From The Comic's Comic
Hi! I’m Sean L. McCarthy.
My resume, in brief…Grew up in the newspaper age; got to cover the 1992 presidential election while interning at my hometown paper, The Hartford Courant; moved West after college and learned how to work a beat at The Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho; became a comedian in Seattle, then an entertainment reporter in the suburbs, and published my first newsroom blog in 1998 before “blog” was even in the dictionary, while competing in the Seattle International Comedy Competition (winning an innovation bonus from Scripps Howard). Became a columnist and reporter at The Arizona Republic in Phoenix, then The Boston Herald, then The Daily News in NYC.
Gawker and MediaBistro judged me New York’s Funniest Reporter in 2007, and I subsequently started my own site, The Comic’s Comic, first on TypePad, eventually moving it to WordPress. Since 2015, I’ve reviewed comedy specials and provided expert analysis for Decider, while also since 2018 freelancing for the Weekend Arts section of The New York Times, curating live event listings. My byline also appears in The Daily Beast now.