Howdy. I’m Emma Allen, and I take it you want to be a New Yorker cartoonist. Before you uncap that pen or dip your quill in the blood of your frenemies, you might want to take these cartooning tips ...

It’s an article of faith in literary circles that the proper way to read the New Yorker is to start with the cartoons and then place the magazine atop a neat pile of older issues and wait for nuclear ...

Kids believe some wacky things, but who among us hasn’t been certain they were an official grown-up long before they entered adulthood? The screaming will quickly remind you. Sure, this marriage ...

If only it were that easy! We all could use a bit of humor in our lives — especially when it comes to dieting. As it turns out, it's possible to find humor in between the calorie-counting, exercising ...

There’s a Shaker hymn that begins, “ ’Tis the gift to be simple, ’tis the gift to be free…” Nice sentiments, but some gifts you have to give back, especially if you’re a cartoonist. The cartoonist’s ...

Throughout the day, New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff jots down ideas that strike him as funny: A door lies on a couch in a psychiatrist's office, and the psychiatrist says, "You're not crazy, you ...

Nordic humor is often seen as a little bit too dark for the rest of the world. Especially if you think about Iceland, the most sparsely populated country in Europe covered with glaciers and still ...

"If marketing kept a diary, this would be it." —Ann Handley, foreword to Your Ad Ignored Here: Cartoons From 15 Years of Marketing, Business, and Doodling in Meetings. With the yearend holidays fast ...

Late Sherburne-based cartoonist Randy Glasbergen continues to make people smile. Glasbergen was one of the most widely read American cartoonists in the world, best known for drawing the syndicated ...

Intuitively we know humor helps us cope. Trust your instinct on this one, and you’ll be following the science that supports it. Of course, many challenging issues require your attention, but hopefully ...