Director Bill Banowsky’s fascinating documentary A Savage Art: The Life & Cartoons of Pat Oliphant, tracks both the work of ...

The decline of print newspapers and a general shift in how we take in news and other content have resulted in an unfortunate casualty — the political cartoon. Long used for taking the people in power ...

For as clichéd a piece of music as it is, Edvard Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” is a perfectly appropriate score for a film about the life and work of political cartoonist Pat Oliphant.

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Humor columnist Art Buchwald in his Washington office in 1977. His satirical strategy: “The writer must be careful he is not accused of being a hater of mankind. The best way to do this is to abuse ...

Brad Darcy still remembers family dinners where the television news was always on, his father’s sharp eyes glued to the screen, taking in the day’s events. Afterward, his father, Thomas F. Darcy, ...

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 ...

Editor's Note: While we can't endorse what X has become, we can bring you the worthwhile moments that still exist there, curated and free of the surrounding chaos. American politics — well, frankly, ...