Jacob Samuel is a Canadian cartoonist, writer, stand-up comic, and Oxford Comma enthusiast. In 2012, he published his debut book, which Bite.ca ranked as one of the top 25 funniest books of the year and was praised by Superbad co-writer Evan Goldberg. Jacob writes, cartoons, and is a founding editor of the popular comedy website Nearly Robots. He currently lives in Vancouver where he comprises one half of the stand-up duo WHY? Stand-up. Jacob has performed his off-beat and clever jokes to audiences in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, and San Francisco. He has been featured as a performer on both Vancouver's Music Waste and Ignite! festivals and as an exhibitor at the Vancouver Comic Arts Festival.