StrangeBrainParts

Groovin' on Gerber and Ostrander

Lately I've been binging the work of John Ostrander. I've been going between The Spectre, Suicide Squad and have Grimjack and Starslayer loaded and ready to read. So, I might to a video highlighting a good portion of his career. I don't know. Right, I'm just digging the Ostrander vibe and haven't written a thing.

The long gestating script about Steve Gerber in the '80s is officially compl...

Low: The Early Years Of Strange Brain Parts

This Patreon exclusive video is jam-packed with goodies you cannot see anywhere else. Some of which has not been seen before. What was Strange Brain Parts like before the focus on comics? You’ll see plenty of examples of “lost media” that only exists on my backup drive. And I try to chart the evolution of the channel from bizarre videos, to movie and TV reviews. Finally, I end on the insp...

Righteous Indignation!

This week will be a video covering another classic '80s series: Bucky O'Hare, by Larry Hama and Micheal Golden. It'll cover all the various versions and their differences, briefly mention the video games, cartoon and the toys, and be about 12 minutes long. So, a little shorter than more recent videos. Still, an appropriate length considering it's a pretty short series.

My dive into the '8...

Still Lost In The '80s

Squadron Supreme is probably one of the MOST requested videos from this past year. Again, like a lot of videos in the last few months, it's something I've been meaning to do, but never found the time. Or got distracted with some other shiny, new script. Whatever. If there's any evolving trend you can infer, it's that I'm trying to get through a LOT of topics that I've had sitting around for, li...

Late Stage Capitol-ism

This week has not gone as planned.

Originally, I started a script for a look at Capitol Comics, the publisher that existed between one eye blink and the next. But I thought I was padding the narrative to make it hit a certain, ad friendly length. At the same time, I was going through the comic they published, Nexus by Baron and Rude, with the intent that it would follow the Capitol video....

"They live inside of my head..."

The next video will be Fish Police. It's another project that sort of got away from me and ended up being a whole lot longer than I thought when I sat down to write the script. That seems to be a trend lately. Especially for comics/topics that, in my opinion, deserve a closer examination. So, that's why it's taking some extra time. Well, that and I'm dealing with material that doesn't have clea...

I'm Gumby, Dammit!

Originally, I thought a video about the history of Comico might be something I get to in a month or so. But on the weekend I went over the research material I had sitting in a folder, made a few notes, made a few more notes and then, suddenly, I had a 2200 word mess of a document sitting in front of me. Then it was 3800 words.

Yesterday it suddenly coalesced into exactly what I wanted. Th...

Coming This Week

This week's video will be an extensive look at Elementals, the comic book series published by Comico that was primarily done by Bill Willingham. My best guess (because I'm still editing it together) is it will be at least 20 minutes long. So, it covers a lot. From the inspiration, to the beginning of the series, right up to and including Willingham's recent announcement that the series is publi...

Even More Shenanigans

Behind the scenes I've been getting all set-up to stream City Of Heroes a few times a week. The blank spot in the upper left is a webcam pointed at the wall. It would be focused on me when I stream. I think I've fine-tuned it enough to the point where I might be comfortable with the end result. I am notoriously finicky, after all.

I've not resolved the chat problem, though. I've no secon...

What's On My Desk?

I'm pretty sure the majority of you recognized what was sitting on my desk in the final shot of the most current video. But I thought I'd take a screenshot and post a breakdown of it for you anyway. So, here it is.

For the record, that's the actual desk, keyboard and monitor I use to create videos. Although, my desk is usually clear of distractions. I put those figures there just to fill ...

What's Next And Stuff

Hello everyone!

I know it's been a few weeks since I've updated what I've been doing behind the scenes, so it's time to fill you in on the details. Let's start with the image above...

For the record, that's the working title of a digital book that began as a compilation of my various Cerebus scripts into one neat, PDF or Epub package. Probably PDF. Anyway, since I'm, umm, details or...

Post it or not?

Should I post the One World Under Doom short to the SBP channel or let it die in silence?

One World Under Doom (Short Version)

After completing the full script to One World Under Doom (and reading I over a few times) I decided I just don't want to do it. It's pretty negative and I'm not in the mood to make a long-form, negative video. Even if the points are valid.

So, I thought I'd make a YouTube short of the basic point I was driving at in the script. I'm not sure if I'm going to upload it to YouTube or not. I'l...

And so it begins again...

Today, June 16th, is notable for a few reasons. Not only does it officially mark Strange Brain Parts entering its eighth year, but it is also your humble writer/narrator/editor's birthdate. Yes, I decided many years ago that SBP and I would share that anniversary. Because it would be easy to remember. I mean, I'm getting older. I don't need to tax my memory and try to commit certain dates in my...

I've Seen The Future...

The thumbnail above is something I whipped up for a video looking at the current event, One World Under Doom. It won't be the next video, though. In fact, it's such a negative, slightly hot take that I'm not sure I'm going to do it. But maybe I should because there may be a few points about events and tackling hot topics that should be brought up and discussed. That might be worthwhile to bring...

BTS: Editing Audio

This week I did some recording with the intent of showing my work, so to speak. By that I mean, what I put into each audio recording to make it sound decent and professional. This is real time, with no video edits.

Now, I didn't make a video of myself recording this audio. Because all you'd see is me sitting under a black comforter to muffle the room noise. Not exactly thrilling to view. ...

I Tried To Make A Title Using Lyrics From Velouria But Failed Miserably

Hello everyone!

This morning I polished off the script for a video dedicated to Valeria Richards and her awkward history. It also includes my interpretation of Doom's importance to the Fantastic Four and the complexity of his relationship with Valeria. Not to mention, a caution to writers what elements NOT to explore when writing about that dynamic. Seriously, for any Marvel writers readi...

Crisis Of Infinite Projects

Hello everyone!

I'm sure it was hard to miss that a new video didn't appear last week. Unfortunately, your humble narrator suffered a back injury last weekend. It's why I was barely present in Discord or anywhere else all last week. Walking was nearly impossible and sitting was almost as bad. So, I remained hopped up on a few legal drugs and lay in bed trying to heal. Right now I seem to ...

The One About Smiling Stan

Hello everyone!

This week should see the release of a video I titled, The Stan Lee Paradox. It's a piece that outlines my opinion concerning Lee's strengths and weaknesses. It's a response to numerous comments I've seen that defend Lee and state I suggest he was kind of irrelevant to Marvel's success. I don't think that's an accurate assessment, so I thought it best to clear up any misper...

What's In The Works

Hello, everyone!

Well, it's that time of the week (well, late in the week) where I fill you in on what's being worked on and what you might be able to expect in the coming weeks. Or, at the very least, what's partially being worked on.

Now that I've assumed control of my channel from those pesky future aliens, I'm likely to do a few quick reviews. One will be about a cute, independe...

The Debriefing

Hello, everyone!

I think I've finally finished my forensic analysis of the creation of the Fantastic Four. Yes, as previously mentioned, it's a combination of a lot of writing I've done over the years in one, completely rewritten package. I've spent months researching and refining it and it may be time for it to be committed to a video. It is pretty complete and takes into account a lot o...

A Pulse-Pounding, Brief Update

Hello everyone!

Above is the title page for this week's video. Which should be pretty long. Like, 20-25 minutes in length. I've not edited all the narration down to its exact length, so that's my estimation based on the length of my script. I literally have 40 minutes of blown and alternate takes to wade through before I have an exact idea of the overall length.

It goes into way too...

What's In The Works

Hello everyone!

This week's video should be The Reading List: My Personal Favourites. As that oblique title suggests, these would be the comics that I enjoy, have influenced my journey through the medium and are ones I've returned to time and again. It really should have been completed already, but I keep adding to it.

The script looking at the beginning of the Fantastic Four and th...

I Still Feel Fantastic

Hello everyone!

As you can tell from the image above, yet another Fantastic Four video is forthcoming. In fact, it's next! Hopefully by Tuesday. It focuses on first appearance of Galactus and Silver Surfer, along with what Jack Kirby intended with both characters and how that played out.

I've also been doing a metric f-ton of research concerning the origin of the Fantastic Four. Yes...

I Feel Fantastic

Hello everyone!

First of all, don't Google the title of this post or search for it on YouTube. Believe me, your life is better not knowing. I might even make it the title of the next video and insert into the thumbnail above. Heh.

Secondly, my sincere apologies (once again) for a lack of updates forthcoming concerning projects. The last few weeks I've been trying to get as much work...

The Nikopol Trilogy by Enki Bilal

Happy New Year!

As a way to welcome in the year, here's a video a full day or so before it goes live on YouTube!

Hopefully, in the future, I can do this more frequently and give you all something extra for that very valuable support you provide. Usually, my production schedule is pretty tight. But this week I was able to get ahead of schedule for the first time in a while.

So...

What's Coming In The New Year

Hello, everyone! I hope you all have had a fantastic holiday season! And, since this is likely my final post for 2024, I'd like to take this opportunity and say that I hope the New Year is even better for all of you.

Coming this week is a look at Carnival Of The Immortals (aka Gods In Chaos and The Immortal's Fete) and a brief look at the sequels, The Woman Trap and Equator Cold. All of w...

Tarot: Witch Of The Black Rose (Uncensored)

Hello, everyone!

I know it's been a few weeks without an update but, for the most part, I've been working on stuff I'd already mentioned here. So...it kind of seemed redundant to say I was working on all the stuff I'd already announced.

As you can see, I'm adding the uncensored version of Tarot: Witch Of The Black Rose for all of you to see in its boob-a-licious glory. The narration...

Coming Soon!

This past week I've been suffering from an insufferable cold. Every piece of narration was interrupted with sniffling, coughing or my voice cutting out into a not sexy rasp. However, this morning, I think that has finally passed and I can finally get some usable vocals in the can.

During this time, I spent it writing a lot of scripts to get my usual pile back into shape. Many of which are...

What's In The Works

Elements Of A Comic Page is finally coming together after weeks of not being able to mentally piece it together. Hopefully, this will actually be done in a few days. This video acts as a very long introduction in defining the four basic elements (as pictured above). Should this prove to be of general interest, I will have two more videos (already written) to make going into detail about each el...