After 20 years as the magazine's cartoon gatekeeper, Bob Mankoff is stepping down. He says humor helps us cope with hardship, get along with one another — and, in general, makes life more enjoyable.

The weekly magazine, started in 1925, is using crowdsourcing algorithms for the first time to find the funniest cartoon captions. Scientists see big potential in these jokes.

While sales pros sometimes crop up in cartoons, they generally play a bit part. Here are five short videos -- mostly by amateur studios -- that feature sales pros in a leading role. Each video is ...

A caption-less cartoon by one of the authors of “Funny Stuff,” Phil Witte. – Courtesy Image. While their book does discuss captions, types of humor, idea generation, and — watch out!

At this time last year, we posted a four-part series on cartoons published in EDN’s print edition in the 1980s. They were drawn in the dark ages, before EDN went online. Since then, EDN has published ...

In its final season, the TV sitcom Seinfeld did a send-up of the cartoons in The New Yorker. The magazine's comics are distinctive – short, quippy, topical, understated. Simply put, they're ...