An Evening with author, Dave Dobson

Sat Oct 18 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm UTC-04:00

The Idiot Box Comedy Club | Greensboro

The Idiot Box Comedy Club
Publisher/HostThe Idiot Box Comedy Club
An Evening with author, Dave Dobson
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Meet the author mash up! Come meet author, Dave Dobson and enjoy mystery based improv based on his novels!
About this Event

A native of Ames, Iowa, Dave loves writing, reading, boardgames, computer games, improv comedy, pizza, barbarian movies, and the cheaper end of the Taco Bell menu. Also, his wife and kids.

Dave is the author of Snood, Snoodoku, Snood Towers, and other computer games. Dave first published Snood in 1996, and it became one of the most popular shareware games of the early Internet. He’s recently published some puzzle card games in the Doctor Esker’s Notebookseries.

Dave taught geology, environmental studies, and computer programming at Guilford Collegefor 24 years. He does improv comedy at the Idiot Box in Greensboro, North Carolina. He’s also played the world’s largest tuba in concert. Not that that is relevant, but it’s still kinda cool.

was Dave’s first novel, released in 2019. He followed it a year later with and , then in 2021, in 2022, and and in 2023. Dave started 2024 with the mystery followed by the humorous epic fantasy, . The mystery came out in 2025.

Dave’s book Kenai was the winner (out of 221 entries) of the 3rd Self-Published Science Fiction Competition () run by Hugh Howey, author of Wool and Silo.

Ticket price includes: the author chat, autographed book and a very fun improv show! Come enjoy the evening with Dave Dobson!

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Idiot Box Comedy Club, 503 North Greene Street, Greensboro, United States

Tickets

USD 18.71

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