If Kurt Vonnegut and “Calvin and Hobbes” creator Bill Watterson wrote a literary version of “Harold and the Purple Crayon,” they might have concocted an absurdist novel like “Harold.” Or maybe, ...

Comic Steven Wright can find humor in anything. On a walk near his home in Carlisle, Massachusetts, Wright came upon a Little League baseball team. “I used to play Little League out here,” he said.

Ask just about any alternative comic from the last twenty years to name their influences. Ask 100 of them. Put in one of those little word clouds people used to make in 2011. The name you'll see over ...

WHO IS HE: Steven Wright is a multi-talented stand-up comedian, actor and writer. His career took off during the 1980s when Wright released the comedy album “I Have a Pony” which was nominated for a ...

STEVEN WRIGHT: It was the longest I never did a show — 2 years and three months — but my mind didn’t stop. I was writing and stuff during that time. It was interesting not to do it. I just started ...

Many stand-up comedians who rise to household-name popularity tend to get their name out through yearly (or at least semi-regular) album releases, TV specials, books and whatever else might help ...