Neal Rubin (born 1955) is an American

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and writer. He is currently a columnist for ''

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'' and writes the nationally syndicated comic strip '' Gil Thorp.'' He previously spent 15 years as a feature writer and columnist for the ''

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'' but left to write for The Detroit News. He previously wrote features for the ''

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'' and was a sports writer for the ''

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'' and the ''

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''. After 22 years at The Detroit News, he returned to the Detroit Free Press on April 17, 2022. He was born in

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and grew up in California and

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. He attended the

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and later earned a graduate degree from

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. He has lived in Michigan since 1984. He has been the author of the ''Gil Thorp'' comic strip since 2004, and is the third author in the strip's 50+-year history. Rubin appears as himself in the 2007

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novel ''Up in Honey's Room.'' He had a small speaking role (credited as Neal Anthony Rubin) as a reporter in the 2011 movie '' The Ides of March'', starring

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and

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. He lives with his wife and two sons in

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External links

Columnists page for ''The Detroit News'' (including Neal Rubin)

References

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