NJW&C 25: All The Many Things
To kick off June, Happy Pride Month, all, and here’s your host and the author of this newsletter at fifty: The author, a Lions fans Looking backwards—even...
NJW&C 24: The Comics Writer at 50 (plus a short Savor comic!)
And here we are again: it’s May, my birthday month! And this year, just like Saturday Night Live, I’m turning FIFTY FREAKING YEARS OLD. But we’ll get to that...
NJW&C 23: The Kids, They Won't Read
Seriously, my kids used to love reading. When they were younger, it was difficult to find at least one of them without a book or graphic novel nearby. And...
NJW&C 22: Comics Medium Raw
Two months later, I’m still mainlining Bourdain. I do that sometimes. I obsess about an author or book series or a movie, TV show or style of food—it tends...
NJW&C 21: Comic Book Confidential
And here we are again, but in 2025. Happy New Year to you, dear and faithful reader, and thanks for coming back as we dig into another solar cycle making...
Happy Holidays! (also? Kings and Canvas is IN STORES!)
Surprise! One last quick note from Neil before we all start saying “let’s just deal with that on January 2nd”, to note that Kings and Canvas—the fantasy...
NJW&C 20: And To All A Good Fight
Welcome to December, fellow Hebros, Hebrettes and Hebrew-adjacent! Look at me, getting my end of year newsletter together so early in the month, rather than...
NJW&C 19: America Votes & 2024 JewCE Awards
Happy November, mishpacha—we’re nearing the end of 2024, and as we race toward winter, there’s a lot going on. So this one is going to be mostly about the...
NJW&C 18: Mon Mothma’s Got Your Back
Happy 5785, Hebros, Hebrettes and all of you Hebrew-adjacent friends and allies! That’s right; as many of you may know, this past week we celebrated Rosh...
NJW&C 17: What If...?
School’s back in session, kid! Get yer notebooks and binders, your bag lunches and calculators and jump on the big yellow bus! That means that summer is...
NJW&C 16: The Not At San Diego ComicCon Edition
Hello, friends. It’s been a while. Our last newsletter went out in early June, and here we are on the cusp of August. So let me explain. Simple as this: I...
NJW&C 15: Omnia Mutantur
“Omnia Mutantur.” It’s a Latin phrase which means “everything changes.” Wanna know how I knew that? From reading goddamn X-Men comics. Here Come the X-Men!...
NJW&C 14: Nice Jewish Comics — The Birthday Installment!
Happy birthday to me, and welcome to my virtual birthday party! Yes, we delayed this installment of the newsletter by a week, so it would coincide with my...
NJW&C 13: Episode XIII: Somehow, Neil Kleid Returned
Welcome back, dear good-looking readers! Thanks for your patience as me and mine spend the last two weeks eating matzah, horseradish, and other less-enticing...
NJW&C 12: The Bat Mitzvah Edition (featuring Todt Hill)
If it’s two weeks later, it must be time for a brand-spankin’ new installment of Neil Kleid’s newsletter about Jews, comics, teevee, movies and more! Here’s...
NJW&C 11: A Bond That Exists Only In Combat
Howdy friends, and happy belated Purim to my fellow Hebros and Hebrettes. Hope your March has been one of peace and productivity. This is typically the time...
NJW&C 10: Much Ado About ‘Nice Jewish Boys’
Welcome back, dedicated friends and readers. We’re two weeks into March, and here on the East Coast we’re waiting for it to turn from lion to lamb—lost power...
NJW&C 09: Nostalgia, or The Real Reason I Don’t Own a Copy of Justice League International #14
Happy Leap Day! We’re leaping toward Spring, and eyeing that oncoming sunny weather, and so here at NJW&C HQ we’re directing our energy toward positivity and...
NJW&C 08: How To Make Minicomics for Fun (and Maybe Start a Career)
Welcome back, good-looking readers! I hope you’ve all been well and thriving these last two weeks. I’ve had a busy fortnight (not to be confused with...
NJW&C 07: The Peaks and Valleys of Writing
Howdy, friends! Apologies for the delay on this latest installment, but I’ve been away on a small and much-needed vacation with the family in order to...
NJW&C 06: It’s the Hope that Thrills You
Oh, hello. I feel like it’s been forever; I haven’t seen any of you since last year! (okay, don’t judge me; my kids would love that joke). But here we are in...
NJW&C 05: The Dangerous Business of Looking Back (and Forward)
Welcome, good-looking readers, to the very end. The end of the year, that is! Yes, this is the Final Newsletter Of 2023, and as such we’re going to take a...
NJW&C 04: Telling Other Peoples’ (and other Mutants’) Stories
And we’re back with a brand new look. First things first, before we get to the nice words: two bits of housekeeping. Distasteful administrative stuff and...
NJW&C 03: Does An Ending Always Have to Be Earned?
Happy early Thanksgiving, folks! Yes, it’s my favorite time of year—I live for this week, when things quiet down and the Kleid get to focus on family, food...
NJW&C 02: The Release of Neil’s New Comic and a Few Words About Being Jewish (But Not-So-Nice)
Let’s get the business out of the way: the first issue of Nice Jewish Boys, a suburban crime comic I’ve co-authored with John Broglia, Ellie Wright and Sarah...
NJW&C 01: Guilting Folks, But on a Professional Level
Hello! Welcome to the first, for-real, official newsletter edition of Nice Jewish Words & Comics. The actual NON-official edition was the one explaining what...
Welcome to Nice Jewish Words & Comics!
Hello! Neil Kleid here, comic book writer and graphic novelist, and welcome to the first, short edition of my brand-new newsletter, Nice Jewish Words &...