I'm Brad Neely, Creator of China, IL; Baby Cakes; Professor Brothers; Wizard People; and George Washington. AMA

Can you draw a picture of Paul Giamatti fighting his own worst enemy: Paul Giamatti?

This is fucking funny.

http://t.co/OD2CiwIaWy

Hey, how'd you get such a sexy wife?? (Just kidding, hi. It's me.)

Hey, what's up, baby girl?

Mr Neely: Have you ever been so lonely that you wanted to carve a little boy out of wood?

This is a scary-ass question.

Hey.

Question: is there any any any chance you might continue the good work you started with Wizard People, Dear Reader?

Love your stuff. It’s sweet stuff, man.

A fan.

No more Wizards. Post magic world.

Hey bub. when i first saw professor brothers on SuperDeluxe it felt like finding 5 dollars in a brand new pair of pants for the first time all over again. thanks for making the world feel strange again

Would you draw me a dinosaur devoutly reading our holy bible?

Is this Wolverine?

nope. its Bible Dinosaur

You win then!

I don't have anything useful to say other than I love you.

That's all I need to hear.

What do you think of my friends Queeblo costume? http://www.imgur.com/EoEIFUq.jpeg http://www.imgur.com/iRYjhrD.jpeg

There it is.

Thank you for doing an AMA! I'm a huge fan, and I make a point to play "Fliff Night" for anyone who hasn't seen it.

• Was Babycakes based off of anyone in your life?
• Any possibility of another Wizard People-esque audio track?

Also, I saw on your twitter that you were taking sketch suggestions. "A fox drinking coffee" is mine :)

Baby Cakes' voice was based on a girl I worked with in a toy store.

George Washington still makes me lose my shit to this day.

Is it true that you went to High School with my sister in Trenton? She claims as much.

I've never been to Trenton. You're sister is a terrible liar.

THE CHINESE FOOD JUST GOT HERE

Hey Bard.

What's your favorite sandwich?

Bard. Nice. I like those tube sandwiches. Arby's tube sandwiches.

Send me drawings! I have my hands tied with questions.

Was Pony the cutest Necromancer you ever did see?

Yeah, I think so.

Is Queeblo part of the Baby Cakes/Prof. Bros universe?

No.

I know that you gave up on the Civil War novel you had been working on. Is publishing something you want to revisit at all in the future? I feel as though there is a definite literary quality to your work, and I would be very interested in seeing your work in the medium.

I work on this book every day. It's become a problem.

The same Civil War book, or a different one?

New book everyday.

Mr. Neely, Your FaceBook page mentioned recently that you had something WPDR-related in the works. Care to elaborate on that? I am a huge fan of your work.

I've discussed doing Potter Takes Manhattan. This would be Wizard People taking over the first Sam Raimi Spiderman. Two guys, one girl. It all works out. Harry has decided to only use the spider spell. But time is my enemy

Not sure if this has been asked yet, but who in your opinion is the most disturbing animated television character of the past 3 - 5 years? (of all the regular characters I guess)

Dr. OZ.

He gets women on there, breaks them down, gets them talkin about their doo-doo and their pussies. It's DISTURBING.

Who's your favorite character you've created and why?

I Love Pony. Pony is not so much me. It's a lot of Greta Gerwig who does the voice. Therefore there are a lot of surprises.

Here's that Paul Giamatti drawing.

http://t.co/OD2CiwIaWy

Draw my butt.

Draw my blood.

Draw a fat guy with a lazy eye and a stubble with one giant muscular arm and a small arm like he's been masturbating for awhile.

Google Forest Whitaker

Hey brad what's your favorite alcoholic beverage

Vodka Soda with Lemon.

Why you salty, Brad Neely?

Exactly!

I heard a rumor you were going to do a wpdr style narration of Jurassic Park. Was this merely a rumor?

I do this every time I see it.

What inspired "The Brain Fuckler"?

That jumpin' jack creep from Lazy Down.

How much research was required before you felt comfortable publishing your video on the history of George Washington?

I was excited to learn he was actually twelve stories high and made of radiation. This is the kind of information they never teach you in school!

I read Howard Zinn and I watched a lot of Howard's End.

are you to be flexed with?

Apparently so. Folks be sayin' hard shit.

Hey brad, I'm a huge fan of your work. Thanks for taking the time to do an AMA for us.

1. Any chance we'll see a bible history China, IL episode?

2. What was it like working on South Park? Which episode from your time there are you most proud of?

3. If you could write/direct an episode of any tv show past or present, what would you pick and why?

4. Could you please put your essays from the creased comics site up somewhere? I really miss those.

1. We try to fit them in, but it is always awkward.
2. They were genius men and women at South Park. Very patient and kind to me.
3. Seinfeld. It is the best ever. Best actors. Best everything.
4. Yes.

meta-draw: that scene in titanic where leo draws kate winslet....but with you as leo and poney as kate.

Now we're talking.

Queeblo was amazing, are we gonna see more of him?

Hopefully. I have an album's worth of his songs in my head. Just not enough time.

What's a Stallone Cut?

If you don't know by now...

A friend and I were supposed to chat with your cousin Eli on Google Hangout yesterday, but he never showed up. My question to you: has Eli always been a flake?

Also, love your work.

Eli is a busy man. You're lucky to know him. He's a saint.

Done. Much love. Thanks guys.

Which character on China, IL is most autobiographical?

Baby Cakes when I'm at my best. Steve when I'm smug. Frank when I'm sweatin' my nervous ass.

Big fan from the super deluxe days!

Nafario and Chimmy Chummy going to make it into China IL?

I think they were imaginary friends.

Is little god ever going to be happy?

Only when we are alllllllll gone.

I cant believe I fucking missed this.

You haven't man. I want to tell you that you have missed nothing. I want to tell you that you and I are right here together, tripled.

Sir, you have absolutely changed my damned life. I randomly happened upon Pro Bros on youtube and became instantly addicted, as well as my friends who I latterly converted.

My question is, is there a specific method you use to come up with the dialogue style? Or do you just write that way naturally? Because I swear there is more than one "Neelyism" phrase that I now use in my everyday vernacular, including: "Cherriest", "Fliff", "Natch", "Nocs" (short for binoculars), "body of a heavy reader" etc etc

To paraphrase a Bullock, "No. You've changed mine."

How long did it take you to put together wizard people? It's such a masterpiece.

Two weeks. Off and on. I worked in retail.

Good work biggun.

Thanks, lil' dog.

I love your show China, IL especially the new longer season (I went to the preview screening here in LA)...but I feel like there's a certain looseness and poetry to your online stuff that's not there on the TV show. Would you ever want to do a show in which it was just a lot of little shorts (some reoccurring) in the same vain as your online content? I think that would be cool. Anyway, rock on!

I agree, Soup. I want to do this for sure. Different horses for different courses. I think the content is dictated by the form. Looseness and crazy doesn't fit the TV narrative form that well. A skit show would be different.

What do you care about the most?

Freedom for my daughter.

Brad you are a boss and inspired me to make my own film using the frame-by-frame with voice acting method that you used in your shorts; I even turned it in as my senior project. (Don't worry, I graduated.)

My question is: Do you have any intention of reprising Baby-cakes' warped narrations for your upcoming work? I've always found his inner monologue to be some of the funniest stuff I've ever heard.

We have an episode that kinda does this: episode 9 of this season: Prank Week.

Hey Brad, long time fan. What happened to the Civil War novel? Thanks!

Working on it. You'll have it when I'm dead.

Thanks

Just wait.

Are you going to make any more shorts in your traditional style?

Google Queeblo.

I'm a huge fan and long time follower. What was the reason behind giving your China Il characters pupils?

When they moved and didn't have pupils they looked dead. I chose to put in the pupils so they could act with their eyes.

What do you use to write all the Song for China IL? Ex. key board, guitar, just singing?

Pro tools. Guitar. Midi Keyboard. I write by taking a walk and devising a beat and a melody.

You a r e hilarious. Bible history is so accurate but amazing how you could pull humor from that, impressive. I have followed your work for years. All I can come to ask for questions are these:

1 Have you ever had walking potion?? Seriously.

2 Do you own a de-sexing stick? If so please send me one, signed.

Do NOT try walking potion. Or Canada Cakes. But DO try ghetto blasters.

Have you ever owned a bong? If so, what was it named?

Never smoked.

Are there any real world versions of your characters? Like people you've met that made you want to draw comics about them?

Google Forest Whitaker.

Your cartoons are just getting longer and longer from 5 min. to 15 min. all the way up to 30 men. Would you ever work on a full-length feature, or is that not your style?

Writing a feature now. Unrelated material.

Do you have a favorite super hero? If so who?

I like a lot of them just for their costumes.

you said you would "wizard people" the last harry potter. when!?!?

NEVER. Probably Never. It wasn't what I expected. Never read the books.

I like your terse answers to an AMA you hosted while only giving away 50% of requested knowledge. So ask me a question.

Have you ever felt that type of loneliness that is so deep you can't even tell your loved ones that you have never really known them at all?

Been a fan since I discovered your stuff on Super Deluxe.

What were you up to during the time between when Super Deluxe went down and China, IL, apart from South Park?

Getting fat. Working on a black hole of a book. Moving to LA.

If you had to choose one favourite sequence from The Holy Mountain what would it be?

I love when the feral Christ wakes up among all the molds of himself and smashes them. Also the initial tests with the guru; ie poop to gold.

top 3 favorite movies of all time?! go....

1. Blue Velvet
2. Holy Mountain
3. Satyricon

Heh Brad, Huge fan, My friend and I are having a Harry Potter screening with Wizard People, Dear Reader linked up to it. We are inviting all sorts of people and have a violinist playing while we serve wine before the film/narration. Was curious if you would recommend me bringing my "nocs" or if girls would find this too creepy, also anything we should mention to the viewers prior to starting it? Party is going to be next week, so this AMA can't come at a more perfect time! Thanks!

Keep the China and Wizard People separated. If there are girls, then you gotta play it chill. Gotta do that slow nod, and gotta roll with a stone cold face. Gotta VIN that Diesel.

What is it like working with Hulk Hogan on the set?

(I believe he voices the Dean)

He does. He is scary. He is nice. He is an actual giant.

Hi Brad, big fan. Who are Death's "buddies" ?

Four horsemen of the apocalypse.

Why did you choose your username as it is? It sounds like you are having sex with yourself.

Lots of people are confused by this user name.

What animal would the elixir turn you in to?

A dead Wolf.

what day did LADYBUGS get released in theaters? what else came out that day?

You know I got my boy, Chris here? He says March 27th 1992. He also says you gotta come harder than that.

BRAD. Me and my friends are huge fans of your work and can recite pretty much every song you've made. How do you come up with all of Babycake's raps?

They come up with me.

first, thanks. for spreading your perfect mental seed to the fertile minds of the masses.

second, whats it like to brad neely these days?

third, if you're drawing shit for us, how about a picture of you, me, and queeblo having a whopper and a 40 at 5:45? it would pretty much make my life right now. rough year. ill attach a photo of fat me, just in case you decide im worthy.

http://imgur.com/qsZcQVM

fourth, thanks again.

What's it like? I'm feelin' good. Readin'. Watching Ghost Adventures.

What did you eat for breakfast?

I seriously got a BLT, held the avacado, took off the bread and dipped the B in some mayo.

Mr. Neely,

I appropriated the Babycakes voice for a LARP character I played. It turned out to be one of the most memorable characters of the stable I maintained, and is still talked about today in joyful tones.

Part and parcel to his voice are his unique methods of labeling objects, concepts, and people. Do you do much writing before stepping into the booth? Or are your works mostly improv. If they are improv, are you an actual wizard because that shit is magic.

No improv. Improv is satanic.

1. What is one website and/or app that everyone should know about, but probably doesn't?

B. Who is your favorite band/artist?

III. If you could live forever, would you want to?

Thanks! wuv u <3 XOXOXO

1. I don't use the internet.

B. Cy Twombly.

III. Yes. I am.

What part of the Civil War is the most chuckle inducing?

Zouaves.

Is there anywhere to get hold of a copy of Dear Reader? I would pay anything for that!

It's free everywhere. at creasedcomics.

Hey brad, Thanks for doing this huge fan! Have you ever actually had a Canadian Cake? If So how was it?

It's terribly powder-y.

Love your stuff, man. You're an inspiration.

Two questions:

1. Was it really you who was taking requests on /tg/ some time ago?

2. Any chance we'll see more America, Now?

Thanks for doing this AMA!

I don't know what /tg/ is. So, no.

Why would you ever not have a beard?

when you get claustrophobic.

Who is Mindy Jones?

Indy Jones. Indiana.

Hey Brad! Huge fan, thank you for making me laugh all the time.

I really enjoy all the musical numbers in your work. They're catchy, original, and the lyrics are always fantastic. What's your musical background, and what's some music that you've been listening to lately?

Right. Right. There were two versions. Not sure which is which now. There are two versions.