satire

Study: Satire more damaging to reputations than direct criticism – Journal of Experimental Psychology

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Mark Zuckerberg MAGA cartoon

Good to know: [S]atire is everywhere, but it can be more damaging to people’s reputations than direct criticism, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. In one experiment, 1,311 participants viewed YouTube videos that were either satirical or critical of some famous athletes, musicians, TV personalities, or business figures. For example, some videos … Read more

The End of the MADness – Tom Richmond on the end of MAD Magazine

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Alfred MAD Magazine

Very sad news that MAD Magazine is to cease publication. Here’s Tom Richmond (a huge influence on me) on the passing of this American institution:

Yesterday contributors to MAD Magazine officially got the news that, after 67 years of continuous publication that began with Harvey Kurtzman‘s brilliant comic book and eventually evolved into the magazine that forever changed the world of satire and humor, MAD will stop publishing new content after issue #10 in October.

via Richmond Illustration Inc.
My own thoughts: I feel very sad about this. I was never really in to it but knew it by osmosis (ie The Simpsons). I’ve seen how much it meant to its contributors, especially on Instagram where I’d followed several MAD-contributing cartoonists for a few years. It’s just a gaping hole and I’m sure it’s going to hurt the livelihoods of artists and writers. It seemed financially healthy (although Tom dives into the figures a bit more in his post linked above), it lasted this long. A really sad day for cartoons and cartooning.

#GE11 Guest Post: Some notes on producing animated Cutbacks!

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This is a guest post by DT Finn, who’s doing some brilliant stopmotion satire on his YouTube channel. I asked him to explain a little about the process of making the clips. I started Cutbacks almost two years ago, furious at what was happening with Lisbon and with Mister Cowen’s government. The stopmotion characters are … Read more

The Daily No-Show

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Well damn and blast it The Daily Show has blocked Irish viewers (and I assume everyone else) from watching full episodes on their website. I don’t have a television so the site was the only place I could watch it. I’ve been kicked out of the Colbert Nation too. That’s not funny.