Humor has historically been... by Will Eisner, an American Cartoonist

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“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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Name: Will Eisner

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Mar 3, 1917

Date of Death: Jan 3, 2005

Profession: Cartoonist

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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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