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Mike Bowser (born January 18, 1990) is an American writer, poet, philosopher, retired circus performer and comedian. He is the co-founder and Chief Visioneer of Eclecticism (Literary Movement). His works include Like Castro Did, and his comedy special, Tap Dancer.

Early Life
Mike Bowser was born on January 18, 1990 in Grove City, Pennsylvania to Brenda and Dave Bowser. At the age of fourteen, he ran away from home and joined a gaggle of circus performers that were passing through his hometown. He traveled with them, performing as a clown throughout the Great Lakes region of the United States and Canada. Widely praised for his skills in juggling swords while performing windmills and playing the kazoo, he rose quickly through the ranks and was bound to become one of the greatest circus performers of all time. He was also largely recognized for driving more interest into the circus arts than any other American between the years of 2004 and 2009. In early 2009, he gave up circus life to pursue stand-up comedy.

Stand-up Comedy
During an open-mic night at a comedy club recently converted from a Chinese food restaurant in Cleveland, Ohio, Bowser made his stand-up debut on May 20, 2009. Those who were lucky enough to be in the audience for this first performance rushed him after the show to ask for his autograph and if he could smash a cream pie in their face. He then spent the next several years performing stand-up comedy on a very regular basis in Pittsburgh and Cleveland, only pausing to write more zany one-liners.

In April of 2013, Mike Bowser recorded his first comedy special, Tap Dancer. He originally announced that this would be his last performance, much to the dismay of shrieking and fainting fans. However, in late 2013, Bowser reemerged with new material and has announced that he's working on his second comedy special.

Eclecticism
During his break from stand-up comedy, Mike Bowser traveled to New Orleans to visit his friend John Yeager, where the two of them met the wide-eyed, drunken literary critic, Jestle Kewtewsh. Kewtewsh shared his philosophy with the two aspiring writers and inspired them to start a new literary movement. Their original idea was to call this movement, The Vision Quest Council on Modern Literary Sciences. They decided to change the name to Eclecticism the very next day.

Since the start of the Eclecticist movement, Bowser has produced a large amount of poetry, philosophy, and a self-published novella called Like Castro Did, currently available in paperback and ebook formats on Amazon.com.

Personal Life
Bowser is very interested in science, philosophy, folk music and cigarette smoking. He is an atheist.