Seth Simons

"How To" is one of the great shows of our time.

Today I’d like to share a conversation with Chicago-based comedian and artist Whitney Wasson. The creator of Sober Rabbit, a webcomic about recovery, Whitney was gearing up for a tour throughout the Midwest just before Covid shut everything down. In the years since, they’ve pulled back from live

As promised, I want to do a quick followup on my Longreads essay (which you can read here if you haven’t yet). Mostly this will consist of stray thoughts on threads it didn’t make sense to include in the piece, but I’ll also share some interesting context

I have an essay in Longreads today about Lorne Michaels, Saturday Night Live, and their stranglehold over American comedy. You can read it here. Much of the subject matter will be familiar if you've been reading this newsletter for a while, but I like to think it offers

💡Attention Humorism paid subscribers! If you got a new credit card while this newsletter was on hiatus, please take a minute to update your payment information. Thank you! Today I’d like to share the first of hopefully many conversations with people working in and around comedy. This one is

💡Attention Humorism paid subscribers! If you got a new credit card while this newsletter was on hiatus, please take a minute to update your payment information. Thank you!Subscribe now This week GQ profiled a fellow named Jake Novak. You may be familiar with his work. Last June he released