Brainstrips

• CreatorAlan Bigelow
• Year Published2008-9
• Originally Published InBlackbird 8:2

Following its publication Blackbird in 2009, "Brainstrips" was featured in the Electronic Literature Collection 2 in 2011. The author states that "Brainstrips" is "a series of comic strips for the web, explores key concepts in philosophy, science, and math. Each work is created in Flash and includes text, animations, audio, and video. 'Deep Philosophical Questions' (2008), answers six important questions that slip between the cracks of serious philosophy, into a place where logic and pedantry have no play. This work uses copyright-free comic strips from the Golden Age of Comics (American comic books created in the 1930s and 1940s). The strips have been re-colored and digitally edited to enhance their clarity and to accommodate new dialog boxes and Flash animations. 'Science For Idiots' (2009), explains some of the greatest science puzzles of our time. This work uses comics and clipart images that have been digitally edited and then animated to create a multimedia story event for the viewer. Sound is also an integral part of the story, and it has been layered into each segment of the piece. The final result is a dynamic visual and auditory experience for the reader, and a closer look at the potential within animated strips on the web. 'Higher Math' (2009), examines key concepts in math: addition, subtraction, irrational numbers, multiplication, geometry, and the Googolplex. Each concept has a human element, and their commonality, a bridge between math and ethics. These three works use images, video, and audio files acquired online, and modified by the artist. A credits page is included in the work."--From Electronic Literature Collection 2

"Deep Philosophical Questions" (2008)

"Science For Idiots" (2009)

"Higher Math" (2009)