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Langston Kerman 01.jpg — langston kerman

Mandee takes cool pics and produces great comedy and she has a brand new book called Super Serious that documents both. You should fuck with it.

Dana Gould 08.jpg — Dana Gould

I just picked up Mandee’s new book Super Serious. Can’t recommend it highly enough!
Amazing photography, amazing people and a fascinating oral history of the post 00’s LA alt comedy scene. It’s available on Amazon, but if you live in LA, go to Book Soup and support a real store!

Andy Peters 10.jpg — Andy Peters

It's here. My dumb bald head is on a book and that book is out today.
This, dare I say, important account of comedy history, is now wherever you get your beautiful books. Please have the USPS bring it to you. This is 10 years of work by a person, people, a show, a scene that I just can't put in to words what they all mean to me. Now that live comedy is changed forever, this may be the closest thing we have to a yearbook, history book, first hand account of a remarkable time. On my first show in LA I met these scrappy show producers and they have been keeping me around ever since.
I just read this thing cover to cover, and I urge any comedy fan to do the same. Mandee's photos are, of course, breathtaking, but the insights and interview style really feels like a conversation from a place of pure love. It is just an honor to be a part of it. Buy this!

Ever Mainard 02.jpg — Ever Mainard

You gatta get your critter paws on @mandeephoto new photo/interview book SUPER SERIOUS.
The book chronicles 10yrs of comedy in LA & over 400 Polaroids of comedians at the best Known shows in the the world!!
Yes. That is a mullet with bangs. IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME.

Gelmania 02.jpg — Gelmania

When Brett Gelman and I met 10+ years ago we realized he grew up with his yearbook photo next to my sister... fitting that we now basically appear in this yearbook for all things LA Comedy from the masterful Mandee Johnson! Her book is really something special, a weird time capsule of a really exciting scene. Get it!

Josh Gondelman 01.jpg — Josh Gondelman

Not sure why I look so serious, but I’m so thrilled to appear in Super Serious, Mandee Johnson’s amazing new book about independent comedy in Los Angeles!

Sklar Brothers 08.jpg — The sklar brothers

We are beyond honored to be a part of Mandee's incredible book of photos and stories about an incredible show. If you love comedy, you will LOVE this book! Pick one up and support a true artist who has spent a decade capturing other artists.

Christina Catherine Martinez 01.jpg — Christina Catherine Martinez

I am thrilled as fuck to celebrate the release of Mandee’s new book chronicling the history of independent comedy in Los Angeles through interviews with comics and the polaroid portraits she’s taken of us throughout the ten-year run of The Super Serious Show.
It’s hard to track progress in a discipline as immaterial as stand up, but being booked on any of Joel and Mandee’s shows always felt like a moment of arrival, especially the night she took my portrait, and especially now seeing it in this gorgeous tome next to so many of my friends and peers and heroes (I look back fondly on that hair, so poignant in its betrayal of effort when I wanted nothing more than to project the impossible chimera of “effortlessness”)
The rules were this: if you performed on Super Serious, Mandee would take two photos of you—one silly, one serious. What’s special is her discipline as an artist, her fidelity to the simplicity of this iterative project, that lends its culmination the Mentos n’ Coke alchemy of being greater than the sum of its parts. Blam!
I love you Mandee! Congratulations!

Garfunkel and Oates 05.jpg — Garfunkel and Oates

Super Serious: An Oral History of Los Angeles Independent Stand-Up Comedy by the wonderful Mandee Johnson is out now! This book is so well done and makes me so happy with nostalgia.

Lisa Best 02.jpg — Lisa Best

Huge congrats to Mandee - her book SUPER SERIOUS BOOK is out today!
It’s a love letter to the LA independent standup scene in the form of comedian portraits and interviews collected over the past decade from the live show she produces (with Joel), The Super Serious Show.
I’m so honored to be a tiny part of the book, and the show -- Mandee has helped shape the LA comedy scene in more ways than I think even she realizes. She’s a brilliant photographer, a wonderful human, and has captured the essence of the LA comedy family. And she’s released her first book during a pandemic!
So everyone turn off the news, buy this book and laugh at the dumb faces that have shaped LA comedy.

Jimmy Pardo 04.jpg — JImmy Pardo

This is a beautiful book about the LA independent comedy scene put together by Mandee Johnson. A must for any comedy fan & those who love sepia-toned photos.

Andy Haynes 01.jpg — Andy Haynes

Congratulations Mandee for a decade-plus capturing the LA Comedy Scene. This photo was taken in 2012, when I was young, stoned, and had more hair. Buy the book!

Sarah Tiana 02.jpg — Sarah Tiana

November 2011 I did the The Super Serious Show for the first time and Mandee took this photo. Now it’s one of a zillion incredible photos that is in this book which is by far the most incredible depiction of comedy in Los Angeles.
I’m honored to be a part of it and I’m so thankful I kept this poster and have everyone autograph it that night. It has hung in my house all these years for a reason.

Todd Glass 02.jpg — Todd glass

can't recommend this book enough… So many great quotes so many great pictures… And it's about what I think is the most interesting about stand up…. The independent stand-up scene in LA…

Anthony Jeselnik 06.jpg — Anthony Jeselnik

Super Serious: An Oral History of Los Angeles Independent Stand-Up Comedy by my friend Mandee Johnson is now available for purchase.
It's got everything you could ever want from a book: pictures of me.
Support your local bookstore.

Barry Rothbart 01.jpg — Barry Rothbart

I usually don’t like to promote anything that’s not mine but Mandee’s book chronicles the LA indy stand up scene through photos and interviews (I AM interviewed).
Mandee is my hero and she should be yours too.

Kara Klenk 02.jpg — kara klenk

I’ve been living in LA for 4 years but doing comedy here much longer and am so grateful that Mandee and Joel welcomed me into their world of meticulously produced comedy shows.
I’m honored to be included in this beautiful documentation of the LA comedy scene and proud to be featured amongst my friends and so many talented stars. Buy Mandee’s Super Serious book for you or the comedy fan in your life, it’s really gorgeous. ✨

Adam Cayton Holland 01.jpg — Adam Cayton Holland

Huge congrats to Mandee on the release of her book, ‘Super Serious,’ available everywhere now!
The book features photos and anecdotes of so many incredible performers that have made the LA indie comedy scene so amazing over the last decade, and I’m honored to be a small, oft-visiting part of it.
More than that I’m so grateful that Mandee and Joel have welcomed me into their vibrant, supportive, but most importantly hilarious comedy community over the years! C
ongrats on the book, Mandee! If you love smart, killer comedy, you’ll love this book! Get it!

Pete Holmes 07.jpg — pete holmes

This is a lovely book about the LA comedy scene that made me miss it and look forward to it come back (hopefully) soon ❤️

Thomas Lennon 02.jpg — THOMAS LEONNON

Pages 98 + 99 of Mandee’s amazing new book.

The Cooties 02.jpg — The cooties

So honored to be included in the Super Serious!! For those that don’t know, Mandee and Joel run the best LA comedy night called The Super Serious Show.
Before moving to LA, I wanted to be a part of a scene like the one I’d heard about at Nerdmelt. As soon as I arrived, Nerdmelt closed (weeee!). Thanks to Joel and Mandee, The Cooties and I were able to cut our teeth at this show and be a part of a scene that included so many great comics.
Also, Mandee happens to be the best photographer on the planet, so you should buy this book regardless of my sob story.

Aisling Bea 03.jpg — Aisling Bea

JUDGE THIS BOOK BY ITS COVER BECAUSE ITS COVER IS SUPERB. 📖
I am SO proud of my friend Mandee for her gorgeous new book #SuperSerious. If you are a comedy fan, this is a COLLECTOR’s piece & I am not just saying that because she has some nice pics of me in it. It has a million comedians you love, photographed backstage at the Super Serious Show which Mandee & her boy Joel booked & photographed over the last decade mainly in LA.
They are both extremely beloved on the circuit. Mandee would be backstage at the gig with a REAL film camera. You’d only have one shot of serious picture & a silly one & then she’d print them out there & then. It was always such a lovely tradition.
Mandee & Joel are two of my favorite people, they welcomed me into their hearts & were a big part of my stand-up life in LA. This book reflects that love of live comedy & is full of pictures & interviews of comedians. All taken just before we were going on stage. 🎤 🤡
It’s a gorgeous coffee table book & an even nicer bring-to-bed book.

Emilly Maya Mills 02.jpg — Emily Maya Mills

To put it as weirdly as possible, LA Comedy is my alma mater + we might not have sweatshirts or license plate holders or fight songs but now we have this book. So proud I might wear it like a jersey.
Mandee + Joel have a gift for wrangling adult rascals + creating super special spaces for live comedy. The proof is on these pages. In Mandee’s photography. Such a loving celebration of weirdos.

Zach Kornfeld 01.jpg — Zach Kornfeld

THIS. IS. SO. COOL.
Mandee Johnson published this book, an oral history of LA’s independent stand-up comedy scene of which I had the pleasure of playing the tiny tiniest side-character role in.
It’s got incredible stories and portraits from genuinely every comedian you can think of, and somehow I have a full page photo in it. With apologies to Chris Redd for sharing real estate with me. If you’re a comedy fan this is a must-get.

Birthday Boys 01.jpg — The Birthday Boys

Picked up a copy of Super Serious: An Oral History of Los Angeles Independent Stand-Up Comedy. And not just because our picture is in it! Mandee’s book is a labor of love (and laughs).
If you miss live comedy, this will help fill the void.

David Huntsberger 03.jpg — David Huntsberger

This book by Mandee Johnson is like a yearbook if you went to school with only funny people ...and me. It's worth getting just for Matt Braunger’s story about Brody Stevens.

Sara Schaefer 02.jpg — Sara Schaefer

SUPER SERIOUS book is magic. Portraits, oral history, like a time capsule. A love letter to comedy. If you are a fan of comedy this book is a MUST have!

NIck Thune 08.jpg — NIck Thune

ATTN: Mandee Johnson has been and is a huge part of the LA comedy scene and here is the book to prove it. Amazing photos and interviews with my co-workers. Unfortunately, I think there’s a photo of me in it but I’m not 100% sure.

LOS ANGELES EDITORIAL AND COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER
© 2024 MANDEE JOHNSON PHOTOGRAPHY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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from COMEDIANS

langston kerman

Mandee takes cool pics and produces great comedy and she has a brand new book called Super Serious that documents both. You should fuck with it.

Dana Gould

I just picked up Mandee’s new book Super Serious. Can’t recommend it highly enough!

Amazing photography, amazing people and a fascinating oral history of the post 00’s LA alt comedy scene. It’s available on Amazon, but if you live in LA, go to Book Soup and support a real store!

Andy Peters

It's here. My dumb bald head is on a book and that book is out today.

I just read this thing cover to cover, and I urge any comedy fan to do the same. Mandee's photos are, of course, breathtaking, but the insights and interview style really feels like a conversation from a place of pure love. It is just an honor to be a part of it. Buy this!

Ever Mainard

You gatta get your critter paws on @mandeephoto new photo/interview book SUPER SERIOUS.

The book chronicles 10yrs of comedy in LA & over 400 Polaroids of comedians at the best Known shows in the the world!!

Yes. That is a mullet with bangs. IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME.

Gelmania

Josh Gondelman

Not sure why I look so serious, but I’m so thrilled to appear in Super Serious, Mandee Johnson’s amazing new book about independent comedy in Los Angeles!

The sklar brothers

We are beyond honored to be a part of Mandee's incredible book of photos and stories about an incredible show. If you love comedy, you will LOVE this book! Pick one up and support a true artist who has spent a decade capturing other artists.

Christina Catherine Martinez

I am thrilled as fuck to celebrate the release of Mandee’s new book chronicling the history of independent comedy in Los Angeles through interviews with comics and the polaroid portraits she’s taken of us throughout the ten-year run of The Super Serious Show.

I love you Mandee! Congratulations!

Garfunkel and Oates

Super Serious: An Oral History of Los Angeles Independent Stand-Up Comedy by the wonderful Mandee Johnson is out now! This book is so well done and makes me so happy with nostalgia.

Lisa Best

Huge congrats to Mandee - her book SUPER SERIOUS BOOK is out today!

It’s a love letter to the LA independent standup scene in the form of comedian portraits and interviews collected over the past decade from the live show she produces (with Joel), The Super Serious Show.

So everyone turn off the news, buy this book and laugh at the dumb faces that have shaped LA comedy.

JImmy Pardo

This is a beautiful book about the LA independent comedy scene put together by Mandee Johnson. A must for any comedy fan & those who love sepia-toned photos.

Andy Haynes

Congratulations Mandee for a decade-plus capturing the LA Comedy Scene. This photo was taken in 2012, when I was young, stoned, and had more hair. Buy the book!

Sarah Tiana

November 2011 I did the The Super Serious Show for the first time and Mandee took this photo. Now it’s one of a zillion incredible photos that is in this book which is by far the most incredible depiction of comedy in Los Angeles.

I’m honored to be a part of it and I’m so thankful I kept this poster and have everyone autograph it that night. It has hung in my house all these years for a reason.

Todd glass

can't recommend this book enough… So many great quotes so many great pictures… And it's about what I think is the most interesting about stand up…. The independent stand-up scene in LA…

Anthony Jeselnik

Super Serious: An Oral History of Los Angeles Independent Stand-Up Comedy by my friend Mandee Johnson is now available for purchase.

It's got everything you could ever want from a book: pictures of me.

Support your local bookstore.

Barry Rothbart

I usually don’t like to promote anything that’s not mine but Mandee’s book chronicles the LA indy stand up scene through photos and interviews (I AM interviewed).

Mandee is my hero and she should be yours too.

kara klenk

I’ve been living in LA for 4 years but doing comedy here much longer and am so grateful that Mandee and Joel welcomed me into their world of meticulously produced comedy shows.

I’m honored to be included in this beautiful documentation of the LA comedy scene and proud to be featured amongst my friends and so many talented stars. Buy Mandee’s Super Serious book for you or the comedy fan in your life, it’s really gorgeous. ✨

Adam Cayton Holland

Huge congrats to Mandee on the release of her book, ‘Super Serious,’ available everywhere now!

The book features photos and anecdotes of so many incredible performers that have made the LA indie comedy scene so amazing over the last decade, and I’m honored to be a small, oft-visiting part of it.

More than that I’m so grateful that Mandee and Joel have welcomed me into their vibrant, supportive, but most importantly hilarious comedy community over the years! C

ongrats on the book, Mandee! If you love smart, killer comedy, you’ll love this book! Get it!

pete holmes

This is a lovely book about the LA comedy scene that made me miss it and look forward to it come back (hopefully) soon ❤️

THOMAS LEONNON

Pages 98 + 99 of Mandee’s amazing new book.

The cooties

So honored to be included in the Super Serious!! For those that don’t know, Mandee and Joel run the best LA comedy night called The Super Serious Show.

Before moving to LA, I wanted to be a part of a scene like the one I’d heard about at Nerdmelt. As soon as I arrived, Nerdmelt closed (weeee!). Thanks to Joel and Mandee, The Cooties and I were able to cut our teeth at this show and be a part of a scene that included so many great comics.

Also, Mandee happens to be the best photographer on the planet, so you should buy this book regardless of my sob story.

Aisling Bea

JUDGE THIS BOOK BY ITS COVER BECAUSE ITS COVER IS SUPERB. 📖

They are both extremely beloved on the circuit. Mandee would be backstage at the gig with a REAL film camera. You’d only have one shot of serious picture & a silly one & then she’d print them out there & then. It was always such a lovely tradition.

Mandee & Joel are two of my favorite people, they welcomed me into their hearts & were a big part of my stand-up life in LA. This book reflects that love of live comedy & is full of pictures & interviews of comedians. All taken just before we were going on stage. 🎤 🤡

It’s a gorgeous coffee table book & an even nicer bring-to-bed book.

Emily Maya Mills

To put it as weirdly as possible, LA Comedy is my alma mater + we might not have sweatshirts or license plate holders or fight songs but now we have this book. So proud I might wear it like a jersey.

Mandee + Joel have a gift for wrangling adult rascals + creating super special spaces for live comedy. The proof is on these pages. In Mandee’s photography. Such a loving celebration of weirdos.

Zach Kornfeld

THIS. IS. SO. COOL.

Mandee Johnson published this book, an oral history of LA’s independent stand-up comedy scene of which I had the pleasure of playing the tiny tiniest side-character role in.

It’s got incredible stories and portraits from genuinely every comedian you can think of, and somehow I have a full page photo in it. With apologies to Chris Redd for sharing real estate with me. If you’re a comedy fan this is a must-get.

The Birthday Boys

Picked up a copy of Super Serious: An Oral History of Los Angeles Independent Stand-Up Comedy. And not just because our picture is in it! Mandee’s book is a labor of love (and laughs).

If you miss live comedy, this will help fill the void.

David Huntsberger

This book by Mandee Johnson is like a yearbook if you went to school with only funny people ...and me. It's worth getting just for Matt Braunger’s story about Brody Stevens.

Sara Schaefer

SUPER SERIOUS book is magic. Portraits, oral history, like a time capsule. A love letter to comedy. If you are a fan of comedy this book is a MUST have!

NIck Thune