Austin has become the comedy capital of the country. Every night, the best comics in America fight for stage time at the Comedy Mothership. Now the Mothership is sending out platoons, dropping its best current and rising comics into a new city for one night only.

Back in my day, an invasion involved cannons. This one involves a two-drink minimum. You decide which is crueler.

Leading the first wave: 

Dylan Sullivan has been on Lights Out with David Spade, Comedy Central Stand-Up Featuring, and TV series from both The Comedy Store and The Laugh Factory. He started as a door guy at The Comedy Store and did it so well they eventually let him in.

CJ Landry, from Houma, Louisiana, has toured with Adam Ray, Brian Simpson, James McCann and Ralph Barbosa. He’s done Kill Tony and Don’t Tell Comedy. Now, I don’t know what’s going on with these show titles. One of ’em tells you to kill a fella, and the other tells you to keep quiet about it. Seems to me somebody ought to look into that.

Brian Says has been seen in Nighthawks on Apple TV, has featured for Kam Patterson, and created Crowd Sourced, Austin’s show where the audience shapes the set.

Heckle Magazine named its Comics to Watch. Kam Patterson made the list. So did Comedy Cellar regulars. So did these three.

You don’t have to fly to Austin. Austin is coming to you.