Learning to learn: The experience of learning facilitation for grantees of Comic-Relief-funded projects by Dena Lomofsky, Jake Grout-Smith

“…This article shares a learning facilitation process that Comic Relief, a UK-based funder, supported with its grantees. …”
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Wicked: Women's Wit and Humour from Elizabeth I to Ruby Wax / by Morgan, Fidelis, editor 347854, Townsend, Sue, editor 204422

“…A percentage of royalties on every copy sold goes to Comic Relief.…”

Harold Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter in German: What’s Missing in Translation? by Renée von Paschen

“…The unknown threat is counterbalanced by “black comic relief”. The lack of a classical German tradition of black comedy problematizes the translation of Pinter’s dialogue, while the limits of audiovisual translation add additional hurdles. …”
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« The Brighter and more cheerful it is, the more it hurts » : l’inquiétante noirceur des comédies de Martin Crimp by Aloysia Rousseau

“…Humour can never be perceived as creating comic relief in his theatre. The comic interludes framing horror scenes and macabre speeches enhance the spectators’ disquiet by making them deem their own laughter profoundly obscene. …”
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Animals in Human Situations in Ancient Egyptian Ostraca and Papyri by Azza Ezzat

“…It has been said that the ancient Egyptians were raised to tolerate all kinds of toil and hardship; they nevertheless also liked to amuse themselves with comic relief in their everyday life. For example, ancient Egyptian drawing can be quite accurate and at times even spirited. …”
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Satirical Frame of Mind: Ken Kalfus’s A Disorder Peculiar to the Country and the Literary Engagement with 9/11 by Katherina Dodou

“…Drawing on recent satire theory that views the satirical mode as unruly, various, and open-ended, I suggest that a closer look to the mixed intentions of this novel presents an opportunity to explore the dynamic between denunciation and comic relief in literary satire on 9/11 and opens the way for a more complex understanding of the operation and affordances of literary 9/11 satire.…”
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Book review. Milne, Lesley (2016). Laughter and War. Humorous-Satirical Magazines in Britain, France, Germany and Russia 1914-1918. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing by Ivo Nieuwenhuis

“…Not only does humour form an ideal weapon to attack the enemy without running the immediate risk of losing lives, it can also function as a coping mechanism, a way to come to terms with the inevitable atrocities unfolding in times of military conflict, either through cold cynicism or through mild jokes that offer comic relief. Humour can bring consolation and distraction when everything around looks sinister and all hope for salvation seems in vain. …”
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Exposures: Humour and Vulnerability in some Contemporary British Novels by Jean-Michel Ganteau

“…This article investigates the ways in which, in contemporary texts, a specific use of humour reverses the logics of comic relief to generate an intensification of pathos or, at least, poignancy. …”
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Pedro Penduko, Filipino Comic Superhero: comparative studies between comic and screen adaptation by Josephine May Grace Aclan Famoso

“…However, the film version provides comic relief. Looking at symbols, the <em>komiks</em> used an amulet common to Filipino culture. …”
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A feminist analysis of ‘Dhako en …’ (A woman is …) proverbs among the Luo community of Kenya by Daniel Otieno

“…At the superficial level, ‘Dhako en’ proverbs are supposed to entertain by creating comic relief. I argue that the signified is a woman relegated to a mere object of misappropriation, and that the signifiers embody sexual connotations in the pretext of artful use of words verbally. …”
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Pagulus kui naljaasi by Maarja Merivoo-Parro

“…It is argued that Salme’s letters were designed to provide comic relief from tensions common to new immigrants and old refugees. …”
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“Beef Jerky in a Ball Gown”: The Camp Excesses of Titus Andromedon in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt by Dexl Carmen, Horn Katrin

“…This article therefore claims that Titus’ character relies on camp in his balancing act between comic relief, affective centering, and critical distance, and illustrates this by analyzing the specific techniques of Titus’ critical engagement with stereotypical representation of gay and black TV characters.…”
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On the Defence: UK cultural narratives of mistrust between energy users and providers by Cathy Bailey, Philip Hodgson

“…Key findings from the qualitative evaluation findings of a UK Comic Relief-funded energy services and managing money better programme, suggest that the programme’s effectiveness was strongly affected by negative narratives about energy suppliers. …”
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Poetic Seeing in Visual Arts and Theology. Aesthetics as a Spiritual and Loving Gaze within the Human Quest for Meaning. by Prof D. J. Louw

“…“In openness to the signals of transcendence the true proportions of our experience are rediscovered. This is the comic relief of redemption; it makes it possible for us to laugh and to play with a new fullness.” …”
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In Memoriam by Robert Klitzman

“…Since that time, Bob was always there for me, providing me with encouragement and comic relief every time we met. My life is better as a result of his being a part of it. …”
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“Happy wives” and “sad husbands” by God'sgift Ogban Uwen, Godwin Oko Ushie

“…Specifically, the humorous expressions such as “happy wives”, “sad husbands”, “side chicks are hungry” among others were regularly and contextually deployed for comic reliefs and cognitive recreations to stimulate laughter in crisis.  …”
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