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Recent Posts

“So Many Halos” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood

October 20, 2025 by Lawrence Wood

Last month’s contest featured a cartoon by Nate Fakes, who joined our judging panel. His drawing is set in heaven, where two angels are looking at another angel who’s carrying more than his fair share of halos and wearing a backpack that’s overflowing with them. One of the onlooker angels is addressing the other. Nate…
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Building Readership Through Consistent Editorial Voice and Visual Style

October 16, 2025 by CartoonStock

In a noisy media landscape, audiences crave familiarity. Whether they’re reading a daily newsletter or a weekend magazine, readers gravitate toward publications that sound and look like themselves. A consistent editorial voice and visual style helps create that sense of belonging — the feeling that every word, layout, and cartoon comes from a single, recognisable…
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cartoon used in online publication to attract subscribers through humour.

Digital Publication Cartoon Strategies That Drive Subscriptions

October 14, 2025 by CartoonStock

The digital publishing world moves fast — newsletters, online magazines, and media platforms compete for seconds of reader attention. That’s where editorial cartoons come in. Strong digital publication cartoon strategies can transform these fleeting moments into loyal subscriptions. Digital publication cartoon strategies don’t just make content funnier; they build loyalty. Readers remember a laugh or…
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Editorial cartoon showing benefits of freelancing

Freelance vs. Staff Cartoonist: Economics and Career Path Decisions

October 9, 2025 by CartoonStock

There was a time when every major newspaper had its own staff cartoonist, a familiar name that readers saw every morning alongside the editorials. Today, most editorial cartoonists work as freelancers, selling to multiple outlets instead of drawing for one. The contrast between a freelance vs. staff cartoonist career has never been sharper — and…
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Cartoon by Bob Mankoff

How Newspapers and Magazines Use Editorial Cartoons to Engage Readers

October 7, 2025 by CartoonStock

In an age of fast news cycles and shrinking attention spans, editorial cartoons remain one of the few media traditions that still stop readers mid-scroll. They’ve been a fixture of newspapers and magazines for more than a century, distilling complex issues into a single visual punchline. Whether poking fun at politics, highlighting cultural quirks, or…
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Add Humor to Spice Up Your Content Marketing

September 30, 2025 by CartoonStock

Breaking Through the Digital Noise Is your brain frequently operating on overload? You’re not alone. The average person receives between 4,000 to 10,000 messages each day. Perhaps fewer than 100 are actually “noticed” in a meaningful way and the time spent actively reading an ad, email, or blog post is about one minute! So how…
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