Nick Zarzycki


Nick Zarzycki is a writer and editor based in Toronto, Canada. His work has appeared in publications like Defector, Deadspin, Toronto LifeThe Washington Post, Maclean’s and Vancouver Magazine. His online media projects—including a humour magazine he started in university, a New York Times Twitter parody account and a satirical mining company—have been mentioned in the A.V. Club, Mashable and the New York Times.

Illustration by @dearhamiso


Journalism


The Creator Of ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Knows Exactly Where It All Went Wrong Defector

The Banana Has What It Takes To Defeat Gatorade Deadspin

What’s the Deal With Just for Laughs: Gags? National Post

Why Don’t You Ding-Dongs Come To The Net? Deadspin

I Finally Understand Why You Ding Dongs Won’t Come To The Net Defector

Why Do Athletes Scream? Deadspin

Canada wants to legalize marijuana, but it hasn’t even fully legalized alcohol yet Washington Post


Press


Longform Profiles Interview #14: Nick Zarzycki Longform Profiles

I Logged On to a Mining Ring of Fire Wag the Doug Podcast

Follow along on Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘Great American Road Trip’ with this fiction podcast Mashable

Gawken is here to fill the Gawker void, minus the getting sued A.V. Club

The Syrup Trap: Filling the satire market’s Canada-sized hole The Globe and Mail


Books


The Canadaland Guide to Canada with Jesse Brown and Vicky Mochama (Touchstone, 2017)


Contact


nickzarz <‘at’> gmail <‘dot’> com