Laughing Squid Celebrates 16th Anniversary

Laughing Squid 16th Anniversary

Today is the 16th anniversary of Laughing Squid. On November 16th, 1995 I created a film and video production company in San Francisco while working on my documentary about the social surrealist artist Alonso Smith. Then in 1996 I setup The Squid List, followed by the debut of our web hosting operations in 1998 and starting in 2005 I formally launched this blog on WordPress. And for those of you wondering, here’s the origin of the name “Laughing Squid”.

Scott Beale
Scott Beale

Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Bluesky and sharing photos on Instagram.