BIOGRAPHY
Joseph Scrimshaw is a comedian and writer once described by a fan on Twitter as “geek flavored.” As a “geek flavored” comedian, he’s performed at w00tstock, San Francisco SketchFest, Dragon*Con, Chicago Improv Festival, Minnesota Public Radio’s Wits, Jonathan Coulton’s JoCoCruiseCrazy, and more. Joseph released his first comedy album, VERBING THE NOUN, in February of 2013.
As a writer, Joseph released his first book COMEDY OF DOOM in June of 2012. He’s also working with John Kovalic’s Dork Storm Press developing Dr. Blink and Dork Tower for movies and television.
Joseph also wrote the pilot for an animated series version of the webcomic Least I Could Do. Joseph has written for RiffTrax, the national sketch comedy TV show M@dAbout, and the episode “Death by Fire” for the great podcast Getting On with James Urbaniak.
Joseph has a comedy podcast about liking things a little too much called OBSESSED (With Joseph Scrimshaw). The podcast has been featured multiple times on iTunes as “New & Noteworthy” and a “Staff Favorite” in comedy.