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Dave Losso

Dave Losso is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and comic-book artist from Chicago now living in Seattle.

Dave Losso
Born1986 or 1987 (age 37–38)[1]
Chicago, Illinois
OccupationStand-up comedian
Years active2012-present
Websitedavelosso.tumblr.com

Losso's 2021 Stand Up! Records album and video A Careless Whisper of a Man reached No. 2 on the iTunes comedy chart[2] and No. 4 on Amazon's chart.[3]

Early life

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Losso was born and raised in the south side of Chicago, Illinois.[4]

Career

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Stand-up comedy

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Losso began performing stand-up in 2012. Savage Henry Magazine called him a "joke machine".[5]

In Chicago, he was a co-founder and co-host of the Yeah Buddy Awesome Time Comedy Show,[6] co-host of Best Night Ever,[7] and a frequent performer at longrunning show and podcast We Still Like You;[8][7] Best Night Ever producer Sam Ash McHale called him "one of the funniest comics in Chicago."[9]

While living in Denver in 2016, Losso started a new edition of We Still Like You.[10][11] He has toured widely across the U.S.,[5] and has performed at the High Plains Comedy Festival,[12] Orlando Indie Comedy Festival,[13] Hell Yes Fest,[7] Savage Henry Comedy Festival,[14] Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival,[15] Beast Village Comedy Festival,[1] Cream City Comedy Festival,[16][17] 10,000 Laughs Comedy Festival,[18][19] and the Turnbuckle Comedy and Music Festival.[20]

In 2016, he appeared in the SeeSo series Hidden America with Jonah Ray.[21]

Albums

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Losso's album and video A Careless Whisper of a Man was released July 16, 2021, on Stand Up! Records. It reached No. 2 on the iTunes comedy chart[2] and No. 4 on Amazon's chart.[3] Reviewer Richard Lanoie of The Serious Comedy Site called it "an entertaining and fun stand-up comedy album," noting that "Losso does biographical and anecdotal/observational comedy in a laid-back way."[22]

Other work

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Losso's work in comic books includes 2010's The Great Sandwich Detective, an all-ages Sherlock Holmes spoof he wrote and drew,[4][5][23][24][25] and superhero thriller Kill The Wonderhawks, released in 2011 by Less Than Jake drummer Vinnie Fiorello's imprint Paper + Plastick, which Losso wrote and co-created with artist Aaron Pittman.[26] His visual art has appeared in the touring art show Thirty Three Point Three and concert posters for bands and comedians including The Number 12 Looks Like You, Tig Notaro and The Sklar Brothers.[27][28][29][30]

His comedic writing has been published in Savage Henry Magazine,[31][32][33][34][35] Zaftig,[36] and The Whiskey Journal.[6]

In 2005, Losso was the vocalist for Chicago hardcore band Murder in E Minor. He credits the experience of touring in hardcore bands with preparing him for life as an indie road comic.[37][38]

Personal life

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Losso now lives in Seattle.[38] Losso met his wife, comedian Jessica Hong, at a comedy festival in New Orleans in 2015. They have a daughter.[38][39]

Discography

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Podcast appearances

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  • Podcast! Podcast! Podcast!, "Dave Losso & Sam Tallent" (October 21, 2015)[40]
  • Empty Girlfriend, "Episode 55: EG @ Hell Yes Fest" (November 9, 2015)[7]
  • These Things Matter, "Episode 189: Jaws" (February 16, 2016)[41]
  • We Still Like You, "It's Not We Still Like You, It's Me" (February 7, 2017)[8]
  • My Violet Tendencies: The Matt Knicks Show, "Episode 6: Dave Losso (Stand Up Comic)" (March 9, 2018)[37]
  • The Grit City Podcast, "Episode 181: Comedian - Dave Losso" (August 23, 2021)[38]

    References

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    1. ^ a b "Beast Village Comedy Festival". The Des Moines Register. Des Moines, Iowa. 2014-10-15. p. JU36. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    2. ^ a b "Stand Up! Records". Facebook. 2021-07-16. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
    3. ^ a b "Stand Up! Records". Facebook. 2021-07-20. Retrieved 2021-07-20.
    4. ^ a b Lu, Angela Shawn-Chi (March 14, 2011). "Dave Losso, Comic Book Artist, Profile". Vimeo. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    5. ^ a b c Losso, Dave (2017-08-09). "Fireworks, Skateboards, and Wisconsin Dells: The Dave Losso Interview". Savage Henry Magazine. No. 81. Arcata, California. pp. 43–44. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    6. ^ a b Owen, Brent (2015-09-05). "Dave Losso and Alex Kumin Blow in from The Windy City". Louisville. Louisville, Kentucky. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    7. ^ a b c d "Episode 55: EG @ Hell Yes Fest". Empty Girlfriend (Podcast). November 9, 2015. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    8. ^ a b "It's Not We Still Like You, It's Me". We Still Like You (Podcast). February 7, 2017. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    9. ^ Ring, Teme (April 1, 2017). "Comedians Defying Gravity: Best Night Ever's Sam McHale talks about the show's third anniversary and how to produce the best night ever". Chicago Now. Chicago. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    10. ^ Graham, Byron (2016-09-01). "The Ten Best Comedy Events in Denver in September". Westword. Denver, Colorado. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    11. ^ Leonard, Jason (2016-07-21). "Well-known local bar is closing its doors". The Daily Advertiser. Lafayette, Louisiana. p. A16. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    12. ^ "About". High Plains Comedy Festival. 2016. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    13. ^ McCollum, Thaddeus (September 30, 2015). "Sneak Attack: Four Night Stand". Orlando Weekly. Orlando, Florida. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    14. ^ "Savage Henry Comedy Festival". North Coast Journal. Eureka, California. 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    15. ^ Borcherts, Julia (March 19, 2014). "Geek Week: A Field guide to the Chicago Nerd Comedy Festival". Chicago Tribune. Chicago. p. 28. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    16. ^ Maas, Tyler (May 9, 2017). "Here's the 2017 Cream City Comedy Festival lineup". Milwaukee Record. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    17. ^ "2017 CCCF". Cream City Comedy Festival. 2017. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    18. ^ Lobell, Kylie Ora (2018-08-16). "A Comprehensive Guide to Comedy Festivals in the U.S. and Around the Globe". Vulture. New York City. Retrieved 2021-07-22.
    19. ^ Strait, Patrick (October 18, 2017). "Surly Darkness Day mixes beer and metal". City Pages. Minneapolis.
    20. ^ Hancock, Amanda (May 25, 2017). "Festival mixes comedy and music". Quad-City Times. Davenport, Iowa. p. 1B.
    21. ^ Moore, Arianna (2017-07-15). "Dave Losso & Jason Melton Comedy Tour". Mountain Xpress. Asheville, North Carolina. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    22. ^ Lanoie, Richard (July 31, 2021). "Dave Losso – Careless Whisper of a Man". The Serious Comedy Site. Retrieved 2021-10-18.
    23. ^ Hatch, Jared (2011-04-04). "The Comic Vault Opens Third Floor Hide-Away in The Loop". Racked Chicago. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    24. ^ Luger, Kara (2010-10-13). "It's Zombies! And Go-Go!". Gapers Block. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    25. ^ Lanyon-LeSage, Amanda (2010-08-29). "Dave Losso "The Great Sandwich Detective" Interview". YouTube. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    26. ^ "PAPER + PLASTICK Releasing Dave Losso's Kill the Wonderhawks". Geekscape. 2011-05-06. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    27. ^ "07: Dave Losso". Thirty Three Point Three. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    28. ^ Parker, Melody (2011-01-09). "Artists reinterpret famous vinyl album covers for '33.3 Art Show'". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. p. F6. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    29. ^ "Cup of Joe to host six-week art show". The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier. Waterloo, Iowa. 2011-01-05. p. A7. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    30. ^ "Dave Losso". Stand Up! Records. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    31. ^ Losso, Dave (2021-08-11). "How Leprechauns Celebrate Other Holidays". Savage Henry Magazine. No. 95. Arcata, California. p. 33. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    32. ^ Losso, Dave (2021-08-11). "Top 5 Urban Farming Pests". Savage Henry Magazine. No. 83. Arcata, California. p. 73. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    33. ^ Losso, Dave (2021-08-11). "Citizens of Flavor Town". Savage Henry Magazine. No. 94. Arcata, California. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    34. ^ Losso, Dave (2021-08-11). "YELP! Review of the Last Supper". Savage Henry Magazine. No. 96. Arcata, California. p. 13. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    35. ^ Losso, Dave (2021-08-11). "Chicago Deep Dish vs. A Plate of Knives". Savage Henry Magazine. No. 96. Arcata, California. p. 61. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    36. ^ Losso, Dave (December 2013). "The Fire Chief's Granddaughter". Zaftig. Brooklyn, New York. pp. 10–12. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    37. ^ a b Matt Knicks (March 9, 2018). "Episode 6: Dave Losso (Stand Up Comic)". My Violet Tendencies: The Matt Knicks Show (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    38. ^ a b c d "Episode 181: Comedian - Dave Losso". The Grit City Podcast (Podcast). August 23, 2021. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    39. ^ Lia Berman (June 17, 2019). "Jessica Hong!!!". Parental Advisory with Lia Berman (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    40. ^ "Dave Losso & Sam Tallent". Podcast! Podcast! Podcast! (Podcast). October 21, 2015. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
    41. ^ Kevin O'Brien, Taylor Gonda (February 16, 2016). "Ep. 189 - Jaws w/ Dave Losso". These Things Matter (Podcast). Retrieved 2021-11-01.
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