Forbes.com’s Lacey Rose has written “The Top-Earning Comedians,” culled from the Forbes Most Powerful Celebrity List.
Note the ages of those listed– Dane Cook, at 35 years of age, is the baby among them. Note also that the Male Half of the Staff, representing SHECKYmagazine, is quoted:
Another shift since the last comedy boom, which took place in the 1980s: The tools available for stand-up acts to cultivate their fan base have grown, explains Brian McKim, editor and publisher of online comedy source Sheckymagazine.
He said a lot more, but, we’ll take the one line.
It is significant also that much of the dough earned by those on the list was gotten through actual standup– hitting the boards and appearing live before an audience. (And peddling oodles of stuff to the throngs on their way out the door, too, of course.)