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Perspective

By Brad Shorr | Published: February 12, 2010
Is This the Beginning of the End, or the End of the Beginning? Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning. Sir Winston Churchill, Speech, November 1942. We don’t have anything looming as large as the outcome of World [...]
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Design Flaws

By Brad Shorr | Published: February 5, 2010
Friday Fun and Link Love How come diners always put a box of toothpicks at the cash register, but never have a trash receptacle for the wrapper? When I was on the road every day in sales, I’d reach into my coat pocket from time to time and pull out 10 or 15 toothpick wrappers. Design [...]
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Friday Fun and a Little Link Love

By Brad Shorr | Published: January 21, 2010
Being the dead of winter, I don’t know what possessed me to run this cartoon about Bermuda shorts, but there it is. I wonder what brain master Robyn McMaster and innovation master Fred Schlegel will make of this little known incident from King Solomon’s court. Speaking of little known incidents, my sister recommended The [...]
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Job Search Cartoon

By Brad Shorr | Published: January 14, 2010
It’s a bear job market, even for bulls. Have a nice weekend, and best wishes to all the job seekers. Let’s hope things turn around soon… Continue reading
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Storytelling with 4 Panel Business Cartoons

By Brad Shorr | Published: July 17, 2009
Four panel business cartoons are fun to write, because you can tell more of a story. And – compared to a one panel cartoon, you can be four times as silly. Here are a couple 4-panel efforts written by me and drawn by Mark Hill that I dug out of the archives. Feel free to [...]
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The Lighter Side of Banking?

By Brad Shorr | Published: January 21, 2009
Is there a lighter side to banking these days? In this cartoon, I was trying to find it, but if I were a bank, I wouldn’t be using humor in my advertising just now. Actually I’ve never been a fan of humor in financial institution advertising. Remember those WaMu TV spots with the fuddy [...]
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Thanksgiving Cartoons

By Brad Shorr | Published: November 27, 2008
Happy Thanksgiving from Word Sell! Continue reading
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12 Things Writing and Golf Have in Common

By Brad Shorr | Published: July 18, 2008
The Art of Customer Golf Originally uploaded by shorrbrad I finally got to play some golf, and I noticed all kinds of similarities to writing. Here they are – some serious, some not so much. Both golf and writing require patience. Both Continue reading
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