History often feels distant until someone flips it upside down with a perfectly timed meme. Suddenly, ancient battles, famous ...

In 2007, cartoonist Kate Beaton, pictured on the right in a self-portrait, launched her webcomic "Hark! A Vagrant," which features spoofs on historical and literary characters. Courtesy of Kate Beaton ...

Trying to be funny is like driving a car. Everybody does it, and we don't think about how dangerous it is until something goes wrong. Bad humor doesn't end lives, but it can kill your chances of ...

For 15 years, Can You Handle It? Tours (CYHIT) has been redefining the walking tour experience across Europe. Founded by Brooklyn-born Kai Angelet, the company combines history, humor, and interactive ...

The Nigerian American artist is debuting rosary tapestries at Art Basel Hong Kong this month. The works examine the disappearance of historical memory. By Ginanne Brownell LONDON — Victor Ehikhamenor ...

How do you market a book that combines serious history, irreverent humor, and cartoons? That was the challenge facing author-cartoonist Stan Mack (creator of the legendary Village Voice comic strip ...

In 1865, a Confederate spy sent a letter disclosing the location of a Union battalion. Before the letter could reach General Robert E. Lee, a raccoon in Roanoke, Virginia, chewed it up, securing a ...

Avinoam Patt warns students at the outset that his class on Jewish humor may be entertaining, but it won’t always be funny. Jokes are seldom humorous when you try to explain them, Patt acknowledged, ...

Well, good old George never rocked sunglasses like that. And he quite emphatically did not look like Gregg Baker Jr., the actor who’s playing him (really in name only) in “The Foreplay: An Exploration ...

Democrats must acquire a more balanced sense of history, humility about their public policy goals, and a sense of humor about human life if they are serious about winning elections again. That is just ...