Humor

The Plus Side to Low Sales: More White Space

By Mark Anderson - May 17, 2013 - 1 Comment

For a long time I deisgned my own websites. I could never code them, but I always felt like I could design one. I'd spent hours in Photoshop pushing pixels, choosing colors, finding fonts (and apparently alliterating), only to find myself irritable and frustrated. A few years ago, I finally … Read More

Not Our Forte, But Where the Crescendo Comes In

By Mark Anderson - May 10, 2013 - Leave a Comment

I don't tend to do a lot of musical jokes because I put a lot of pressure on myself to get music right. My mom was a piano teacher and I majored in music in college, so I take music seriously. And I knew going in to this cartoon that a lot of people wouldn't know what forte and crescendo mean … Read More

Little Fifi The Incompetence Expert

By Mark Anderson - May 3, 2013 - Leave a Comment

What's a good name for a cute little business conference cartoon dog? It's more work than you think. Here's what I went thrgouh before landing on Fifi: Pookie Snookie Mr. Waggles Buttons Snuggles Duchess Ophelia T. Wigglebottom Snoofy Monet FrooFroo Some are servicable … Read More

Wow Me, Dazzle Me and Impress Me

By Mark Anderson - Apr 26, 2013 - Leave a Comment

I read something in the paper recently about how an employer in an interview wanted to be "wowed" by an applicant. Listen, I give a good interview. I'm a funny guy; I know what to say and I think I know my stuff. But if you want me to "wow" you. . .I don't know how to do that. So I took it … Read More

At a Crossroads in Uncharted Territory

By Mark Anderson - Apr 12, 2013 - 2 Comments

Sometimes the ideas just sort of present themselves in a tidy little package for you. I was perusing some articles online and ran across "at a crossroads" so I wrote it down. The next article contained "uncharted territory" and I wrote that down right underneath "at a crossroads." Then … Read More

Declining Markets: Tired and Need a Day Off

By Mark Anderson - Apr 5, 2013 - 2 Comments

I fundamentally don't understand the stock market. Things go up and down for reasons that sometimes make sense to me, and sometimes they seem to move the exact opposite of what I would expect. Could I in theory understand it? Sure. Do I really want to dig into it? Oh, good lord no. But to … Read More

Cartoon: Been There, Done That

By Mark Anderson - Mar 29, 2013 - 5 Comments

"Been there, done that" is sort of an old phrase. Not old like, "A penny saved is a penny earned." But out-of-fashion old like, "Gag me with a spoon." So I have to admit, when this business cartoon came to me, I was a little hesitant about it. But the idea of "been there, done that" on a … Read More

An Elevator, Escalator and Stairway Pitch: Cartoon

By Mark Anderson - Mar 22, 2013 - 10 Comments

I remember attending some sort of sales seminar where we had to craft an elevator pitch. You know, a short summary of who you are, what you do and why it's the best thing since sliced bread. I know a lot of people worked really hard on distilling something great from pages and pages of … Read More

Cartoon: A Tremendous Third Quarter Thanks to a Leprechaun

By Mark Anderson - Mar 15, 2013 - 7 Comments

I love to do cartoons about holidays. They're usualy ripe with all kinds of images, there's plenty of material to play with and - well, not to put too fine a point on it, they sell well. But St. Patrick's Day is kind of a toughy. You've got leprechauns and shamrocks and beer, but that only … Read More

Lots of Feedback is Good News: Cartoon

By Mark Anderson - Mar 8, 2013 - 4 Comments

Before I was a cartoonist, and even before my first day job, I was a musician. In fact, I went to college and got my music degree playing the trombone. I was a fairly good jazz trombonist and even played professionally for a very short time before hanging up my mouthpiece. Which means that … Read More

Sales Are Running Flat: Cartoon

By Mark Anderson - Mar 1, 2013 - 5 Comments

I love the noon business report on my local radio station. Every day they talk about the economy, interesting companies and the financial markets. It's good stuff, but my favorite part is the jargon. Prices are mixed, growth is negative, triggers are pulled - it's like a cartoonist's candy … Read More

Things Are Gaining Traction

By Mark Anderson - Feb 22, 2013 - 1 Comment

"It's an idea that's really gaining traction." A standard phrase you've probably read or heard once a week without paying any attention to it. Unless you're in the ice skating business or oil business or, in this case, the banana peel business. Then gaining that traction is newsworthy, indeed.Read More