I don't know a lot of cartoonists who laugh a lot. I think … - Liana Finck

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I don't know a lot of cartoonists who laugh a lot. I think when we hear a joke we just get still like a dog who smells an animal. It becomes about isolating the part that's funny and unexpected and thinking more about that. You get spiraled into the nuances of what makes something funny and who thinks it's funny.

Liana Finck

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Liana Finck (born 1986) is a cartoonist and author living in the US. She is the author of Passing for Human and is a regular contributor to The New Yorker.

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