Matt Manser is a writer/comedian based in Los Angeles. He is the head writer for "Big News," a weekly topical sketch show at IO West, writes sketches for shows at the UCB Theater, and writes videos for UCBComedy.com. Oh, and he has also written for CMT's "Trick My Truck."
Snuffy Johnson
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Snuffy Johnson was born the son of poor parents in Queens, then opened a chain of dry-cleaning stores on the East side of Manhattan. He has been married to his wife Weezy for almost thirty years, and they have a son, Lionel, who disappointed him by marrying the daughter of the honky next door.
Worm Miller
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In 1957, Worm tragically drowned at camp while counselors were inconsiderately having sex. Or so everyone thought. Ambiguously undead, Worm vengefully returned decades later and has been happily killing sexy idiots ever since. He's fought Corey Feldman and Freddy Krueger and gone into space. He hopes someday to fight Michael Meyers and a Predator.
Clem Rorsch
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Clem Rorsch aka Ryan Sandoval is a writer and comedian based in Los Angeles, with articles published in Hustler, Slap Skateboard Magazine, and Surf Shot Digital Magazine, for which he also acts as copy editor. He contributes regularly to Mad Atoms, and writes and directs videos for the online sketch collective weaknights.com
Hillel Aron
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Hillel enjoys playing racquetball, eating steak, and reading about the American civil war. You can see him write about politics at www.dipdive.com. You can also find him on facebook and tell him how funny he is.
Becky Bain
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Becky likes to scuba dive, sky dive, make movies, drink fancy wine and travel. But all of those hobbies are pretty expensive, so she usually just sticks to writing. Words are cheap.
MADATOMS PERSONALS
I HATE THE FUCKING EAGLES, MAN
13 April 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Clayton Hauck
I can never listen to Hotel California ever again.
LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
BACKPACKING THROUGH LOS ANGELES
18 December 2008 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Edwin Servaas
Wait, you thought you could take the bus places? Hah!
DEVELOPMENT HELL
5 ONCE GREAT DIRECTORS WHO NOW SUCK
15 December 2008 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Marek Haiduk
Hitchcock is shaking his head in disapproval from the grave.
LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
ABSINTHE: ALCOHOL FOR ASSHOLES
07 April 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Anna Lucylle
Fancy, rare and disgusting. It’s Absinthe.
LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
BANGIN’ THE BARTENDER
17 December 2008 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Jack Pistoletto
Partying with rockstars, getting wasted beyond belief, and snogging foreign men with exotic accents – all for $8.25 an hour? Could be worse.
SPLOOGED
PLEASE DON’T GROPE ME
19 March 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Emilie Fitzsimmons
Shouldn’t that just be assumed?
LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
NO, I’VE NEVER SEEN THE GOONIES, SO FUCK OFF
10 October 2008 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Sean Metcalf
There were other movies in the 80s, jerk. So why are you so shocked I haven’t seen it?
DEVELOPMENT HELL
BEING EMO SAVES LIVES
05 November 2008 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Christine Day Lorico
One cheesy suicide poem I wrote in my marble notebook during my angsty teen years helped saved someone's life. So don't throw out those My Chemical Romance CDs quite yet.
LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
OK, I ADMIT IT, I LIKE THE VALLEY
24 March 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Brittany LeGault
Just don't tell anyone.
ALL FOR ROFL
I FOUND OUT MY FIRST BOYFRIEND IS DEAD
09 October 2008 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Jonathan Jacobsen
Thanks Myspace!
LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
IF MY RESUME WAS ACTUALLY HONEST
17 October 2008 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Velentina Cobain
You probably wouldn't hire me.
HIP TODAY GONE TOMORROW
LET’S JOIN THE CIRCUS
16 April 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Nello Esposito
Whatever happened to doing something completely senseless
SPLOOGED
MY TEACHER GAVE ME PORN
29 December 2008 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Johannes Schwab
And other slightly inappropriate porn stories from my teenage years.
MADATOMS PERSONALS
OY VEY: HOOKING UP WITH A CONSERVATIVE JEW
07 January 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Marek Haiduk
Goyim aren’t looking all too bad.
LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
A STEP BY STEP GUIDE TO RAVING IN LA
17 February 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Emma Hartvig
Are awesome back massages really worth all the hassle?
DEVELOPMENT HELL
10 WORST POST-OSCAR MOVIE ROLES
11 March 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Juarez Ricci
Kate Winslet, I will personally pay you several times your asking price if you ignore the urge to play Wonder Woman or Jim Carrey’s love interest in your next film. Please.
LIVING THE DREAM
AUDITIONING FOR AMERICAN IDOL
20 October 2008 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Dan Monick
Because watching it from the comfort of your own home can only provide so much shame.
HIP TODAY GONE TOMORROW
NEVER MEET YOUR IDOLS
16 March 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Marek Haiduk
They probably don’t want to meet you, either.
MADATOMS PERSONALS
A NEW FORM OF ONLINE DATING
04 February 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Vishal Misra
Because the old way is still really embarrassing.
SPLOOGED
(FAKE REASONS) WHY SHE WON’T SLEEP WITH YOU
06 November 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Marek Haiduk
The real reason is she doesn't like you.
LIVING THE DREAM
POPULAR DRUGS REFERENCE MANUAL
07 December 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
truck
Drugs are neat!
LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
MY PERSONAL TRAINER IS CRAZY
16 October 2008 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Marek Haiduk
A 22 year old former meth-head with an eating disorder tries to give me advice on how to live a healthier life – I can't help but love her!
POLITICALLY ERECT
PETA = WTF
09 June 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Manuel Rebollo
Save the whales from PETA.
HIP TODAY GONE TOMORROW
HONEST TO BLOG, I STILL LIKE JUNO, DAMMIT
30 October 2008 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Marek Haiduk
Just cause something’s popular, it doesn’t mean it sucks.
LIVING THE DREAM
STALKING BRITNEY SPEARS
07 November 2008 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Dan Monick
One celebrity’s insanity provides my paycheck – what a way to make a buck in this town.
MADATOMS PERSONALS
YOUR WEIRD SEX FACES RUINED IT
09 March 2010 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Julie Rey
This is why God invented glory holes.
MADATOMS PERSONALS
THE COUGAR REFERENCE MANUAL
12 June 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Marek Haiduk
Just because they're 80, doesn't mean they aren't having sex with frat guys.
LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
THE SMARTEST IDIOT OF ALL TIME
19 October 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
MILKBBI (justin wallis)
She worked in retail...
DEVELOPMENT HELL
KNOW YOUR ANIMATED MOVIES
01 October 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Edwin Servaas
I mean, what else are you going to watch while you're high? Planet Earth?
HIP TODAY GONE TOMORROW
MTV THROUGH THE AGES
19 November 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Marek Haiduk
We can only wonder what the future holds for our beloved Music Television.
LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
FAT CAMP CHRONICLES
04 March 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Shaun C. Gibson
There’s a fat kid inside all of us.
MADATOMS PERSONALS
HOW WE’RE SPENDING VALENTINE’S DAY
12 February 2010 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Marek Haiduk
Boys vs. Girls.
LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
HOW TO LIVE WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE
03 June 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Liva Rutmane
It's the American way.
MADATOMS PERSONALS
GOING ON A FIRST DATE HIGH
23 June 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Mel Stringer
Don't forget to share.
DEVELOPMENT HELL
BATMAN REFERENCE MANUAL
07 August 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Doug Chang
Because we'd all like to forget that 'Batman and Robin' ever happened.
LA SURVIVAL GUIDE
RENAISSANCE FAIRS ARE COOL
08 May 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Bogdan Zwir
Ye be brave enough to be enjoy the merriment of a fool? Pray, yes!
MADATOMS PERSONALS
OBAMA WILL GET YOU LAID
06 July 2009 / Writer:
Becky Bain
/ Artist:
Megan Glosser
He might not fix the economy, but he can get you some pussy.
Katie Ward
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Katie F. Ward has lived in a bunch of places so, she roots for several different football teams and has a ranking system only she can understand. She tries to eat organic food, but hasn't ruled out Restylane. She loves Jay-Z, Jeff Buckley, and Celine Dion equally. Oh, and she's a hott mess. Seriously.
Kirk Pynchon
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Kirk Pynchon was born a poor black child. He enjoys skinny-skiing and going to bullfights on acid. He also listens to Tito Puente albums until four in the morning. In his spare time Kirk enjoys ripping off lines from movies and pretending they are his own.
Bob Schriner
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Stories of Bob Schriner conjure images of a man whose pranks and scams are a blend of crime, audacity and high comedy. For years people debated whether he was a fictional character. MadAtoms has found him and given him a safe house in the Hollywood hills.
Alex D. Reid
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Alex D. Reid flosses every night and likes reading about serial killers. Contact him here.