“I’ve at all times wished to satisfy Nate Neal! I imply, he simply will get me.”
That’s what the girl seated subsequent to me at a latest convention mentioned when she discovered I work for AdExchanger.
Because the artist of AdExchanger’s weekly comedian for greater than 13 years, Nate’s playful model, creativity, humor – and hilariously on-point Easter eggs – have been completely suited to our droll, generally mischievous (however at all times incisive) method to masking the information.
Enjoyable truth: Nate began freelancing for AdExchanger in 2010 after making a reference to our founder, John Ebbert, on Craigslist, again when John was working AdExchanger out of a small house on the Decrease East Facet.
Now Nate, the creator of AdExchanger Man and AdExchanger Lady, has hung up his cape to deal with his personal tasks and different work. He’ll be sorely missed, however fear not: Our weekly comedian will proceed.
We’ve been auditioning a small group of very proficient artists to search out The One. For the following 5 weeks, we’ll be publishing a comic book created by one in all our finalists each Friday. Right here’s the primary one. Tell us what you assume!
Within the meantime, I requested our editorial group and AdExchanger veterans to share their favourite Nate Neal creations from over time. Please get pleasure from.
Knowledge Leakage (Aug. 26, 2010)
Remedy The Puzzle (Sept. 23, 2010)
The Nice On-line Privateness Battle (Dec. 9, 2010)
Underneath The RTB Tree (Dec. 16, 2010)
Adtechophobia (April 15, 2011)
A Writer’s Nightmare (June 10, 2011)
John Ebbert, founder, AdExchanger: “This was a humorous one. It was Doug Weaver’s phrase … we gave him credit score (see the initials over the door).”
Fraud Immediately (Might 9, 2014)
Search Your Emotions… (Dec. 18, 2015)
Summer season Fridays (July 21, 2017)
Zach Rodgers, former government editor, AdExchanger: “Feels as apropos right now because it did when Nate drew it 5 years in the past.”
This one options our personal government editor, Sarah Sluis, and her son Arthur.
“I’m afraid I can’t do this, Dave” (March 12, 2021)
Zach Rodgers: “A few of my favourite Nate Neal comics reinterpret iconic film moments and different popular culture touchstones. This one is each humorous and chilling!”
Privateness Patrol (June 11, 2021)
Programmatic’s Subsequent Guess? (Might 20, 2022)
Bark patterns (Oct. 7, 2022)
The Sponsored Feed (Nov. 24, 2022)
When Advert Tech Meets Legalese (Jan. 27, 2023)
H/t to our writer, Invoice Amstutz, for this hilarious concept. Nate nailed this one right down to Dustin’s sideburns.
🥂 Cheers, Nate! And thanks for all of the chuckles. 🥂