Unemployment rates, inflation, poverty, exchange rates -- all familiar topics for readers who frequent this page. Normally, these are no laughing matter. But cartoonist Grady Klein and stand-up ...

When thinking about New Yorker cartoons, I don’t think the word “offensive” often comes to mind. Or at least to most minds. But offensiveness, like love, is in the eye of the beholder, and there are ...

The animated anthology Cartoons: No Laughing Matter? is aptly named. Its eight British and American shorts offer a few chuckles, though mostly of the ironic or bitterly bleak variety. But the majority ...

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One of my friends commented, as I was gushing over my Kindle, that one of its drawbacks was that nobody can see what you're reading. How, he wondered, can you impress people on the train with your ...

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“Stop them damn pictures,” Boss Tweed said of one appearing in Harper’s Weekly in 1871, the gist of which was his complicity in bilking millions from New York City’s coffers. “I don’t care so much ...

You can’t eat Turkey on Thanksgiving Day without dressing! “Also, can you try to act like you’re helping with the clean up?!” Very convincing. You can’t use the excuse that the smell of turkey puts ...

Ever wish your daily doomscrolling came with a little more joy and a lot more terrible wordplay? I’ve got you covered. Hi! I’m Lisa from LEFD Designs, an Australian illustrator and graphic designer ...