NJW&C 29: Auld Lang Kleid...and the 2025 Kleid (Holiday Gift) Guide!
Thanksgiving is in our rearview, and Mariah Carey was let out again to terrorize the globe with all the other Christmas kaiju, so it must be December…and...
NJW&C 28: Medieval #1 is out TODAY!
Hello, newsletter friends! Sending this one out early in the morning versus the afternoon so you can read it on your commute or with your morning cup o’...
Announcing...MEDIEVAL! (And where to find Neil at New York Comic-Con)
A quick newsletter to announce my brand-new comic coming this November, and where folks can find me at this year’s New York Comic-Con (October 9-12, Jacob...
NJW&C 27: Where Flies The Hellion
School is back in session, friends! Get out those folders and protractors and graphing calculators and trapper keepers(“trappers keepers”?) Keepers aside,...
NJW&C 26: Bourbon is For the Homesick
Okay, so where exactly the hell have I been this summer? My last newsletter was way back in June. I turned fifty and then, well…honestly? I’ve been busy....
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...