Neil Kleid (born 1975) is an American cartoonist who received a 2003 Xeric Award grant for his graphic novella Ninety Candles (2004).
[1] Raised in Oak Park, Michigan, he lives in New Jersey Kleid wrote Brownsville, a graphic novel about Murder, Inc., with Jake Allen; The Big Kahn, a graphic novel about family, faith, and con men, with Nicolas Cinquegrani, for NBM Publishing; and Ursa Minors!, an action/comedy mini-series for Slave Labor Graphics.
In 2016, he co-plotted and wrote Powers: The Secret History of Deena Pilgrim, an original novel based on the popular comic book by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming for MacMillan Books.
In 2020, Dark Horse Comics published Savor, Kleid's culinary adventure graphic novel with artists John Broglia and Frank Reynoso.
Kleid has worked on marketing campaigns for Comedy Central and Miramax Films, has been employed as a designer by McCann, Girl Scouts and his work has appeared in Variety and The New York Times.