ABOUT CHRISTIAN A. DUMAIS
Writer. Editor.
Storyteller in residence.
I’m an American writer, editor, and creator based in Wrocław, Poland.
Twenty-plus years of writing and editing. Eight books. Three TEDx talks. Two sold-out stand-up specials. One of the internet’s most beloved Twitter accounts.
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THE WRITER
A career built on words
I’ve been writing professionally since the 1990s. Sketch comedy, journalism, comics, short stories, academic essays, ghostwritten books. I’ve done a lot, and I know there’s so much more to do.
My books range from pop culture deep dives to literary fiction to essays on storytelling. I’m also the creator of @DRUNKHULK, the Twitter account that turned the Incredible Hulk into a philosophical drunk and accumulated over 200,000 followers. It became a cultural sensation covered by media around the world before becoming a book.
I’m currently working on a new novel.
ORIGIN STORY
From @DRUNKHULK to eight books…
What started as a joke Twitter account — the Hulk, drunk, dispensing wisdom in broken English — turned into a cultural moment covered by TIME, Rolling Stone, NPR, and Comedy Central. Nearly 200,000 followers. One book deal. A reminder that the best ideas are the ones that sound ridiculous at first.
THE BOOKS
My most recent books
Smashed: New Edition
Notes from Paraspace
Failed Pilot
Killing It
Go West
THE EDITOR
A writer who edits. An editor who writes.
A proofreader catches mistakes. A writer catches everything else. The sentence that technically works but kills the momentum, the word that’s correct but wrong, the paragraph that’s accurate but unconvincing.
I’ve edited tens of thousands of pages for companies, universities, and writers across Europe. But what sets me apart isn’t speed or volume — it’s my decades of experience in journalism, creative writing, and storytelling.
When I edit your novel, your journal article, or your company’s English content, that experience is in every change I make and every comment I leave.
teaching background
Over a decade of teaching Literature, Creative Writing, and American Pop Culture
I’ve taught English to students at the B1 to C1 levels at Politechnika Wrocławska, Wyższa Szkoła Filologiczna, Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy, and more. I know exactly where non-native writers struggle, and exactly how to fix it.
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THE COMEDIAN
Stand-up, sold out
For over a decade, I’ve been a fixture in Poland’s English-language stand-up comedy scene. I’ve toured two full one-hour specials to sold-out audiences in Wrocław, Warsaw, Poznań, and Kraków.
Comedy isn’t a side hustle. It’s the same craft as everything else: find the truth, then find the funniest way to say it.
One-hour specials
Here’s the Thing! & This Isn’t Serious
Sold-out tours across Wrocław, Warsaw, Poznań, and Kraków. Two specials. One through-line: the absurdity of being an American in Poland, told to Polish audiences who somehow find it funny too.
„Your funny fix . . . laugh out loud comedy.”
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THE PUBLIC SPEAKER
On stage, off script
I’ve spoken at TEDx events, fan conventions, marketing conferences, and literary festivals. Being a writer helps because every talk is a story, and every story needs a structure, a turning point, and a line at the end that lands. Whatever the room, the job is the same: say something true in a way people actually remember. I’ve been practicing that last sentence for decades now.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Christian A. Dumais is an American author, editor, comedian, and public speaker based in Wrocław, Poland. He is the creator of @DrunkHulk, the author of eight books, and has been featured in Time, Rolling Stone, NPR, MTV, and Comedy Central. He has given TEDx talks in Wrocław and Warsaw.
@DrunkHulk was a Twitter account created by Christian A. Dumais that depicted the Incredible Hulk as a philosophical drunk, accumulating nearly 200,000 followers and being covered by Time, Rolling Stone, NPR, Comedy Central, and MTV. It became the book Smashed: The Life and Tweets of Drunk Hulk.
Christian A. Dumais has written the following books: EMPTY ROOMS LONELY COUNTRIES (2009), COVER STORIES (2011), SMASHED: THE LIFE AND TWEETS OF DRUNK HULK (2014), GO WEST (2021), KILLING IT (2021), FAILED PILOT (2023), NOTES FROM PARASPACE (2023), and SMASHED: THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (2024).
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