Characters
The Know-It-All and the Innocent: Two Comic Character Engines
Know-it-all and innocent comic characters create friction in opposite ways; learn how certainty and missed meaning…
subjects
Characters
Comic personas, contradictions and the habits that make them compelling.
Our point of view
A laugh deserves a closer look
We examine what a comic choice asks of its audience, and what it gives back. No formula guarantees a laugh; the details are where the interest lies.