‘Blair’: TBS Is Lookin’ at Instagram!In 2014, comedian Mo Welch posted her first comic on her @momowelch Instagram handle. It featured a simply drawn depressive named Blair and […]
Making Mental Illness Funny
Mental illness is a tricky subject. It’s something that we still know relatively little about, even though it affects millions of people […]
ByVincent Crincoli
Depression and Comedy with Aparna Nancherla
The link between depression and comedy is well known; Woody Allen shot to fame joking about low self-esteem, while currently, Maria Bamford […]
The Altruism of ComedyHow one writer credits comedian Maria Bamford with reinvigorating her will to live and banishing the shame associated with mental illness.