Ian Boothby

Ian Boothby is a multiple Shuster Award, Harvey Award and Eisner Award nominee and an Eisner Award–winning comic book creator best known for his work as the lead writer on Simpsons Comics and Futurama Comics for Matt Groenings Bongo Comics. Boothby has written more Simpsons Comics than any other writer. He has also worked on various Canadian television series and is a well known stand-up, sketch and improv comedian working in the Vancouver area. He co-created Free Willie Shakespeare for the Vancouver Theatresports League which won the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for Excellence in Interactive Theatre.A writer for multiple television series including CBCs Switchback, Street Cents, Big Sound and Popular Mechanics for Kids. He is the co-writer of the DVD film Caspers Haunted Christmas and screenwriter of the Cartoon Network special Scary Godmother: The Revenge of Jimmy.The creator of the sketch comedy series The 11th Hour, called The funniest sketch series since SCTV by the National Post, as well as the creator of the TV pilots Space Arm, Vancouver PM and I Dig BC and the co-creator of Channel 92 along with Dean Haglund and Christine Lippa. Boothby founded the Canadian Comedy Award-winning sketch group Canadian Content. He currently performs with the sketch comedy group Titmouse! and The Critical Hit Show: a Live Dungeons & Dragons Comedy Experience, writes for CBC Radios The Irrelevant Show, and co-hosts the podcasts Sneaky Dragon, Compleatly Beatles and Totally Tintin with David Dedrick. He has also written the ebook Its About Tolerance Stupid : essays on improv & how to make things better without making yourself crazy.He also appeared in the Adam Sandler film Happy Gilmore.Ian Boothby is married to Y The Last Man co-creator and artist Pia Guerra.

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