About Mark

By Mark

Why am I doing this? Your guess is as good as mine. But you are here for good now, so deal with it.

My name is Mark Hambly. I am kind of a dork and I am kind of funny. I like to write funny things. You like to read funny things. We are a perfect match (for baby making). I’m a small town Canadian kid who moved to New York City in 2007. I spend my daytime doing mad science.  In the evenings I write some sketches, do some improv, and overall just fail at trying to be funny… loving every minute of it!

What are the critics saying about Mark Hambly?

“Whenever I’m feeling down on myself I take a long gander at Mark Hambly’s website. It doesn’t actually make me feel better, but at least it’s very funny.” Jake Grate, Comedy Central

“You know words like exponential and polynomial get me all hot and bothered……. omg what you do to me!” Lucky, International Person of Mystery

“Mark’s blog is a profound and meaningful glimpse into the world of hamdawg which seems on the surface to be purely nonsensical cartoons and randomness, but leads us to an astonishing literary blog debut, a collection of mature and articulate posts about…well…random things” Paulette Dalton, Running Enthusiast

“Mark Hambly is so hilarious that even when he’s holding a gun to my head & forcing me to say positive things about his website or he’ll kill me, I can still tell the truth. I mean, what’s a flesh wound?” Quelyn, Emo-fag

“I like that blog entry about precipitation warfare, mang. Gave me a good laugh. And a small shiver up my spine.” Dan, Freelance Video Game Player

“I’m afraid everything is good about Mark. Mark was kind to everyone and didn’t say a bad word about anyone. Mark was good, did what he was told, and brought home good grades.” Jeanne Hambly, Mark’s Mom

“Two thumbs. Not up or down, just two thumbs” Jake Grate, Comedy Central

“I’ve wasted more hours engorged in Mark Hambly’s website than I did downloading naughty pictures of the female cast of Beverly Hills 90210 in 8th grade, and have gotten almost as much enjoyment out of it!” James Robilotta, Fordham University Improv Director

“If Mark Hambly were a pie, he would be the type of pie that works as an engineer in New York and writes hilarious comedy in his spare time.” Adam Alteen, 03-04 ASU Vice President

“Mark writes about turtles. I like turtles.” Paulette Dalton, Extreme Running Enthusiast

“Mark is a man who is so focused on his career that he will turn down hot, large-breasted women who want to have sex with him… if they call in the middle of the day. He also has a strange attraction towards Windex and potatoes, which I guess is par for the course when you grow up on the same island as Anne of Green Gables.” Adrian M., Ministry (Ministry! \m/) of Natural Resources and joint-Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

“You sir, just gave me a boner.” Kyle MacMillan, Pharmaceutical Mega-Giant

Believe it or not, I am not theatrically trained (really!). Nor am I a trained writer (shocking!). In fact my direction throughout life has been to avoid writing. I’m a numbers guy. I love science, gadgets, games, and all things nerdy. I studied physics and work in an engineering field, so the thought turning my everyday hilariousness into beautifully written pieces of work never crossed my mind.

Over the glorious year of 2007 a close friend coerced me into the idea of writing comedy. Since that monumental moment in my life, I have been training in sketch writing at both Second City Chicago and the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre here in New York. I have studied sketch under Eric Spitznagel, Curtis Gwinn, and Neil Casey, and I have studying improv under Erik Tanouye, Charlie Sanders, Charlie Todd, and Anthony King.

In the meantime, feel free to stalk me via your favorite internet stalking resource, or if you like, send me an email and tell me your secrets (mark@phasezero.ca)

happy valentines day

Mark @ January 8, 2008