Maron Credit: http://www.ifc.com/shows/maron

Compared to the bulletins put out by SXSW’s Interactive, Music, & Film arms – news blasts so frequent they leave us fairly reeling – SXSW Comedy has only just made its first lineup announcement of the 2013 calendar year. Don’t worry: There’s plenty there worth having waited for.

Among the first names dropped: Fred Armisen, Sarah Silverman, Michael Cera, W. Kamau Bell, Jenny Slate, Matt Besser, Tim & Eric, and alt-comedy Grand Grumpus Eddie Pepitone aka the Bitter Buddha. That’s just a very, very tiny sampling of named participants. Also announced were a couple of Upright Citizens Brigade showcases, a preview of Marc Maron‘s new IFC semi-fiction series Maron, Comedy Bang Bang‘s second SXSW in a row with Scott Aukerman and Reggie Watts, and a live taping of public access darling The Chris Gethard Show.

SXSW Comedy runs March 9-16 and is open to anybody in possession of a SXSW badge or wristband. See sxsw.com to soak in the whole preliminary lineup.

This article appears in February 15 • 2013.

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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...