Two Opportunities to See my Dumb Face in May

There are technically lots of opportunities to see my dumb face throughout May, but I’m only posting the specifics of two of them here (the rest of them, broadly, include dog parks, dog beaches, bars and the forest).

Online Comedy Panel (May 16): This Friday, I’ll be speaking about online comedy and the business of building a career off of creative works in this rapidly changing new landscape of the internet (or, rather, the smarter people on the panel will be doing that and I will pop in every once in a while with dumb jokes). The panel includes Spencer Griffin and Sam Reich of CollegeHumor (both wonderful, intelligent and hilarious gentleman who wear glasses) and Angela Petrella (Fox Animation) and Mike Rosenstein (Red Hour Productions), whom I’ve never met but seem lovely. This is part of the LA Comedy Shorts Film Festival. $13 gets you a ticket to my event plus all other events at the festival, which sounds like a pretty cool place.

I legitimately love doing panels and it’s always fun to talk about internet successes as if any of us has any control or any clue what we’re doing.

Reading/Signing at Barnes and Noble in Santa Monica (May 30): I’ll be speaking and joking and signing copies of How to Fight Presidents at the Barnes and Noble on the Third Street Promenade May 30th. I’m going to try to invite some cool guests and make it more of an event than just a straightforward signing, but it should be fun regardless. When I moved to LA six (holy shit) years ago, I used to spend a lot of time in that Barnes and Noble because I like reading and didn’t have any friends yet. I took my lunch breaks there and read a bunch of comics for free like an asshole. It was almost as comforting as my home-town Barnes and Noble (RT 35 in Holmdel, New Jersey) where I spent the majority of what would in retrospect turn out to be the period of my life during which I should have been having the most sex.

And now I get to sign books at the Santa Monica B&N, which is ridiculous.

OH! Also, Soren, Jack and I will be at the Webby Awards in New York this year. In case anyone who follows me happens to be going to that.