The Bay Area is blessed with a menagerie of comics, but outstanding alone in the field of “insult” comics, is Kaseem Bentley. With Roast Battles on the rise and the general malaise of snarkiness, every comic thinks they are the undisputed king of insult comedy, but there can only be one king, and that person is Bentley. With negotiations brewing on live podcasts, a web game show and a movie, Kaseem is on the move.

SUSC: You involve yourself in a lot of comics projects.

Kaseem: You know why I will do things for people, appear on local podcasts …

Carmen Lynch will be appearing at Rooster T. Feathers on January 2-4th. From her multiple appearances on Late Night with David Letterman to her weekly web series Apt C3, Carmen Lynch is establishing herself as a bilingual, multi-talented, international stand-up comic.

SUSC: Hey Carmen. How is it going?

Carmen: Pretty good. It’s still early.

There’s plenty of time for things to go wrong.

Exactly.

Are you in NYC?

I live in Brooklyn.

You grew up on the East Coast, looking forward to winter?

I hate it. I don’t want to be here this time of year. I want to leave, but yet I stay. I’ll be very happy to …

Had a hard day? Think you’re life is so out of control you don’t know how you will possibly continue on? Unless you’re from Darfur, comedian Christopher Titus probably has you beat in the boo-hoo department. His personal history reads like a mash-up of Charles Dickens and Maury Povich. And yet, Titus has managed to transmute the lead of his life into comedy gold. Hot on the heels of his latest tour The Angry Pursuit of Happiness, Titus is fired-up, fed-up and finally, happy?

DNA: Hello

Titus: Hey Christopher Titus calling

Hey Chris, this is DNA in Santa Cruz, how are you?

I’m …

Take a look at Ian Harris’ poster for his Critical & Thinking Tour—there’s an apocalyptic vision of a masticated skyline and in the foreground is a bald headed dude that looks like he might have either caused it, or somehow escaped it. That’s a pretty accurate visual description for Harris. His free-thinking brand of comedy although revered by skeptics, atheists and muckrakers is considered wholesale dangerous by the religious right. Why? Because Harris has the gall to question long held beliefs in a humorous manner. Sacrilege! SUSC talked to Harris about his formative years grinding in the clubs and …