Asher Perlman

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| birth_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S.

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| alma_mater = Lawrence University (BA)

| occupation = Writer, comedian, cartoonist

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| known_for = Cartoonist, The New Yorker

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Asher Perlman is an American comedian, writer, and cartoonist. He is a staff writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and a cartoonist for The New Yorker.

Life and career

Perlman was born in Seattle and lived there until his family relocated to his father's hometown of Madison, Wisconsin at age 11.{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Rob |date=2024-06-30 |title=Madison West grad gets some 'Me' time with New Yorker cartoons |url=https://captimes.com/entertainment/madison-west-grad-gets-some-me-time-with-new-yorker-cartoons/article_71e5cf70-3565-11ef-9f37-efe6a43a7c08.html |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=The Cap Times |language=en}} He is Jewish.{{Cite web |last=Chaitman |first=Steven |date=2013-06-11 |title=8 Questions for Asher Perlman: Funnyman, Improv lover, Wisconsin native |url=http://www.oychicago.com/article.aspx?id=22853&blogid=132 |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Oy!Chicago |language=en}} He enjoyed reading comics from childhood including The Far Side, Bloom County, Foxtrot, Calvin and Hobbes, and the work of Charles Addams.{{Cite web |last=Dowling |first=Brendan |date=2024-06-18 |title=Asher Perlman On Obsessive Ruminating, Getting Personal, And Drawing Hands - Public Libraries Online |url=https://publiclibrariesonline.org/2024/06/perlman/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Public Libraries Online - A Publication of the Public Library Association |language=en}} Partly influenced by his father, who is an artist, he enjoyed creative activities and theatre, and also studied improv at ComedySportz. Perlman attended Madison West High School.

He continued to perform theatre and improv as an undergraduate at Lawrence University, where he majored in political science. His interest in improv took him to Chicago after graduation, where he studied at IO Theater, the Second City, and Annoyance Theatre. He also performed with the Improvised Shakespeare Company and Second City's touring company.{{Cite web |title=Inside Cartoons: The New Yorker, DIY Black Punk Zines, and More |url=https://www.chicagohumanities.org/media/podcast-perlman-spooner/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Chicago Humanities Festival |language=en}}

In 2017 Perlman relocated to New York to work as a staff writer for The Opposition with Jordan Klepper.{{Cite web |last=Chee |first=Karen |date=2018-09-21 |title=Follow Asher Perlman for Instagram Cartoons! |url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/09/asher-perlmans-instagram-cartoons.html |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Vulture |language=en}} He is a staff writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, for which he has been nominated for six Primetime Emmy Awards and won a Writers Guild of America Award.

Perlman is also a cartoonist for The New Yorker. Prior to 2020 he posted original cartoons to his Instagram, but began cartooning as a daily practice after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. He submitted several to The New Yorker each week and continued to share many on his Instagram and eventually they were accepted. His cartoons "often focus on modern life's awkwardness and faux pas."{{Cite web |last=Holland |first=Patrick |date=2022-07-02 |title=New Yorker Cartoonist Asher Perlman Explains How His Work Became a Meme |url=https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/new-yorker-cartoonist-asher-perlman-explains-how-his-work-became-a-meme/ |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=CNET}} He released his debut book, a collection of cartoons called Well, This Is Me in June 2024 under Andrews McMeel.{{Cite web |date=2024-06-18 |title=NYC's Top 5 Spots For Comic Inspiration |url=https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/a61099380/asher-perlman-guide-to-new-york/ |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Town & Country |language=en-US}}

Perlman lives in Brooklyn with his wife and their two dogs.{{Cite web |last=Sytsma |first=Alan |date=2024-08-09 |title=Asher Perlman Goes For Texture |url=https://www.grubstreet.com/article/cartoonist-asher-perlman-grub-street-diet.html |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Grub Street |language=en}}

Works

2024. Well, This Is Me, United States, Andrews McMeel Publishing {{ISBN|9781524892050}}, publication date 18 June 2024

Awards and nominations

= For ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'' =

2019, Nominee, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series{{Cite web |title=Asher Perlman |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/asher-perlman |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Television Academy |language=en}}
2020, Nominee, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
2021, Nominee, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
2021, Nominee, Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety Talk Series{{Cite web |title=2021 Writers Guild Awards Winners Announced |url=https://www.wga.org/news-events/news/press/2021-writers-guild-awards-winners-announced |access-date=2024-09-19 |website=www.wga.org |language=en}}
2022, Nominee, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
2023, Nominee, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
2024, Nominee, Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety Talk Series{{Cite web |title=2024 Writers Guild Awards Winners & Nominees |url=https://awards.wga.org/awards/nominees-winners |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=awards.wga.org |language=en}}

= For ''Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020: Democracy's Last Stand: Building Back America Great Again Better 2020'' =

2021, Nominee, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special{{Cite web |title=Stephen Colbert's Election Night 2020: Democracy's Last Stand Building Back America Great Again Better 2020 |url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/stephen-colberts-election-night-2020-democracys-last-stand-building-back-america-great-again |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=Television Academy |language=en}}
2021, Winner, Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy/Variety Special{{Cite web |title=2021 Writers Guild Awards Winners Announced |url=https://www.wga.org/news-events/news/press/2021-writers-guild-awards-winners-announced |access-date=2024-09-06 |website=www.wga.org |language=en}}