Lary Wallace
the vice reader
'Becoming Richard Pryor' Is a Nuanced Biography of a Comedy Icon Who Once Lit Himself on Fire
We talked with author Scott Saul about how the legendary stand-up comic became who he was, and how his comedy was the opposite of Bill Cosby's.
Lary Wallace
Louis Waldo
12.19.14
Comics!
The Creator of 'Hip Hop Family Tree' Talks Rap History and Comics
Ed Piskor is in the middle of putting out a comic-book history of hip-hop that is pretty much the best history of hip-hop anyone's ever done.
Lary Wallace
10.30.14
Stuff
Phil Hartman's Mr. Potato Head Blues
Mike Thomas's new book, You Might Remember Me: The Life and Times of Phil Hartman, tells the whole of Hartman's story, from the average-looking face that made his career to the bizarre murder that cut it short.
Lary Wallace
10.8.14