In addition to inducing smiles, chuckles, and outright guffawing, cartoons are good for more than laughs. Used correctly, cartoons can make your message more effective, enjoyable, and memorable. Cartoons are a powerful tool for communication. Here’s why: Cartoons grab the attention of your audience with humor and insight. When your audience “gets” a smart cartoon,…
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“St. Peter and The Leaf Blower” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
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“Jailed Comedian” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
The Silence of the Lambs is an iconic horror movie, the only one to win an Academy Award for Best Picture, and its most striking image—an incarcerated Hannibal “The Cannibal” Lecter in full restraints—is the apparent inspiration for Ivan Ehler’s drawing. Lecter is in his prison cell, and he’s been propped up in front a…
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Live Cartoon Auction: July 16th
You’re invited: join us for a live auction of original New Yorker cartoon artwork this Thursday, July 16th! Lockdown life got you down? Looking for something exciting to do with that Payroll Protection Plan money? How about bidding in a live auction? Here’s your chance to raise that paddle, get in the game, and own…
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Anatomy of a Cartoon: Hair!
Cartoon critics Phil Witte and Rex Hesner look behind gags to debate what makes a cartoon tick. This week our intrepid critics take a look at hair. Days run together when one is sheltering in place, so perhaps a more practical measure of time during this fraught period is length of hair. With many hair…
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“Dinner Date” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Teresa Burns Parkhurst’s drawing is set in a restaurant, where a squirrel and a dog are sitting at a table, sharing a pizza and a bottle of wine. The squirrel, wine glass in its right hand, is speaking. Assuming the squirrel’s on a first date with the dog, I came up with these four captions:…
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Lazy-itis
Oh, hi. You startled me. I thought I was offline, but clearly, I’m not. I’m supposed to write my usual Monday blog today, but through no fault of my own, I just can’t. Not until I get over this attack of Lazy-itis. It often flares up after a long holiday weekend when my inertia has…
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