A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to site down with cartoonist and illustrator Christopher Weyant. We talked about his new book, his cartoon process, writing with his wife and his Neiman Fellowship at Harvard in 2014. With his latest book We are (Not) Friends launching today it seemed like the perfect time to…
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Using Humor in Business: The PowerPoint Icebreaker
Phil Witte and Rex Hesner discuss how to avoid the dreaded “death by Powerpoint.” Ugh…PowerPoint! The very mention of it can put people to sleep. How can you keep your audience awake, engaged, and even entertained? It can be done through the miracle of cartoons. People pay attention to cartoons because even captive audiences enjoy…
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How to use humor to increase your open rates
How many emails do you junk without reading each week? Each DAY? I know I dump loads every single day. Other than emails from work or friends, the only ones I open religiously are either: Need-to-know-now communication from my family’s various activities or groups A discount on a product or service I happen to need…
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A Word About Voting…
First of all, thanks to all for entering, voting and sending us feedback on the Cartoon Caption Contest, we’re always looking to improve. We’ve had some questions/concerns/kvetching about the voting process. Why does it take so long to see all the captions? Is it fair? Can’t you do it for us and give us three…
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SEVEN-TIME New Yorker Caption Contest Winner Larry Wood Shares his Insights
If the number of caption submissions we receive (and the number of cartoon suggestions the average cartoonist fields each week) are any indication, within the hearts of many lies a frustrated cartoonist. Let’s face it, most people think they’re pretty funny. Many are wrong. Humor is highly subjective; however, there is one metric which is hard…
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New Yorker Cartoons for the New Year (plus a few)
Well folks, here we go again. Another year in the rearview and the next coming in hot with all its dreams and expectations. It’s the perfect time to reflect, reassess what we could be doing better, what we want to leave behind, and then forget all about those big ideas within a week. Or perhaps…
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