Duncan Quirk

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Duncan is a freelance comedy writer and videographer, performing stand up throughout New York City. His credentials include feature pieces for 23/6, The Sportsman's Daily, the site your reading this on now, and numerous other places you've no doubt never heard of.

He graduated from Colgate University in May of 2006. From there he joined the ranks of The Onion as an intern's intern. By the end of the summer he attained head intern status, if only because all the other interns left before him. As his free rent situation came to a close, Duncan would find himself needing to get paid, and so he had to leave, and as security threw him out the door he was invited to contribute headlines to the paper. Instead of taking a paying job, Duncan went into retirement. However, his social security claim was denied and he found himself needing to supplement his pension of free comedy by creating a small video production company, DGMT Productions, LLC. He spent the following winter in Vermont, producing ski and music videos. Having dwindled his retirement funds and built up debt, like so many retirees in this day and age he has found himself once more needing to join the working force and moved to New York City. He currently resides in Brooklyn, in case you really needed to know.

Duncan soon discovered that "I'm a comedy writer" was not nearly as good of a pickup line as he originally thought. And so in 2009 began working for Smile Train, a charity that provides free cleft lip and palate surgery to children throughout the world.

Duncan is tired of talking in the third person, you can contact him at: duncanquirk@gmail.com

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Blog Entries by Duncan Quirk

The Economy ... Still?

Posted October 26, 2009 | 11:30 AM (EST)

Since it's been so long since my last comic, I thought I'd share this little picture I took at the laundromat.

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Inside the Iran Nuclear 6 Party Talks

Posted October 1, 2009 | 10:34 PM (EST)

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Obama Takes On the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Climate Change, and China in One Day

Posted September 22, 2009 | 11:52 PM (EST)

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Politicians Descend On Senator Kennedy's Funeral

9 Comments | Posted August 31, 2009 | 06:42 PM (EST)

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Bernanke Gets Reappointed; Is Kinda Bummed

2 Comments | Posted August 25, 2009 | 12:17 AM (EST)

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What The Presdient Was Thinking While Giving Out Those Medals Of Freedom

Posted August 13, 2009 | 12:08 AM (EST)

As the debate over health care continues to rage on in an increasingly "28 Days Later" fashion, President Obama celebrated Justice Sotomayor's swearing in and later presented America's highest civilian award other than the Academy Award for Best Motion Picture, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Obama's Town Hall Hell

Posted July 30, 2009 | 09:09 AM (EST)

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Important Things You May Have Missed Because of MJ Coverage

1 Comments | Posted July 9, 2009 | 01:51 PM (EST)

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Behind The Scenes At A Democratic Press Conference

1 Comments | Posted June 19, 2009 | 10:12 AM (EST)

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Congress Demands GM/Chrysler Carfax Report

1 Comments | Posted June 11, 2009 | 10:25 AM (EST)

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Cheney takes on Guantanamo, Iraq, His Entire Legacy

1 Comments | Posted June 4, 2009 | 02:28 PM (EST)

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Obama Shows Commitment To Diversity By Facing Down Crazies Of All Shapes, Colors, And Sizes At Notre Dame (PICS)

22 Comments | Posted May 18, 2009 | 08:39 AM (EST)

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The Warranty On This Comic Is About To Expire

Posted May 14, 2009 | 12:28 PM (EST)

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Governor Rick Perry Explains It All: Swine Flu, CNN, And Iraq

2 Comments | Posted May 1, 2009 | 10:42 AM (EST)

Governor Rick Perry came under fire this week for asking for federal assistance in fighting swine flu after threatening succession during the tea party protests. Here's what really happened this week...

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Rick Perry Livid About D.C. Award Season Snub

Posted April 23, 2009 | 10:08 AM (EST)

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A Very Special White House Easter

Posted April 14, 2009 | 09:22 AM (EST)

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Behind The Scenes At The G-20 Summit

Posted April 2, 2009 | 10:52 PM (EST)

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Drive Down Healthcare Costs By Driving Down Obesity

Posted March 26, 2009 | 07:24 PM (EST)

In his remarks Tuesday night, President Obama repeatedly stressed the need to drive down healthcare costs to sustain economic growth and reduce the country's deficit. President Obama mentioned tackling the long-term problems that reside within Medicare and Medicaid and was questioned earlier as to why he has to this...

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