▁artist ▁who ▁really ▁thought ▁we ▁were ▁awful ▁people . ▁[ la ugh ter ] ▁He ▁h ated ▁our ▁politics , ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁trans c end ▁that ... ▁so ▁I ▁could ▁never ▁figure ▁out ▁what ▁his ▁attitude ▁was . ▁ ▁In ▁a ▁collection ▁of ▁inter views ▁with ▁various ▁cart oon ists , ▁Mark ▁Jacob s ▁wrote : ▁He ▁works ▁at ▁night , ▁which ▁is ▁fitting , ▁since ▁some ▁of ▁his ▁best ▁cart o ons ▁deal ▁with ▁the ▁dark ▁side ▁of ▁the ▁ps y che . ▁ ▁A ▁classic ▁black ▁humor ist , ▁he ▁rum m ages ▁around ▁in ▁violence , ▁ins an ity , ▁per version , ▁big ot ry ▁and ▁sc at ology , ▁looking ▁for ▁what ▁he ▁needs ▁to ▁create ▁the ▁typical ▁Rod rig ues ▁effect : ▁wild ▁laugh ter ▁with ▁a ▁cr inge ▁of ▁rep ulsion . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁book , ▁Rod rig ues ▁told ▁Jacob s : ▁People ▁look ▁upon ▁cart oon ists ▁as ▁a ▁bunch ▁of ▁sc rew ball s . ▁ ▁They ▁expect ▁you ▁to ▁be ▁on ▁the ▁roof , ▁jump ing ▁up ▁and ▁down , ▁throwing ▁b ags ▁of ▁water ▁on ▁people . ▁ ▁This ▁helps ▁me ▁to ▁get ▁away ▁with ▁murder ▁in ▁my ▁conversation . ▁ ▁I ▁can ▁say ▁out rage ous ▁things ▁to ▁people . ▁ ▁They ▁expect ▁it ▁of ▁me . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁long - time ▁contrib utor ▁to ▁S tere o ▁Review , ▁beginning ▁with ▁its ▁first ▁issue ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 8 ,