Three out of four doctors recommend cartoons to make their presentations more memorable. Is that really true? Well, according to the National Academy of Sciences, “A striking characteristic of human memory is that pictures are remembered better than words.” And what are cartoons if not pictures? Plus, cartoons entertain your audience. Adding medical cartoons to…
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“Fighting Father” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Liam Walsh’s cartoon is set in a bar, where a bespectacled man—presumably the father of the toddler who’s strapped to his back—is about to have a fistfight with another man. The father’s left hand is balled into a fist, and he’s pointing his right index finger at the other man, who’s assumed the fighting stance….
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Anatomy of a Cartoon: Apartment Living
Cartoon critics Phil Witte and Rex Hesner look behind the gags to debate what makes a cartoon tick. This week our intrepid critics take a look at apartment living. One of life’s major passages is moving into an apartment of one’s own. Whether shabby or snazzy, that first apartment is often the launching pad to…
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Add Humor to Spice Up Your Content Marketing
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! BUY THIS CARTOON So how can you…
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Artist Spotlight: Ali Solomon
Every couple of weeks, we introduce you to a cartoonist new to CartoonStock.com. Today, for your consideration and we hope delectation, it’s Ali Solomon, a regular contributor to The New Yorker, Air Mail, The Weekly Humorist, and The Washington Post. The important characters in Ali’s cartoons are women, which is a welcome change from when…
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