Patrick Neighly
Encyclopedia
Patrick Neighly is a writer and experimental film
maker based out of Los Angeles, California
. Although well established as a journalist focused on Asia Pacific technology and culture
, he is better known in some quarters for independently produced comic book
s and graphic novel
s, some of which are in development for film and television. Neighly has a tendency to rebuff advances from larger publishers in favor of creative freedom, although his subject matter tends toward traditional action/adventure with political and existential undertones.
Neighly has undertaken limited work for hire
, generally restricted to editing and ghost writing
for publishers such as Disinformation and manga giant Tokyopop
. This work is usually published under a number of pseudonyms. Neighly briefly contributed a number of columns on the small press
comics space to prominent portal Newsarama. As a journalist and editor he has contributed to a number of print magazines, including Asian Century
, America's Network, Bandwidth, CFQ, CommsDayGlobal, The Euronet and 3G Americas. Neighly has also contributed media content to UK portal Telecom TV.
Experimental film
Experimental film or experimental cinema is a type of cinema. Experimental film is an artistic practice relieving both of visual arts and cinema. Its origins can be found in European avant-garde movements of the twenties. Experimental cinema has built its history through the texts of theoreticians...
maker based out of Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
. Although well established as a journalist focused on Asia Pacific technology and culture
Technology and society
Technology and society or technology and culture refers to cyclical co-dependence, co-influence, co-production of technology and society upon the other . This synergistic relationship occurred from the dawn of humankind, with the invention of simple tools and continues into modern technologies such...
, he is better known in some quarters for independently produced comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
s and graphic novel
Graphic novel
A graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
s, some of which are in development for film and television. Neighly has a tendency to rebuff advances from larger publishers in favor of creative freedom, although his subject matter tends toward traditional action/adventure with political and existential undertones.
Neighly has undertaken limited work for hire
Work for hire
A work made for hire is an exception to the general rule that the person who actually creates a work is the legally recognized author of that work...
, generally restricted to editing and ghost writing
Ghostwriter
A ghostwriter is a professional writer who is paid to write books, articles, stories, reports, or other texts that are officially credited to another person. Celebrities, executives, and political leaders often hire ghostwriters to draft or edit autobiographies, magazine articles, or other written...
for publishers such as Disinformation and manga giant Tokyopop
Tokyopop
Tokyopop, styled TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa, and Western manga-style works. The existing German publishing division produces German translations of licensed Japanese properties and original English-language manga, as well...
. This work is usually published under a number of pseudonyms. Neighly briefly contributed a number of columns on the small press
Small press
Small press is a term often used to describe publishers with annual sales below a certain level. Commonly, in the United States, this is set at $50 million, after returns and discounts...
comics space to prominent portal Newsarama. As a journalist and editor he has contributed to a number of print magazines, including Asian Century
Asian Century
The Asian Century is a term used to describe the belief that, if certain demographic and economic trends persist, the 21st century will be dominated by Asian politics and culture, as the 20th century is sometimes referred to as the American Century, and the 19th century the British...
, America's Network, Bandwidth, CFQ, CommsDayGlobal, The Euronet and 3G Americas. Neighly has also contributed media content to UK portal Telecom TV.