Humor has historically been tied to the mores of the day. The Yellow Kid was predicated on what people thought was funny about the immigrant Irish. When you're different in a society, you're funny.
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Nationality: American Type: Cartoonist Born: March 3, 1917 Death: January 3, 2005 |
“The marvelous thing about a joke with a double meaning is that it can only mean one thing.”
“I suppose I'm proudest of my novels for what's imagined in them. I think the world of my imagination is a richer and more interesting place than my personal biography.”