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B2B Exposed

Matt Zalen is the creator of "Back 2 Basics," a self-syndicated cartoon about an eccentric family living in a world which is even crazier than ours. Since first being published in November 2007, the strip has been picked up by 16 papers, making it one of the most popular self-syndicated features of the year.

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Jul

The dark side of cartooning

mzalen, B2B Exposed

Last week George Carlin died.

I was never really much of a Carlin fan. To be honest, I can’t even remember one stand-up routine he did, probably because any time I saw him on television I changed the channel. Yes, I know a lot of people out there think he was hilarious, but I just never connected with his work. Maybe it was his style, or his humor, or both – I really can’t say.

And yet recently I was mesmerized when I saw him on the history channel.

…yes, I watch the history channel. And if you want to be a lazy smart person, you would, too. Moving on…

The topic of the show was “the history of humor,” and it featured a number of different comedians talking about their craft... Continue Reading

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Jul

Even cartoons aren’t immune to terror

mzalen, B2B Exposed

They say a punch line is all about timing – that even the slightest pause, a wrong word, or a strange look could kill the whole joke.

While I have always known this to be true, never was it demonstrated for me so clearly – and unfortunately – as it was two weeks ago.

For those of you who follow the international news, you may remember a certain incident taking place in Jerusalem, Israel at the beginning of this month... Continue Reading

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