He quips, he draws, he recites poetry. He even plays the guitar. A former "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" writer and a one-time player on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," deadpan comic Demetri Martin (he of the Beatles-style bowl cut) has over the years acquired a sizable following of devotees who revel in his wry, quirky and subtly subversive viewpoints. "You can say 'I love kids' as a general statement. That's fine," goes one of Martin's less-than-PC jokes. "It's when you get specific that you get into trouble: 'I love 12-year olds.'"

Or this: "Every fight is a food fight when you're a cannibal."

On Monday, April 1 (April Fools' Day, no less), Martin drops by UP for one night only (as of now, anyway) to showcase stand-up bits and material from his second book, "Point Your Face at This."

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Demetri Martin
Point Your Face at This Tour
Monday, April 1
UP Comedy Club
230 W. North, 3rd Floor (Piper's Alley)
www.upcomedyclub.com