Fascinating, forthright, and funny . . . Mankoff also writes with first-hand knowledge about the topic of laughter itself. He dares to ask the question, What makes something funny?, and answers it with intelligence, originality, and, of course, humor.-Roz Chast, cartoonist for The New Yorker Hi, this is me, Bob Mankoff. And this is my memoir. In it Ill usher you into the hallowed halls of The New Yorker Shhh! Quiet, youll upset the fact checkers to show you the soup-to-nuts process of cartoon creation, giving you a detailed look not only at my own work, but that of the artists who keep you laughing every week, except, of course, when they dont, puzzling you with a cartoon that you dont get and then you shoot me an email asking me to explain it. Well, you can stop the shooting.
