- Brad Neely
Brad Neely is a comic book artist from
Fort Smith, Arkansas who now resides inAustin, Texas . Neely attended thePennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts . His work includes the comic series "Creased Comics" and the unauthorized spoof ofHarry Potter entitled "Wizard People, Dear Readers ". The latter consists of an alternate soundtrack of narration in the style of a book on tape, which viewers can play over the muted movie. Neely is highlighted in the documentary, "We Are Wizards." [ [http://www.wearewizards-themovie.com/ We Are Wizards | Home ] ]Neely is the creator of the internet cartoon, "Cox & Combes' Washington," though he unwittingly sold the rights to the Cox & Combes characters and the song for $250 due to some fine print at the film festival for which it was produced. Currently Neely is creating animated shorts exclusively for
Super Deluxe . Aside from occasional one-off videos, he also has three currently-running series: "I Am Baby Cakes", "The Professor Brothers" and "China, Illinois". "Baby Cakes" shorts are typically in the style of diary entries narrated in the first person by Mark "Baby" Cakes, a socially inept, yet wise about life, 30-year-old playboy man-baby. "The Professor Brothers" follows the professional and personal misadventures of Frank and Steve Smith, two colleagues at a local college. "China, Illinois" interweaves the two other stories, as Baby Cakes falls in love with Frank's recently dead girlfriend after finding her diary, and the two men attempt to come to terms with their emotional pain upon learning of her death.One of his upcoming projects is a comedy novel about the
American Civil War .Brad Neely was a consultant on the Comedy Central animated series
South Park for the 2nd half of season eleven. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2796032/ Brad Neely on IMDB]China, Illinois
Starting May 5th, Super Deluxe began releasing a 4-part mini-series by Neely entitled China, Illinois. The site published an installment once a week, culminating on May 25th with a broadcast of the entire series (as one 11-minute episode) on Cartoon Network's
Adult Swim . [ [http://www.superdeluxeblog.com/2008/05/02/may-is-the-month-for-brad-neelys-new-miniseries-china-illinois/ Official Blog On Super Deluxe’s Funny Video Site | May Is The Month For Brad Neely’s New Miniseries, CHINA, ILLINOIS ] ] The show is the first original Brad Neely work to be shown on television.External links
* [http://www.creasedcomics.com Creased Comics Home Page]
** [http://www.creasedcomics.com/archive.php?page=1 Creased Comics Archive]
* [http://www.superdeluxe.com/sd/artist/brad_neely Brad Neely artist page on SuperDeluxe.com]
* [http://www.illegal-art.org/video/wizard.html Wizard People, Dear Reader]
* [http://chiefmag.com/issues/8/features/Brad-Neely/ Neely interviewed by Chief Magazine]
* [http://www.dailytexanonline.com/media/paper410/news/2004/10/05/Focus/A.Comedic.Effort-741867.shtml Article by The Daily Texan]
* [http://bostonist.com/2008/04/25/brad-neely-interview.php Neely interviewed by Bostonist]References
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
