As the USA TODAY Network debuts a new comics lineup across the nation, we are delving into the history and cultural impact of this uniquely American art form with experts from Ohio State University ...

Comedian Ian Edwards is about as funny as it gets — and that’s no accident. Fully applying himself to the craft since the ...

The other night Natasha, my adult-ish daughter, asked me to accompany her to a book author event for standup comic and podcaster Tom Segura’s best-selling “I’d like to Play Alone, Please” (Grand ...

Stand-up comedy star Nate Jackson says the cancel culture phenomenon — which many entertainers believe has held humor hostage in recent years — is finally winding down. In a recent interview with Fox ...

Rather than treading on sacred ground, Luca Debus and Francesco Matteuzzi’s “Peanuts”-style biography brings Charles M. Schulz and the strip together as one. By Jeff Smith When you purchase an ...

Told over multiple timelines, I Used to Be Funny shifts between present-day, where Sam is grappling with severe depression, and the past, where she’s a more vivacious version of herself. She begins to ...

Owen Kline’s darkly hilarious directorial debut “Funny Pages” is a coming-of-age tale that finds the sublime in the grotesque, and the profound in an absurd search for meaning in the basement ...

As seen in the trailer, Robert is so self-assured of his own talent that he really believes it when someone tells him that he’s already a professional artist. However, his comics lack a lot of basic ...

From this bedrock of delusional artistic struggle, grotesquerie and hurt, Safdies associate Owen Kline’s debut carves a queasy slice of observational tragicomedy. With these examples and his gonzo art ...

If you have to meet pirates some day, hope they’re as terrible at pirating as the titular swashbucklers in “The Pirates of ...

Newspaper comic strips have an uncanny relationship to the flow of time. They can function like historical records — I remember doing deep dives into my father’s Doonesbury collections as a kid, ...

Remembering the legendary comedian who changed the face of Indian comedy. From humble beginnings in Jaipur to unforgettable ...