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Monroe Martin is a colorful and imaginative comedian with a lifetime of hard knock experiences that have been spun into side-splitting jokes and stories. Monroe was born and raised in Philadelphia, one usually wouldn’t find Monroe’s life story laughable. After all, how inappropriate is it to laugh at a foster child who jumped around from one dysfunctional family to another? Sit in the audience of one of Monroe’s performances and you’ll find yourself laughing at his adversity. Monroe’s honest and open approach to joke and storytelling universalizes his experiences. Monroe’s creative and charismatic comedic voice has created a buzz within the New York comedy circuit. His intelligent and hysterical perspective resonates and has earned him respect among his peers. Monroe is on his way to becoming the type of comedian he admires—one who says exactly what he wants, the way he wants to say it. He idolizes these types of comedians because he realizes that it takes guts to say how you truly feel whether it be right or wrong. It is especially hard to discuss the topics that are considered taboo and/or controversial. By saying what he wants, how he wants, Monroe is creating his legacy of being one of the funniest comedians in America. Monroe says “All good comedians speak of life experience through their own unique perspectives.” Based on his experience, He has the makings of a great comedian, and is well on his way. You’ve seen Monroe in the current season of Last Comic Standing. He can also be seen on the upcoming season of Adam Devine’s House Party on Comedy Central. Monroe has also been featured on AXS TV’s Gotham Comedy Live. For on Monroe log onto www.monroemartincomedy.com or follow him on twitter @monroemartinIII

Erik Bergstrom is a stand-up comedian and cartoonist known for his thought provoking one-liners, resonant deep voice, and dark personal anecdotes.

In 2018 he made his network television debut on

‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’ and his Comedy Central ‘The Half-Hour’ special (which can be seen streaming on Paramount+) was televised in 2016 . He’s appeared on ‘Adam Ruins Everything’ on TruTV, ‘Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle’ on Comedy Central, Fox, and on ‘Uproarious’ on Fuse. His album ‘Serious Goose’ (released with Comedy Records in 2019) is in steady rotation on Sirius XM.

Art-wise his cartoons have appeared in ‘The New Yorker’ (in addition to him voicing several cartoons for their ‘The New Yorker’ Today app.). His book ‘Grimmer Tales’ (published by Plume, an imprint of Penguin Books) was released in 2009 in the U.S. and by ICA Bokförlag in Sweden the same year.

He has been featured in ‘The New York Times’, VICE, Time Out NY, Vulture Magazine, Giant Robot, AM Daily, on Comedy Central’s ‘Indecision 2012’, Paramount, Mashable, and was listed by Buzzfeed as one of the “Hottest Men in Comedy”.