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Robert Mankoff Quotes: I know everybody wants humor to be subversive and speak truth to power. I don't think power's been listening, incidentally.
         

I know everybody wants humor to be subversive and speak truth to power. I don't think power's been listening, incidentally.


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Humor is basically a cognitive process. And it's a creative process not only on the part of the cartoonist but on the part of the viewer.



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There is no Algorithm for Humor



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While the end-of-the-world scenario will be rife with unimaginable horrors, we believe that the pre-end period will be filled with unprecedented opportunities for profit.



Im pretty adept with computers and Photoshop for my blog, and I found my style with a conversational voice and an image-ready column.

Im pretty adept with computers and Photoshop for my blog, and I found my style with a conversational voice and an image-ready column.



If you have any problems at all, don't hesitate to shut up.

If you have any problems at all, don't hesitate to shut up.



I do find that humor helps in relationships. It certainly helps in my marriage now because I'm a very, very fallible person. And if I wasn't funny I'd be kicked right out the door.

I do find that humor helps in relationships. It certainly helps in my marriage now because I'm a very, very fallible person. And if I wasn't funny I'd be kicked right out the door.



The digital realm give cartoons and cartoonists more possibilities for exposure.

The digital realm give cartoons and cartoonists more possibilities for exposure.



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There is humor that's just whimsy, that we smile at, but the humor that we laugh at, someone has to be - someone's dignity has to be reduced.



Each cartoon needs the right amount of wrong.

Each cartoon needs the right amount of wrong.



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There are no cartoons about happy marriages.





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