There's all kinds of theories among the cartoonists: start with funniest, end with funniest. Robert Mankoff More Quotes by Robert Mankoff More Quotes From Robert Mankoff 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. Robert Mankoff opportunitybelieveworld If you have any problems at all, don't hesitate to shut up. Robert Mankoff shut-upproblemwork There are no cartoons about happy marriages. Robert Mankoff happy-marriagecartoon 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. Robert Mankoff cartoonistcreativeprocess Each cartoon needs the right amount of wrong. Robert Mankoff amountcartoonneeds Humor levels the playing field. I understood that early on - that was something I had. Robert Mankoff understoodlevelsfields Im pretty adept with computers and Photoshop for my blog, and I found my style with a conversational voice and an image-ready column. Robert Mankoff computerstylevoice 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. Robert Mankoff personshelpingdoors I was the founder of the Cartoon Bank in the 90s. I was interested in finding ways for cartoonists to supplement their incomes. Robert Mankoff incomecartoonway There is no Algorithm for Humor Robert Mankoff algorithms It's not the ink, it's the think. Robert Mankoff inkthinking The digital realm give cartoons and cartoonists more possibilities for exposure. Robert Mankoff digitalcartoongiving Cartoons are like fruit flies. Biologists use fruit flies because their large chromosomes and short life cycle make them ideal for studying hereditary changes. Robert Mankoff fruit-fliesshort-lifecartoon 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. Robert Mankoff whimsydignitylaughing The ability to be funny is pretty widespread in the population. Robert Mankoff ability There's usually nothing in a guy's joke in which we have to understand what's going on in someone else's mind. Robert Mankoff jokesmind We have to know cognitively what another mind is thinking and also empathically what they're feeling. And of course, in general, that's always the case, but it's often very generic. Like with Leo Cullum's doctor, it's just the fact that people in general are cruel and insensitive. But in the Barbara Smaller cartoon, we understand it's this particular person or this specific sub-class of person and her particular needs and desires, and that's different than a pun cartoon in which it's just semantic. Robert Mankoff feelingspeoplethinking I think The New Yorker's cartoons aren't very political because the people who do the cartoons aren't awfully political people, and they aren't paid to be political. I think editorial cartoonists are. That's what they do. They probably have a great natural interest in politics, and then they are paid to do it, so they sort of have to hunt out these ideas. I admire editorial cartoons, but I'm also sort of happy that I don't do them because I'd hate to have to label things and I'd especially hate, more than anything, to label something Dennis Hastert or Mark Foley. Robert Mankoff hatepeoplethinking As a cartoonist I do what I find funny. As an editor I have a broader approach realizing that humor is inherently subjective and I don't want my preferences to rule out what others might like. Robert Mankoff editorswantmight People think you get one idea for a cartoon every week, and that's not the way it works. You usually get 10 or 15, and you're - certainly when I was a cartoonist, before I was a cartoon editor, you're rushing to do what is called the batch. When I was doing that, I liked to have, in general, about 10 cartoons. Robert Mankoff editorsideasthinking
