FREE TICKET to KEVIN GEEKS OUT - NY COMIC CON SHOW

Free admission to KEVIN GEEKS OUT (with this flyer)

KEVIN GEEKS OUT: 
COMIC CON SPECTACULAR
Saturday October 11th @ 8:00pm
Webster Hall - 125 East 11th Street, NYC


Free admission with the above flyer. 

Full Schedule for the BROOKLYN BRAIN JAM

This Sunday, September 7th it's the 

FIRST ANNUAL BROOKLYN BRAIN JAM

A day-long festival of entertainment from long-running shows, including KEVIN GEEKS OUT, THE STORY COLLIDER, NERD NITE and THE BIG QUIZ THING.

Click HERE for tickets.

Sunday, September 7th, 12 - 6pm

at The Bell House

149 7th Street, Brooklyn NY

UPCOMING SHOWS

Updated schedule of Kevin Maher Comedy Shows/Events: 

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THE BROOKLYN BRAIN JAM
Sunday September 7th, 12 noon - 6:00 PM
at The Bell House, 149 7th Street in Brooklyn

What: A six-hour extravaganza, a buffet of entertainment from four distinct series KEVIN GEEKS OUT, THE STORY COLLIDER, NERD NITE and THE BIG QUIZ THING. 

Tickets and details HERE.


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NERD COMEDY: For Nerds, By Nerds
Wednesday October 8th @ 8:00pm
at The Way Station, 683 Washington Avenue in Brooklyn

Nerdy comedy performed at a Steampunk bar with a TARDIS bathroom, Featuring Frank Conniff (aka TV's Frank from MST3K), Rusty Ward as "Jeff Balrogworthy", Liam McEneaney, Meghan O'Neill, Manolo Blank and more. Hosted by Kevin Maher. 

Tickets and details HERE

This event is part of NEW YORK SUPER WEEK.



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KEVIN GEEKS OUT: COMIC CON SPECTACULAR
Saturday October 11th @ 8:00pm
in The Marlin Room at Webster Hall,

A comedy-variety show celebration of everything we love about Comic Con, featuring bits about Comic Books, Collectable Toys, Horror Movies, Robots, Post-Apocaylptic Fiction and Celebrity Encounters. 

with: Screenwriter M. Sweeney Lawless, Professor Geoff Klock, Blogger Nick Nadel, Cartoonist R. Sikoryak and Comedian Rusty Ward. Special Appearance by Flat Stan Lee. Hosted by Kevin Maher. 

Tickets and details HERE.

This event is part of NEW YORK SUPER WEEK. 

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KEVIN & MATT GEEK OUT ABOUT ZOMIBES
Thursday October 23rd @9:30pm
Nitehawk Cinema, 136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn

Comedian Kevin Maher is joined by Filmmaker Matt Glasson for a deep-dive into Zombie Cinema. This two-hour show features dozens of video clips, guest speakers, trivia games and prizes. 

This Friday: Kevin Geeks Out ALL-STARS SHOW!

KEVIN GEEKS OUT: APRIL ALL-STARS SHOW

a comedy variety show featuring an all-star line-up, including:  

ELLIOTT KALAN (THE DAILY SHOW) talks about The Stout Men of Holllywood.

PROFESSOR GEOFF KLOCK (author of HOW TO READ SUPERHERO COMICS AND WHY) presents the ultimate Hamlet supercut with clips from over 70 films, cartoons and TV shows. 

R. SIKORYAK (MASTERPIECE COMICS) dramatizes comic strips on the big screen. 

DAN McCOY (THE DAILY SHOW) tells the true story that brings together twitter and USA UP ALL NIGHT.

KEVIN MAHER (that's me) recounts his year at Best Week Ever and explores how talking clip-shows could be the most Orwellian of any media. 

Plus an all-new "Kindest cut" movie by M. SWEENEY LAWLESS and a presentation by TOM BLUNT.

The show is likely to sell-out, so buy your tickets now: 

BUY TICKETS HERE

KEVIN GEEKS OUT: APRIL ALL-STARS 
92YTribeca, 200 Hudson Street
New York, NY
just ten bucks

Kevin Geeks Out is the comedy-variety show hosted by writer-comedian Kevin Maher—a confabulation of vintage film clips and videos, new finds, guest experts, games and curiosities. To geek out with Kevin you don’t need to be a geek, you just need to love cool stuff. PLEASE NOTE: The 92YTribeca will be closing in June.  There are only a few shows left.  Use these links to get your tickets to KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT RIP-OFF CINEMA (Friday May 10th @8pm)KEVIN GEEKS OUT ABOUT MONKEYS  (Friday June 14th @8pm)

3 PEANUTS parodies that I like more than the JAWS one

Because I'm a JAWS scholar and shark geek, a number of people have shared Charles Forsman's mash-up (of JAWS re-told with the Peanuts gang) with me.

You might think I didn't like it because I'm some kind of a JAWS nut.  

But honestly, I thought it missed the mark when it came to the Peanuts characters.  I have to give credit to Forsman for drawing spot-on character designs in the style of Schulz.  But the strip didn't connect the dots between Charlie Brown, Chief Brody, Hooper, Linus, Quint, Mayor Vaughn, etc. 

So it's not that I'm a JAWS nut, so much as a big PEANUTS fan. I find the early strips groundbreaking and influential and as important to American literature as The Great Gatsby or Of Mice and Men. Seriously. 

However, I come not to bury Peanuts parodies, but to praise them.  

So here are three faux-Peanuts strips that I adore. 

First off, buy R. Sikoryak's MASTERPIECE COMICS.  You can get it here cheap. Sikoryak commits to a concept without going to easy jokes.  This collection is brilliant and beautifully illustrated. One of the stand-outs is his "Good Ol' Gregor Brown" where Kafka's Metamorphosis is re-told with the Peanuts cast.  This was presented as a slideshow at Kevin Geeks Out (during a "Holiday Grab Bag" show) -- and it killed.  Buy this book for yourself and get another one for your favorite English teacher. 

(this is just an excerpt, buy the book to read the rest)

Sikoryak's strip is so cool that one fan even went and got it as a tattoo.  The only thing sexier than a Charlie Brown tattoo is Kafka-Peanuts body-art!

Second, MAD Magazine did a 1968 strip titled "Will Success Spoil Charlie Brown?" where Shermy returns to the old neighborhood and sees how the commercial success of PEANUTS has changed everyone.  

As a kid, I didn't realize it was a parody of "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?" but I still got the jokes and loved seeing Charlie Brown in a toupee. 

I could not find this online. Sorry. 

But you can find plenty of other great MAD parodies.  Here's a list of the dozens and dozens that ran over the years. 

Third, Ted Rall's "Supply Side Lucy"

This 1996 one-panel gag is, sadly, still true today.  Check out more Ted Rall. He's a daring writer and he always challenges himself to do something different with each book -- whether it's a comics collection, narrative graphic novel or even his fantastic post-modern take on George Orwell's 1984. 

Do you have a favorite PEANUTS parody/homage?  Tell me about it in the comments. 

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Kevin and Matt Geek Out about Shark Cinema

Deleted Scene from Kevin and Matt Geek Out about Shark Cinema