Brad Neely
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Neely at the 2013 New York Comic Con
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| Born |
October 26, 1976 Fort Smith, Arkansas, U.S. |
| Residence | Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Comic book artist television writer/producer |
| Notable work | China, IL |
| Website | Creased Comics |
Brad Neely (born October 26, 1976) is an American comic book artist and television writer/producer known for his work on television series such as South Park, Brad Neely's Harg Nallin' Sclopio Peepio, and China, IL; the web series I Am Baby Cakes and The Professor Brothers; and Wizard People, Dear Reader.
Brad Neely is originally from Fort Smith, Arkansas. He briefly attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Neely's work includes the comic series "Creased Comics" and the Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone spoof Wizard People, Dear Reader, which 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 featured in the documentary We Are Wizards.
Neely is the creator of the cartoon Cox & Combes' Washington. Aside from occasional one-off videos, he has also created three series: I Am Baby Cakes, The Professor Brothers, and China, IL, all of which take place in the fictional location of China, Illinois. Baby Cakes shorts are typically in the style of diary entries narrated in the first person by Mark "Baby" Cakes, a philosophical and possibly mentally ill 30-year-old man. The Professor Brothers follows the professional and personal misadventures of Frank and Steve Smith, two brothers who are professors at a local community college whose mascot is a panda bear. China, IL 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.
Neely worked on a comedy novel about the Civil War, but when asked about it at an event at the Alamo Draft House in Austin, Texas, said, "I realized about 500 pages in that it wasn't that funny", and said that he is no longer planning on releasing the book. However, during a November 2013 Q&A session on Reddit, he said, "I work on this book every day. It's become a problem." He has also produced America Now, a 12-part series of 30-second musical shorts for Adult Swim, which is now available on the station's website.
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