2022. Accessed April 28, 2022. "Neil Kleid boasts quite the impressive comic book resume. Working in the industry since the early 2000s, he’s written X-Men, Superman and countless other stories—he even adapted Spider-Man: Kraven’s Last Hunt into a novel. He’s also a Modern Orthodox Jew from Teaneck, and his newest story, a digital comic book series from Comixology Originals that will then be adapted into print by Dark Horse Comics, promises to be a thrilling addition to his catalog."

Bibliography

Prose

* ''Kid Omega Faces The Music'' an

X-Men The X-Men are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, first appearing in ''The X-Men'' #1 by artist/co-plotter Jack Kirby and writer/editor Stan Lee in 1963. Although initially cancelled in 1970 due to lo ...

prose short story appearing in ''School of X''. Published by Aconyte Books (2021). Nominated for a 2022 Scribe Award. * '' Spider-Man:

'' prose adaptation of the original

storyline by

and

. Published by

(2014) * '' Powers: The Secret History of Deena Pilgrim'' based on the

by Brian Michael Bendis and

. Published by MacMillan Books (2016)

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 Lea Hernandez (born March 11, 1964) is an American comic book and webcomic creator, known primarily for working in a manga-influenced style, and for doing lettering and touch-ups on manga imports. She is the co-creator of '' Killer Princesses'', wr ...

, Carla Speed McNeil, and

. 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 Comics Alternative comics cover a range of American comics that have appeared since the 1980s, following the underground comix movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Alternative comics present an alternative to mainstream superhero comics which ...

(2002) * ''Ninety Candles'', Self-Published with the help of the Xeric Foundation (2004) * '' The Intimidators'' #1-4, created by

Jim Valentino Jim Valentino (born October 28, 1952) is an American writer, penciler, editor and publisher of comic books, best known for his 1990–1992 work on '' Guardians of the Galaxy'' for Marvel Comics, and for co-founding Image Comics, a company publis ...

with artists Miguel Montenegro and CAFU. Published by Image Comics/

Shadowline Shadowline, Inc., is an imprint of Image Comics established by Image co-founder Jim Valentino. The name is an homage to Valentino's character, ShadowHawk. History Shadowline was officially created in December 1992 when the logo first appear ...

(2006) * '' Brownsville'' OGN with artist Jake Allen. Published by

(2006) * '' Call of the Wild'' written by

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, 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

(2006) * ''The Big Kahn'' OGN with artist Nicolas Cinquegrani. Published by

(2009) * ''Savor'' OGN with artists John Broglia and Frank Reynoso. Published by

(2021) * ''The Panic'' OGN with Andrea Mutti. Published by Comixology Originals and

(2022)

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

. Published by

(2006) * ''Postcards'', "Intersection" with artist Jake Allen. Published by

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(2007) * ''Comic Book Tattoo'', "The Beekeeper" with artist Chris Mitten. Published by Image Comics (2008) * ''Tales From the Crypt'' #2, "The Tenant" with artist Steve Mannion. Published by Papercutz (2008) * ''Tales From the Crypt'' #4, "Extra Life" with artist Chris Noeth. Published by Papercutz (2008) * ''Creepy Comics'' #1, "All The Help You Need" with artist Brian Churilla. Published by

(2009) * ''Fractured Fables'', "The House That Jack Built" with artist Fernando Pinto. Published by Image Comics/

(2010) * ''Fraggle Rock'' Vol #1, #2, "The Convincing of Convincing John" with artist Fernando Pinto. Published by

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(2010) * ''Superman 2011 80 Page Giant'', "Old Men Talking in Bars" with artist Dean Haspiel. Published by

(2011) * ''Ghosts'', "A Bowl of Red" with artist John McCrea. Published by DC Comics/Vertigo (2012) * ''Mars Attacks Classic Obliterated'', "This Island, Earth" with artist Carlos Valenzuela. Published by IDW Publishing (2013)

Webcomics

* ''Todt Hill'' serialized webcomic with artist

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, formerly hosted at The Chemistry Set * ''Action, Ohio'' serialized webcomic with artist Paul Salvi, formerly hosted at

* ''Kings and Canvas'' serialized digital comics with artists Jake Allen and Frank Reynoso, available at

Comixology Iconology Inc., d/b/a ComiXology (styled comiXology), is a cloud-based digital distribution platform for comics owned by Amazon, with over 200 million comic downloads . It offers a selection of more than 100,000 comic books, graphic novels, and ...

Awards

grant for ''Ninety Candles'', September 2003

References

External links

*
Preview of ''Brownsville''

Preview of ''Migdal David''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kleid, Neil American comics artists American comics writers American cartoonists 1975 births Living people People from Teaneck, New Jersey 20th-century American Jews 21st-century American Jews