Jenny Slate was among the stellar comics that added to the greater gamut of stand-up excellence this past year, with “Seasoned Professional.” (Rebecca Rotenberg / Flickr) Sometimes I feel like a ...

USA TODAY is partnering with Marvel to bring the exclusive new comic "Spider-Man TODAY," plus 1,000 archival comics, to USA ...

For the first time, the New York Comedy Festival (NYCF) will present Variety's 10 Comics to Watch, bringing the annual ...

A year ago, Lea’h Sampson felt like everything was crashing. Though she had been doing stand-up comedy for six years, she was hitting a wall. Her jokes weren’t getting her booked, even in local comedy ...

Aaron Chen and Dan Mintz specialize in a muted form of stand-up that’s actually quite challenging. But they can get laughs ...

Up-and-coming Nashville comic Aaron Weber says we’re in the middle of a major comedy "boom" right now. Just ahead of the debut of his comedy special, "Signature Dish," the 32-year-old Alabama native ...

Life has a way of turning even the smallest moments into stories worth retelling, especially when they involve awkward ...

There’s a quote that is often used to describe comedy: “We must laugh to keep us from crying.” Napoleon Bonaparte first said it, but over time, the words evolved, but the meaning remained the same: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This indie series by Cheyenne Ewulu (a.k.a. Cheyenne the Geek), which came to life thanks to a successful Kickstarter, follows a ...

Angie McMahon plans to prove that women are funny, and she’s recruited 55 comics from across the United States to help the cause. McMahon is the founder and artistic director of the Funny is Female ...

He rose from a hardscrabble childhood to form a pioneering interracial comedy duo. He later spent years opening for Frank ...