

He appears in director Larry Brand's 2012 documentary The Coexist Comedy Tour. He was featured on the cover of the Augissue of Sacramento's Submerge Magazine. With comic Johnny Taylor, he co-hosted the sports podcast Cowbell Kingdom in 20. and Giggles Festival in Humboldt, California. and in England, Scotland, and Germany, and at festivals including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (where he won the Manchester Comedy Store Competition in 2018), the Altercation Comedy Festival in Austin, Texas, San Francisco Comedy Competition, San Francisco Comedy Festival, Savage Henry Festival, SF Sketchfest, Sacramento Comedy Festival and the S.H.I.T.S. Describing his comedy, Lesley Goldwater of the Carson City, Nevada news site Carson Now said that "Daniel uses his dark sense of humor to explore subjects that are smart, weird, sometimes inappropriate and personal."

Humbarger's comedy is observational and often dark. He quickly advanced into hosting comedy events, and co-created the longrunning pun-battle show Capital Punishment in 2016. He won the 2010 Laugh Auburn First Comedy Night Contest. Humbarger began performing at open mics in 2002, and turned professional as a comic in 2011. He worked as an attorney in corporate bankruptcy for several years. He earned his bachelor's degree at the University of California, San Diego, then went to the University of Arizona's James E. Humbarger was a rave DJ for two years before joining the United States Air Force to fund his college studies, eventually settling in Sacramento. His father, a truck driver, died when Humbarger was 13 Humbarger told Capital Public Radio that the event brought a dark edge to his comedy. His family moved frequently he lived in six states and attended 11 schools before his family settled during his teen years in Washington state.
