Comedy writers and satirists
Writers who write comedy and satire or write about comedy. Not necessarily people who are funny on Bluesky, though many are. Mostly these are people who write humor of one kind or another for publication.
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@sstein.bsky.social
@sarahhesterross.bsky.social
Musical Comedian/Cabaret artist 🎶Stop Giving Men Microphones🎶 Watch my special on Amazon Prime Join my email list and let me know where to tour next ⬇️ Sarahhesterross.com
@takomatorch.bsky.social
Takoma Park's ONLY Humor Source. Home of the Nimbee and Takoma Man. www.takomatorch.com
@thebeaverton.com
North America’s Trusted Source Of News Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thebeaverton Merch: https://the-beaverton.myshopify.com/
@thehardtimesnews.bsky.social
Punk news coming your way Go read the full articles: www.thehardtimes.net
@reductress.bsky.social
The first and only satirical women's magazine. Constantly moving to a new social platform.
@mcsweeneys.net
The official Bluesky feed of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, & McSweeney's Books. .
@theonion.com
America’s Finest News Source. A @globaltetrahedron.bsky.social subsidiary. Get the paper delivered to your door: membership.theonion.com
@martyessen.bsky.social
Multi-award-winning author of eight books (3 nonfiction & 5 fiction), talent agent, college speaker, activist, adventurer, and photographer. Website: https://martyessen.com Blog: https://marty-essen.com
@kdbwrites.bsky.social
writer she/her Humor: I’m a Little Brain Dead; Birth and Other Surprises; No Help at All: 2025 Horror: Next Door; Revolve Voter suppression is a sign of weakness & poor hygiene #strokesurvivor linktr.ee/kdbwrites
@nathrvatin.bsky.social
Satirist, Clevelander, This emoji IRL: 😅Writing: @newyorkerhumor @mcsweeneys
@clearwing3.bsky.social
Author: Funny Because It's True: How The Onion Created Modern American News Satire. Agent: Daniel Greenberg, lgrliterary. Wisconsin native, fmr Bostonian/Roslindalian. NEH grant recipient. The House On The Rock shaped my brain. Wenc rhymes with sense
@robkutner.bsky.social
Emmy-winning comedy/animation writer (Daily Show, CONAN, Teen Titans Go!), NYT-bestselling author (Look Out For the Little Guy), mediocre bass player.
@laurengrimaldi.bsky.social
29. Chicagoland based. Humor writing in Reductress, The Hard Times, The Belladonna, End of the Bench Sports, Humor Darling, etc. Delusional Cubs fan. She/her.
@greenleeish.bsky.social
Editor @ThatPauseButton @GospelofJest | Words in @mcsweeneys @The_Belladonnas @SlackjawHumor @JaneWastebasket @FrazzledHumor @WeeklyHumorist
@crelyea12.bsky.social
every day, I put on the clown costume and suffer a new indignity. writing at The Hard Times, McSweeney's, Points in Case, etc. Former features contributor at @theonion.com https://connorrelyea.com/
@panic.gay
Irl: Edutainment & sketch comedy. Here: Shitposts. 18+ There's a species of fish that lives in the buttholes of sea cucumbers. Sea cucumber buttholes developed teeth to keep them out. It didnt work.
@pjtlynch.bsky.social
Co-founder of Long John Silver's and other budget fishtaurants. Humor in McSweeney's, New Yorker, Points in Case, Slackjaw, etc
@emilykling.bsky.social
Humor writer with words in @mcsweeneys.net, @pointsincase.com, @belladonnacomedy.bsky.social, & more. https://www.emilyannekling.com
@markarayner.com
Human-shaped, simian-obsessed, robot-fighting, pirate-hearted, storytelling junkie, Mark A. Rayner is an award-winning writer of satirical & speculative fiction.
@parentball.bsky.social
Parenting humor. Assorted dumb jokes. Too many puns. Humor writing: https://www.mcsweeneys.net/authors/michael-ward & https://medium.com/@mikeward08 Building a game for parents: www.parentball.com (New season drops later in 2025) Just outside Boston.
@thatwriterguy.com
NYT Worstselling Author SFF📚, Satire, Comedy, Absurdist, 😺 Dummest Person in the Room https://michaeltilford.substack.com/ https://patreon.com/ThatWriterGuy42
@vikshulevich.bsky.social
Writer of humor, essays & children’s fiction. Words in The New Yorker, McSweeneys, WBUR’s Cognoscenti, Slackjaw, The Belladonna, Points in Case, Weekly Humorist! www.viktoriashulevich.com
@andrewbelfry.com
(Humor) Writer. Ph.D. candidate in English & Creative Writing. MFA. Words in McSweeney's, HAD, Points in Case, & elsewhere. Father of two. he/him. Tired. https://www.andrewbelfry.com/
@gilapfeffer.bsky.social
Breast cancer prevention advocate, FEEL IT ON THE FIRST lady, humor writer and author of NEARLY DEPARTED: Adventures in Loss, Cancer and Other Inconveniences
@marissamaciel.bsky.social
Writer and Illustrator from your favorite websites (New Yorker Daily Shouts, McSweeney’s, Belladonna, rip The Toast & The Hairpin) Basically being rad and managing my rosacea
@frankbrasser.bsky.social
Schrijft grapjes voor De Avondshow. Soms vertel ik grapjes op een podium.
@kmaiolatesi.bsky.social
Chicago! | Comedy in Reductress, McSweeney’s, The Hard Times, Weekly Humorist, etc | Social Media Coordinator for The Belladonna | She/Her katymaiolatesi.com
@lizarcury.bsky.social
UCBNY Maude Night girlie. Writer (R29, Reductress, The Daily Beast, McSweeney’s, AV Club, Marie Claire, more.) 2022 Script Pipeline winner🛼. NYC. 3 cats🐱🐱🐱
@mirandawriter.bsky.social
I write comedy, drama & musicals for TV/ theatre, including Face It, Fly Eddie Fly, Mixmups, Wonderblocks, Playtime Towers, Rafi the Wishing Wizard, The Now Show, The News Quiz. BAFTA Connect. https://fillinghamweston.com/clients/name/miranda-walker-1/
@mlieber123.bsky.social
Writer/Atty in Maryland outside DC. Bylines in Jewish Currents, Points in Case, and McSweeneys.
@keflann.bsky.social
Writer, 4 books, incl. How to Survive a Human Attack: A Guide for Werewolves, Mummies, Cyborgs, Ghosts, Nuclear Mutants, and Other Movie Monsters. Words in McSweeney’s, Boston Globe, WaPo, Slate, HuffPo. Member HWA, SFWA www.kathyflann.com
@agpasquella.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, editor. Words in McSweeney’s, Utne Reader, Joyland, Broken Pencil & more. Author of the Jack Palace crime series. Last book: WELCOME TO THE WEIRD AMERICA. Newest book: DEVOURING TOMORROW
@davidmunroe.bsky.social
Critically acclaimed working class humor/fiction. Progressive. “Reading is better than hating.” https://davidmunroe.substack.com/ “Munroe's prose is pitch-perfect and direct…like the character of the working-class stiff he depicts.” - Globe and Mail.
@justinaverysmith.bsky.social
Writer, ADHDer, Trekker, Ravenclaw, Jedi Sentinel "Professional comedian" - MIT (He/Him)
@jimtatatata.bsky.social
stuff in new yorker, mcsweeneys, etc.; member of sketch group Brick Penguin; DC comedy person; editor of the DC humor zine SKITS see writing & sketches @ jimtatalias.com
@kelleygreene.bsky.social
Writer, satirist, chronically online. Currently @ Buzzfeed. Work in The Hard Times, Hard Drive, Weekly Humorist, The Belladonna Comedy, Slackjaw, etc. New Substack post every Friday (TMI - Too Much Internet). https://linktr.ee/kelleygreene
@kathrynbaecht.bsky.social
Humor/Satire at McSweeney's, LA Times, Boston Globe Austin, Texas
@ianfortey.bsky.social
🍁NY Times & Amazon best-selling horror and comedy writer. Taco supporter. Formerly of Cracked and College Humor. Writer of WereCage & a book about Eve6. Here's my books, you beautiful buggers - https://books2read.com/b/werecage
@clareblackwood.bsky.social
Actor/comedian/writer. Words in The Beaverton, CBC Comedy, McSweeney’s, etc. Pierre Poilievre's personal assistant Mandy. she/her clareblackwood@gmail.com https://buymeacoffee.com/clareblackwood
@caitlinkunkel.bsky.social
Funny writer of fiction and satire. INSIDE JOKES: A COMEDY AND CREATIVITY GUIDE FOR ALL WRITERS out Jan 2026. My newsletter on our creative wells: https://inputandoutput.substack.com/
@ingridostby.bsky.social
writer. pwease don't hurt my feewings https://linktr.ee/ingridostby
@tomsmyth.bsky.social
writer (vulture, the cut, la times, vogue, new yorker, mcsweeney’s, the onion, etc)
@tomellison123.bsky.social
-Climate change, foreign policy, & security -Humor in McSweeney’s, New Yorker, etc. -Rule of 3 enthusiast https://www.tom-ellison.com/ Personal views
@alicemphillips.bsky.social
Prone to falling down rabbit holes. Humor writer with work in Reductress, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Points in Case, The Belladonna, Slackjaw, and elsewhere. https://www.alicemphillips.com Prev.: Davidson, NYU Law, POTUS 44, and public defense in SC.
@megsbroussard.bsky.social
🐊🗽Substack: In Search of the Lost Tongue 🖊️@newyorkermag @mcswys @reductress + ✊ WGA award winner / Producer 📺 @thechaseabc @latebloomers.lol https://www.meganbroussard.com
@brookeknisley.bsky.social
Writer. Comedy. Tech Bro(oke). Disabled. Bylines in HuffPost, Paste Magazine, Vulture, McSweeney's, Weekly Humorist, Shouts & Murmurs, etc. she/they 🩸If you DM me, I'll probably throw up blood.
@lukevburns.bsky.social
Writing funny stuff/weird stuff. New Yorker, McSweeney's, NY Mag, etc. Translator of MASTERS OF THE NEFARIOUS, on shelves now. https://lukevburns.tumblr.com/writing (He/Him) Header image by Lucas Adams
@miriamjayaratna.bsky.social
Clinical psychologist and writer of humorous things Work in The New Yorker, NYT, WDJ, McSweeney’s, Reductress, The Boston Globe, VQR, et al
@amandalehr.bsky.social
Skeleton with some meat on it. The Audacity, The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Electric Lit, Bright Wall/Dark Room, The Novelizers, a box to be opened in the event of my death. IG: amandamlehr
@johnathanappel.bsky.social
Writer Last Week Tonight; words in New Yorker & Mcsweeneys; I talk about my cats like they're my children but when I do it, it's funny
@julievickwriter.bsky.social
Humor writer and author of a humorous advice book for introverted parents. Words in New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and my phone’s notes app. Substack with funny stuff and writing tips: https://julievick.substack.com/
@lisaborders.bsky.social
Massachusetts-based writer, cat lover, alt rock fanatic. New novel, Last Night at the Disco, coming from Regal House in October 2025. Humor in McSweeney’s & more. I run the Novel Reactor workshops. Pro-science, anti-fascist. https://www.lisaborders.com/
@felipetmedina.bsky.social
Comedian from a country you misspell 🇨🇴 Writer @ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert BUY MY HUMOR BOOK https://allmylinks.com/felipetorresmedina
@rachelrosekeller.bsky.social
Words in The Onion, Reductress, McSweeney's, the void I scream into Part time chronic ill-fluencer
@taylorkayphillips.bsky.social
Writer @ Last Week Tonight Author of “A Guide to Midwestern Conversation” Substack: https://tkp.substack.com/
@jamesfolta.com
// staff writer @literaryhub.bsky.social // // managing editor @pointsincase.com // // hangin' tuff @nyc // // jamesfolta.com //
@justinecotter.bsky.social
Creative Director @ advertising Humor & Satire Writer 👩💻 McSweeney's, Weekly Humorist, The Belladonna Comedy, Little Old Lady 📍NYC 🗽✌️
@mikedrucker.bsky.social
Emmy-nominated TV writer and comedian. My new book “Good Game, No Rematch” is out April 1st. Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/ytjvhjsb Email: mikedruckerisdead @ gmail .com
@petridishes.bsky.social
I’m not in James Thurber’s attic any more! right now I’m home yay ! I’m the one who writes this column https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/alexandra-petri/ and loves puns
@nameshiv.bsky.social
Writer, storyteller. Nebula, Hugo, Ignyte finalist. Work in @strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc. http://shivramdas.net.
@alexthoffman.bsky.social
🎨I’m a cartoonist with a comic strip called Tales of Absurdity. I’m also playing with animation. Let’s tell some jokes and discuss obscure pop songs! Links to stuff: alexthoffman.com/links
@crmonks.bsky.social
Editor of McSweeney’s Internet Tendency. Author of The Ultimate Game Guide to Your Life. Dominator of waiting rooms. Fragile fan of the Dolphins, Sixers, and Red Sox.
@mikebsacks.bsky.social
Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, 12 Books, Writer, Whistler, Finger-Cymbals, New Book with Jon Hamm, Patton Oswalt, Amy Sedaris, Chris Meloni, Paul Reubens, THIS IS HOW WE LOVE, just out, https://tinyurl.com/2y6ywhhr https://mikesacks.com
@shteyngart.bsky.social
Gary Shteyngart is a book writer. garyshteyngart.substack.com http://facebook.com/shteyngart
@timcarvell.bsky.social
Executive Producer, Last Week Tonight. Friend to nearly all the animals.
@theauthorguy.bsky.social
Satire is my business. NY Times bestselling author of 19 novels, including Lamb, Fool, Noir, Razzmatazz, and coming May 2025, Anima Rising.
@scalzi.com
I enjoy pie. Social Media FAQ: https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/04/16/the-official-john-scalzi-social-media-faq/
@kashana.bsky.social
TV writer. Author of the novels THE SURVIVALISTS and THE PAYBACK (July 2025). Deadly with a butter knife. Preorder THE PAYBACK here 👉🏾 https://kashanacauley.com
@sstein.bsky.social
Latest novel: THE GREAT AMERICAN BETRAYAL "Best Comedy Books of 2022" —Vulture English professor, novelist, satirist, father, husband, dog owner, gardener, liker of good beer https://scottsteinonline.com