Comic Lab
Why Some Punchlines Don’t Land

Episode 447 · Season 1

Why Some Punchlines Don’t Land

Comic Lab

July 9, 20261:08:16

About this episode

Using Brad’s motorcycle-jump-over-a-ravine metaphor, the ComicLab guys discuss why wider joke “canyons” can create bigger laughs, why shorter jumps can feel merely “technically funny,” and why the best cartoonists learn how to build strong launching ramps while understanding that every reader brings a different landing ramp.