"When Evil Lurks" is a gleefully mean-spirited horror film that pushes the genre into bold and bloody new directions. The film follows two brothers who accidentally unleash something sinister that ...

Twitter, X, or whatever it's currently called, is the virtual version of our favorite comedy club. It's where everyone from bored office workers to celebrities with too much time on their hands ...

Viv Sade, global humor winner in the 2026 Erma Bombeck Writing Competition, is a retired journalist and freelance writer from Churubusco, Indiana. She began writing humor at the age of 12, and while ...

Gina Ramsey, a humor writer from Superior, has a book out Tuesday called “Burnt Gloveboxes: Embracing Life When It Goes Up in Flames.” It chronicles some of the “misadventures” of Ramsey’s life, with ...

Novelist, television writer and producer Larry Doyle talks about his new book, “Deliriously Happy and Other Bad Thoughts,” at the Brookline Booksmith on Wednesday. GRACE DONNELLY/DFP STAFF Former “The ...

Tim Jones, a nationally known freelance humor writer who lives on Camano Island, will speak about humor writing at Stanwood Library, 6:30 p.m., Friday, May 5. His weekly column, View from the ...

Christy Heitger-Ewing is an author, avid runner and animal lover with a passion for sharing stories that prompt laughter, healing and hope. Her newest book, Why Did I Walk into This Room? Finding the ...

A contributor to National Lampoon, “Saturday Night Live” and “SCTV,” he had a patrician presence that belied a whimsical and sometimes anarchic wit. By Richard Sandomir Brian McConnachie, who brought ...

At one point, back in the dark ages, humor was hard to come by. Primitive Ziggy comics carved onto a cave wall. Michelangelo's Garfield. Julius Letterman's Top X lists. Now, our options are limitless.

His humor is constant. Most people would say surely he couldn't be that funny. He must have had a staff of joke writers or only worked on his stories while on a buzz after chugging a six-pack of grape ...

With comedy, timing can often be everything—but it isn’t the only thing that makes a joke land. Slapstick, camp, and satire all have their place in the comedic landscape and require different skills ...