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

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