Sweety’s Radio: Edición Especial Opening Tuesday, June 27 at Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space. On view through July 30. Sweety’s, a curatorial initiative “dedicated to…
Here Are Some of the Anti-Trump Comics Being Shown at The Living Gallery Tonight
Looks like throwback anti-Trump comics are officially a thing. At the Spring/Break show earlier this month, Mr. Vinyl’s pop-art series, The Cisco Kid Vs. Donald…
How Jeremy Nguyen Went From Bushwick Satirist to New Yorker Cartoonist
Last time we spoke with Jeremy Nguyen, he had created a custom crayon for his newly released book of cartoons, Stranger Than Bushwick. The crayon’s color– Gentrify…
In Williamsburg, a New Zine Destination Snuggles Up With a Comics Store
When Quimby’s opened up a few weeks back just off the Metropolitan stop, Williamsburg gained another hip little bookstore in an area where it sometimes feels like…
Experiment Comedy Gallery Loses (Some of) the Hasslers, Moves to Ex-Punk Venue
When The Experiment Comedy Gallery opened last fall, just steps from a fast-changing corner on the Williamsburg waterfront where Broadway meets Kent Avenue, it was a little…
Find a Strange Card on the Street? Could Be a ‘King Bozo’
In a booth at a coffee shop on Bowery, artist Tim Platt hunches over a small piece of cardstock and tries to figure out how…
Tinder Trapped and Peeved at Beards: the 81-Year-Old Comic Who’s Just Like Us
At 81 years old, D’yan Forest describes herself as a “young Betty White.” The octogenarian and veteran performer doesn’t mask her sexual conquests in grandma-speak. Indeed she speaks Millennial more…
'Poopoo Everywhere!' Listen to Prank Calls Patton Oswalt Made With Brian Posehn in Their Early Days
Way before Patton Oswalt was hosting awards ceremonies at Cipriani, he was a budding comic making prank calls with his San Francisco roommate Brian Posehn.…
Williamsburg’s Newest DIY Venue Reimagines the Comedy Club
While DIY music venues are pretty much done for on the waterfront, a new independent comedy club– run by comics, for comics– has popped up…
Brooklyn Comic Simeon Goodson is Leaving the Building
You’d expect someone like Brooklyn-born comedian Simeon Goodson to be straight up freaking out right about now. Depending on who you are, an impending move to…