Discussion → Gloria Garfunkel New Co-Administrator
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Gary Percesepe has generously appointed me as co-administrator of this group. Here's the new, more detailed definition of the group:
Comic stories can be satiric, ironic, surreal, absurd, parody, and black or romantic comedy, as long as it engenders thoughtful humor about the human condition, not necessarily laugh out loud funny.
George Meredith's Essay on Comedy said:
"One excellent test of the civilization of a country ... I take to be the flourishing of the Comic idea and Comedy; and the test of true Comedy is that it shall awaken thoughtful laughter."In a comic story, the writer not only seeks to amuse, but to make the reader think about issues, often controversial. Comedy can meld the funny and sad, as well as other oppositional dichotomies. A good comic story doesn't just make you laugh, or smile, but also think.
NOTE: Please only post one story at a time on the main page to encourage diversity.
I'd like to know what others think of this definition and what you consider to be the qualities of a good comic story.
Group Description
Comic stories can be satiric, ironic, surreal, absurd, parody, romantic, black, gallows, comic-tragic, as long as they engender thoughtful (although at times painful) humor about the human condition, not necessarily laugh out loud funny.
George Meredith's Essay on Comedy said:
"One excellent test of the civilization of a country ... I take to be the flourishing of the Comic idea and Comedy; and the test of true Comedy is that it shall awaken thoughtful laughter."
In a comic story, the writer not only seeks to amuse, but to make the reader think about issues, often controversial and painful, often not normally discussed. Comedy can meld the funny with sad and disturbing, as well as other oppositional dichotomies. A good comic story doesn't just make you laugh, or smile, but also mull things over from a new perspective.
--Con Chapman and Gloria Garfunkel
NOTE: Please only post one story at a time on the main page to encourage diversity. Thank you. gg
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