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If you want to know who's winning what and what's going down tonight at the ECNY Awards at Comix, feel more than free to follow my Twitter updates @thecomicscomic. Or, if you're in New York City tonight, just come on over and join in the fun. There will be an …

We're still another week or so before the NCAA's March Madness kicks off, but in just two days, 64 comedians will begin their own march to glory in New York City in the third annual 2009 March Comedy Madness at Carolines. Julian McCullough won in 2007; Reese Waters last year. The …

How many character-based comedy acts have lasted 30 years? Bob Einstein, older brother of Albert Brooks, got an early break as a writer for The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, but on his own, he has made a lasting contribution to multiple generations of comedy fans with his creation of daredevil …

Today the pop culture universe revolves around the new Watchmen movie, so far be it for me to miss out on this, especially since one of our superheroes is called The Comedian. Even though I have yet to read the comic, nor did I go to a midnight screening or …

AltCom organizer Brian Joyce announced today there would be a second year for his AltCom! The Alternative Comedy Festival, in the Boston suburb of Somerville, Mass. "It's an incredibly unique mix of stand-up, sketch comedy, musical and political comedy, local acts and international acts," Joyce said in the announcement. "There's …

You have come to know and love Rainn Wilson via NBC's The Office. But you probably have not seen Rainn Wilson hold a 10-minute book chat with the guitarist Slash about his autobiography. As Wilson himself wrote today on Twitter: "I did these crazy comic videos with SLASH while promoting …

The Bridgetown Comedy Festival has announced its ambitious and exciting lineup for its second annual effort, happening April 23-26, 2009, in Portland, Ore. Over 120 acts are scheduled to perform, including Janeane Garofalo, Brendon Small, David Koechner, Maria Bamford, Neil Flynn, Jon Glaser, Todd Glass, Hannibal Buress, Pete Holmes, Dave …

Happy Snow Day, readers of The Comic's Comic. I was going to start this Monday morning message by talking about the need for spring cleaning, but snow has fallen over much of the East Coast yesterday, overnight and into the morning, with more to come. Here at HQ, we have …

This is pretty self-explanatory, and you should go and see this. (Derrick!)