Comedian and actress Maria Bamford attends the American Comedy Awards at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York. Credit: Shuttertstock / Debby Wong Maria Bamford turns her mental chaos into comedy, and ...

Comedian and actor Maria Bamford is very open about her personal struggles with mental illness, and shares more dysfunctional family stories than she probably should. Bamford wrote about mental health ...

Maria Bamford is a very funny comedian, one whose stand-up (and memoir, Sure, I’ll Join Your Cult) are frank and insightful about living with mental illness. She’s coming to Dallas on Friday, Oct. 10.

Let’s break the bad news this way. Maria Bamford’s new Netflix series isn’t a disaster. It’s sometimes funny — it’s got comic genius Maria Bamford in almost every scene! — but only its finest moments ...