Earlier this month, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies Nick Marx’s new book, That’s Not Funny: How the Right Makes Comedy Work for Them, coauthored with Boston College Associate Professor and Chair of the Communication Department Matt Sienkiewicz, was published by University of California Press. (Our blog post about the book can be found here.)
Book launch
On May 11, Wolverine Farm Publick House in Fort Collins hosted a book launch event for That’s Not Funny. Marx gave a reading from the book’s introduction, answered engaging audience questions, and signed copies of the book.
Press coverage
Since its launch, That’s Not Funny has been featured in many news outlets and podcasts. Check out some of the press coverage the book has generated below:
- “Why you need to take right-wing comedy seriously” — interview with Fast Company: https://www.fastcompany.com/90750474/why-you-need-to-take-right-wing-comedy-seriously
- “Liberals should be worried about the conservative comedy scene” — interview with Politico: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/13/liberals-should-worry-conservative-comedy-00031907
- “‘Comedy is a powerful recruitment tool’: How the US rightwing use laughs for vast influence” — review in the Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/apr/26/comedy-is-a-powerful-recruitment-tool-how-the-us-rightwing-use-laughs-for-vast-influence
- “Conservative comedy still counts as comedy” — interview on The John Fugelsang Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/no/podcast/conservative-comedy-still-counts-as-comedy/id1464094232?i=1000559338355
- “Matt Sienkiewicz and Nick Marx on the politics of humor” — interview on Theory of Change podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nxq7iH6DUI
- “Nick Marx: Can conservatives be funny?” — interview on Keen On podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/nick-marx-can-conservatives-be-funny/id1448694012?i=1000559854297
- “That’s not funny but this is with Nick Marx” — interview on Reply Guys podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thats-not-funny-but-this-is-with-nick-marx/id1471110894?i=1000560057222
- “How the right makes comedy work for them” — interview on Good One: A Podcast About Jokes: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5gwtnBeccm2fQIQoHOjkCu?si=tMabUTBMRF6-EaHkjsKmjA
- “Joe Rogan is just the start of it” — interview with Vulture: https://www.vulture.com/article/conservative-comedy-matt-sienkiewicz-nick-marx-good-one-podcast.html
- Excerpt from the book published in New York Mag/Vulture: https://www.vulture.com/article/thats-not-funny-right-wing-comedy-complex-book-excerpt.html
- “Funny or not: Republican edition” — interview on The Nicole Sandler Show podcast: https://nicolesandler.com/5-16-22/
- “That’s not funny” — interview on The Comedy Cellar: Live from the Table podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thats-not-funny/id1092965609?i=1000559193530
- “How the right uses comedy to rally their base” — interview on Young Turks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2WKt6-Nrn8