Having been constantly getting in touch with anyone connected to comedy that I can, I sent a few questions to Chase Roper of Punchline Magazine. Here's how it went down.
-What exactly is your background in terms of writing and what lead you to Punchline?
I've been writing for a long time. Ever since I started kindergarten I think. It started out as mostly upper-case letters and eventually I could form abstract/concrete thoughts and storylines and transcribe them onto paper. While they are not the only thing I use when writing, prepositional phrases are probably my most favorite to use.
I guess you could say my tenure at Punchline Magazine began when I had dream one day that while I was at my old job, I got an email from the editor-in-chief there asking me if I was interested in being a contributing writer. Then it turned out the dream was real.
-In your experience, had writing for comedy been any different than any other type of journalism you have done. How does it compare to other publications you have written for, say, Life&Style?
The only journalism history I really have is from highschool when I was the Assistant Editor of the paper. Covering comedy is basically the same as the highschool stuff. Except you have to replace cafeteria food with stand-up comedy.
Have you read Life& Style?
-Having covered comedy so intimately, what do you think about its current state? Where do you think it is going?
Comedy has form to it, but it isn't all the same, its sort of shapeless. When you consider those two points along with the fact that you can see comedy rules out solid, gas, and liquid states of matter. So I guess whatever toothpaste is. That's what comedy is. As far as where I think Comedy is going - hopefully to my house. Otherwise, what am I going to do with 4 Cornish game hens?
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