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.

The debut novel from legendary stand-up comedian Steven Wright, Harold is about the kaleidoscopic mind of an ever-curious 7-year-old boy in the ’60s as he floats through his day; his rollicking inner ...

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 ...