Tim Barnes is a comedian, television writer and podcast producer. He created the Comedy Central animated web series Maurice on Mars, wrote for the Nickelodeon sitcom Warped!, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Nickelodeon's All That revival, and the NPR quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
In addition to hosting the You Are The Genre podcast (dissecting the career paths of actors, screenwriters and more) and co-hosting Yub Nub (a Star Wars podcast exploring media-making through the lens of the beloved franchise)—Tim has developed and produced numerous podcasts including VICE media’s Science Solved It, First Look Media’s Politically Re-Active, and Earwolf’s Kondabolu Brothers podcast.
Chicago Magazine named Tim one of the 16 Chicago Comics You Should Check Out... and The Chicago Tribune has described him as "a smooth wordsmith who is sharp, polished and confident..."
photo by: Mindy Tucker
ABOUT TIM
PODCASTS
Website - Apple Podcasts - Spotify - Newsletter
Mapping the path toward your own genre.
Website - Apple Podcasts - Spotify - Newsletter
Media-making from a Star Wars point of view with Tim Barnes & Jim Fagan.
NEWSLETTERS
For jokes & insights, try Letters from African America! / For original sci-fi stories, go to Alternate Timeline! (coming back in 2025!)PROJECTS
INLAND EMPIRE (2021)This Vimeo Staff Pick (written by and starring Tim Barnes and Ian Abramson) centers around childhood friends who slowly realize that they’ve wasted their lives selling popcorn and participating in medical testing. Their hometown is a surreal nightmare, but they're too bored to notice. [Directed by Zane Rubin]
MAURICE ON MARS (2022)Described by Vulture as striking “just the right note of animated playfulness and sci-fi cynicism,” "Maurice on Mars" focuses on a struggling artist who sneaked onto a utopian Martian colony only to realize it’s repeating the same old Earth problems. [Animated by Cartuna, with character designs from @Ucheomaaa]
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