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AJ DiCosimo

AJ DiCosimo is a writer and humorist who lives in Cleveland, Ohio. His work has appeared in MAD Magazine, The New Yorker’s Shouts & Murmurs, Syfy, and Weekly Humorist. He honestly doesn’t know who would win in a fight between 100 men and a gorilla, but he certainly knows who he is rooting for.

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AJ's Latest Articles

Off The Beat 5: Don’t dream it, be it – A farewell to Tim Curry with ‘Simply His Servants’

I think everyone who adores "Rocky Horror" carries the tiniest bit of Curry’s character around with them.

Off the Beat 4: Searching for the bear

Ignoring his editor's advice, AJ DiCosimo went bear hunting. We think he's having a midlife crisis.

Off the Beat 3: The ivy and the weeds

The stars and decay are the focus of AJ DiCosimo's latest Off the Beat.

‘Down goes Anderson!’ and its grip on Clevelanders: Off the Beat 2

Sports are an integral part of Cleveland's collective identity. Why? And what does it mean? AJ DiCosimo is here to plumb our depths.

Off the Beat 1: There’s a smell in the air

AJ DiCosimo is here to dig through Greater Cleveland's oddities and help you look for meaning and flowers.

‘I know what I saw’: Making sense of Bigfoot sightings and our place in nature

Does Bigfoot exist? What does the Bigfoot myth mean for all of us?

One of America’s best comic book shops is in Cleveland, and it’s here to preserve the stories

In a country still writing its mythology, Carol & John’s is where those stories are shared again, one comic at a time.

Finding the microwave 

Clevelanders became obsessed with a microwave this week. AJ DiCosimo fell into its vortex and he's here to explain the fascination.

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