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Andy Neal (born Grady Anders Neal 1959) is an American Artist, Filmmaker and Actor currently known as Brother Andy, and best known for his portrayal of the horror host character Armando Creeper. He gained fame on San Diego television station KFMB-TV wearing a zombie costume, and as host of San Diego Comic-Con, along with a weekly horror movie presentation. Providing the super-human thrill of a monster, his dramatic ghoulish appearance is offset by his comical character, quirky and quick-witted personality and humorous puns.

Early years
Andy Neal was born in the suburbs of Los Angeles, California, and grew up in Siloam Springs, AR. Out of place on the farm, he sought refuge from a troubled home life as a teen by delving into movie make-up, horror and science fiction prosthetics, catching the public's attention while still attending Siloam Springs high school in 1974.

Career
Neal moved back to Southern California after graduating from Siloam Springs High School to work on his career in the arts.

Neal was featured under a pseudonym by Playgirl Magazine.

Armando Creeper
In 1986, Neal dished out loads of fright at an abandoned deli warehouse that his school fundraiser converted into a haunted house serving slices of terror.

In 1987, the boy whom nobody understood made the move from experimenting with his own ghastly make-up that grabbed media-attention with sophisticated ape-planet appliances, to gaining professional employment as a horror make-up artist at the Knott's Berry Farm Halloween haunted house events

Inspired by Freddy Krueger, the wacky creep surfaced in 1989 as an idea hatched while helping to create monsters with horror make-up at Knott's Scary Farm.

In 1990, Neal set out to create a horror version of comedian Soupy Sales with his sidekick Mother, appearing on Rick Dees Into the Night and America's Funniest People, and features in Fangoria Magazine.

Armando Creeper was the unofficial mascot of the LA Con impromptu actors panel.

From 1991 to 2005, the Armando Creeper character hosted science-fiction and horror film festivals in several cities from Hollywood to Encinitas, CA, becoming known as the male equivalent of Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

Andy Neal was noted as a show business veteran who came back to his roots to take part in local community theater after working in 22 films and 40 plays, along with work as a make-up artist for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, PBS Women of the Wild West, and Movieland Wax Museum's Haunted House.

Armando Creeper was featured in the 1992 Amateur Monster Maker quarterly newsletter for the organization of SPFX Amateur and Professional Make-Up Artists. and inspired make-up artists when he was featured on the cover of Monster Maker Journal

Creeper entertained as the Hunchback of the Bridge at the San Marcos Renaissance Faire. and as The Ghost of Christmas Past at the Escondido Renaissance Faire

Seen on KFMB-TV CBS Channel 8 San Diego, ABC TV, MTV and Hollywood local access cable television, charming huge audiences at comic conventions, art festivals and cultural events, and particularly booked up in late October, Armando Creeper became synonymous with Halloween.

June 13, 1994, Armando Creeper hosted the Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors New York

In the early '90s, Neal gained notoriety for his fiendish brand of humor as a ghastly grin reaper, as a spokesman for Halloween, and for his GQ looks when out of costume.

Neal has cited Hollywood films and dramatic artists as major influences on his development as an artist and entertainer. He has hosted San Diego Comic-Con events including art contests amid audiences up to 40,000 for several years, uniting comic book lovers. from 1990 to 2004

Influenced by Elvira, Armando takes exquisitely ghoulish form as a stand-up comic.

Armando Creeper has been a frequently occurring guest on Horror Kung-Fu Theatre, appearing with other comedic fictional characters such as Count Smokula on various episodes between 1995 and 2017. The comic horror celebrity has also hosted horror film premiers at AMC Theatres.

Creeper is not just another face in the crowd at the largest popular arts convention in the United States, Comic-Con International in San Diego.

Dressed as Master of the Dark, Neal is sometimes seen with his casket prop, and often spotted driving a hearse as his personal vehicle, which he won as first prize from a Halloween costume contest.

In 1989, Andy Neal announced to the Los Angeles media that he was on his way to the big time by hosting charity events for free and attracting throngs of children

Intriguism Art Movement
Andy Neal began going by the name Brother Andy in 2007, at around the same time that he and three other Palm Springs Artist began collaboration to create a new art movement called Intruigism. Brother Andy began writing a newsletter called the Intriguism Manifesto about the nature of the movement that brings greater enlightenment by exposing greater truth about the past, present and future of humanity by combining retro with futuristic, layers, all media, anti-censorship openness and honesty.