Books about Comedy Writing

Here is our collection of books that contain information about comedy writing.


Writing Humor: Creativity and the Comic Mind
by Mary Ann Rishel
Wayne State Univ Press, (May, 2002)

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How to Write Funny : Add Humor to Every Kind of Writing
by John B. Kachuba
Writers Digest Books, (August, 2001)

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Writing Television Comedy
by Jerry Rannow
Allworth Press, (January, 2000)
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The Writer's Guide to the Business of Comics
by Lurene Haines
Watson-Guptill Publications, (October, 1998)

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Drawing on the Funny Side of the Brain; How to Come Up with Jokes for Cartoons and Comic Strips
by Christopher Hart
Watson-Guptill Publications, (May, 1998)

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The Comedy Market : A Writer's Guide to Making Money Being Funny
by Carmine Desena
Berkley, (June, 1996)

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The Comic Toolbox : How to Be Funny Even If You're Not
by John Vorhaus
Silman-James Press, (July, 1994)

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Comedy Writing Secrets
by Mel Helitzer
Writer's Digest Books, (March, 1992)

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