Modern Humorist
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Modern Humorist was a United States–based humor webzine founded in 2000 by John Aboud and Michael Colton (who later became panelists on VH1's Best Week Ever), and managed by CEO Kate Barker.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its board of directors included feature film producer Frank Marshall and comedian Jon Stewart.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
A competitor of The Onion, Modern Humorist stopped publishing new material in 2003. The site's archives remain online and free to the public. It was nominated for a Webby Award in the Humor category in 2001<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and in 2004,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> losing to The Onion both times.
BooksEdit
Modern Humorist produced three books:
- (2001) My First Presidentiary (Template:ISBN)
- (2001) Rough Draft: Pop Culture the Way It Almost Was (Template:ISBN)
- (2002) One Nation, Extra Cheese (Template:ISBN)
Notable contributorsEdit
- John Aboud
- Andy Borowitz
- Jake Tapper
- Tim Carvell
- Daniel Chun
- Michael Colton
- Fred Graver
- Kevin Guilfoile
- Francis Heaney
- Gersh Kuntzman
- Seth Mnookin
- Jay Pinkerton
- Nathan Rabin
- Daniel Radosh
- John Warner