Chris, a Canadian artist, shared that the comic called Admiral Wonderboat is a semi-autobiographical work about him—if he ...

Frank Zappa once famously asked: “Does Humor Belong in Music?” Whatever our particular take on the matter, the truth is music and laughter have long shared the same stage, from vaudeville to viral ...

The art world is frequently as grim as the news, sometimes worse, but “Funny Business: Photography and Humor,” an exhibition at the Phoenix Art Museum, promises comic relief. The show was curated by ...

A look at award-winning cartoonist Keith Knight's appearance at the Charles H. Wright Museum. Award-winning cartoonist Keith Knight appeared at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History ...

If you heard peals of laughter ringing out through the quiet, reverent halls of an art museum, what would your reaction be? Would you “tut-tut” in their general direction, maybe shoot them a glare or ...

If you’re wondering what it was like to grow up as the daughter of a famous “MAD” magazine illustrator, ask Laurie Bachner. Mort Drucker is her father, and the satiric artist best known for spoofing ...

Artist Robert Hudson was at his happiest poking around the huge shed, always crowded with raw materials he’d been hoarding for years, that stood next to his home studio in Cotati. Like the man himself ...

Last summer, during a visit to a friend’s home in Savannah, Georgia, my attention was immediately captured by what appeared to be Gerhard Richter’s iconic Betty — except that in this version, a cat ...

In an organized room adorned with shelves, framed cartoons, and miscellaneous sticky notes, Amy Hwang, BC ’00, sits at her small desk with an array of watercolors and drawing supplies tucked away in ...

Deadpan is not so much a type of joke as a mode of delivery, a manner of address to an audience that often provokes nervous laughter. Comedian Nathan Fielder’s persona is marked by deadpan. In his hit ...