Since 2001, I've been a writer and/or editor for humor magazines, daily newspapers, pop-culture websites, and a variety of other publications. As disparate as my work has been, however, it has always been marked by a sense of craft, wit, and a deep attention to detail.
I've been a writer for MAD since 1999, and an editor for the magazine from 2012 to 2018, when it moved operations to Burbank, California. In my capacity as an editor, I had a hand in nearly every aspect of the production of MAD and its web content. My responsibilities included (but were not limited to): conceiving, writing, designing, Photoshopping, and posting MAD's web content; working with freelance writers to bring articles to fruition; proofreading the magazine's print edition; writing unattributed articles for the magazine; and writing advertising copy for the magazine and its various web platforms. A full list of my bylined contributions to MAD can be found here.
I've been a writer for The Millions since 2009, and a staff writer since 2015, writing essays on topics as diverse as ebooks, Tetris, and the literary oeuvre of Donald Trump. A complete collection of my work for The Millions can be found here.
In 2011, I wrote commentary pieces for the Inquirer; throughout 2008, the newspaper ran a series of articles that I originally wrote for The Philadelphia Turkey, a satirical news site that I created, edited, and published.
I wrote cover stories and short articles for Philadelphia's GRID magazine from 2010 to 2011, all of which dealt with issues of sustainability in and around the city.
In 2011, I collaborated with former Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Tom Ferrick, Jr. on the story of then-60-year-old Haywood "Red Dog" Fennell, who had been given a life sentence for murder at the age of 17. Ferrick, Jr. and I interviewed Fennell in Pennsylvania's Graterford Prison; I then wrote and illustrated the story, which appeared as a Citypaper cover story in May of that year.
From 2009 to 2010, I wrote cover stories, short articles, and biweekly columns for Philadelphia Weekly.
The Philadelphia Turkey was a satirical, Philadelphia-centric news site that I created in 2007 and ran until 2009. I conceived, wrote, and edited each article, and updated the site weekly, with ten new articles (as well as cartoons by various contributors) in each edition. (Note: these samples are from The Philadelphia Inquirer, which in 2008 ran excerpts from the Turkey in its Sunday editions; all original Turkey articles have vanished into the digital ether.)
I conceived, wrote, and storyboarded scripts for SpongeBob Comics from 2011 to 2013.
From 2005 to 2009, I wrote short humor pieces for Nickelodeon Magazine.