"The Comic Strip" - A weekly professional comedy show, presented every Saturday night on the Tyrant Studios Lounge Stage. Each week The Comic Strip showcases three of the best stand-up comedians in Vancouver. Hosted by David Thomas Newham and Dave Harris.

Levi McCachen and Ryan Gunther with Headliner Simon King

Simon King:
Simon King has been featured at many comedy festivals including: The Just For Laughs Festival, The Vancouver International Comedy Festival, The TBS Las Vegas Comedy Festival, The Winnipeg Comedy Festival and The HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado. A veteran touring comic, he is not only a workhorse performer averaging nearly four hundred shows a year but also an extremely prolific writer. In addition to numerous film and television credits, in 2008 The Comedy Network and CTV filmed a one-hour special starring him for the popular series Comedy Now. In early 2013 Simon recorded a second special, this one a half hour long, for the No Kidding series on Toronto-based IChannel. Simon has been featured in The LA times, the alternative arts paper The Georgia Straight, The Hollywood Reporter and many others.

Ryan Gunther:
Ryan Gunther is a stand-up comedian, writer, and comic artist (who can’t draw). He grew up in a log cabin and walked a mile through the woods every day to a one-room red schoolhouse, an upbringing which is both unique and utterly cliché. In grade five he tested in the 99th percentile in both math and language, and he’s been pretty much coasting ever since. He's been nominated for a stand-up comedy award and toured a five-star fringe show to festivals across North America. He is trustworthy and kind to animals.

Levi McCachen
Based out of Vancouver, Levi McCachen has been writing and performing stand-up comedy for 5 years. In 2015 he performed at the Pemberton Music Festival where he shared the stage with T.J. Miller, Harland Williams, and Nick Offerman among others. He was recently featured on the Just For Laughs Up and Comer Showcase at the Comedy Mix in Vancouver.