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New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Nicole Chrolavicius

In depth discussion of the weekly New Yorker Caption Contest as well as interviews with Cartoonists and former Contest winners.Email: CartoonCaptionContestPodcast@gmail.comCredits:Intro/Outro music created and performed by Chris Nesja.Podcast logo designed by Dan Nesja with artwork by Shannon Wheeler.

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Episode 199 - Lawrence Wood

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2025/04/16

Larry Wood, the all time New Yorker cartoon caption contest winner, author and CartoonStock caption contest judge, joins us once again to talk about the current New Yorker contests, our favorite cartoons from this week’s issue of the New Yorker and the latest CartoonStock contest. Some great discussions and debates about the finalist picks and we learn that Larry and Paul have a connection to the current New Yorker contest cartoon. Larry and Beth also have very funny funeral stories. We put t...

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Episode 198 - Sarah Booth

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2025/04/09

Sarah Booth joins us on the second half of the podcast this week. Sarah is the daughter of the legendary New York cartoonist, George Booth. We start out talking about her and her career as a staff artist at the New York Times. Sarah also has many great memories of growing up in the Booth household. We learn who some of George's characters are based on and how he used real life events to help him create some of his memorable cartoons. We were very delighted to have Sarah on the podcast. ...

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Episode 197 - Ellis Rosen Returns

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2025/04/03

New Yorker cartoonist, Ellis Rosen, joins us for a second time on the podcast. We catch up on what he's been up to lately, pickleball, New Yorker 100th anniversary parties and numbers stations. A very informative and entertaining discussion of cartoons! You can subscribe to Ellis's newsletter here: https://ellis-newsletter-06cc2e.beehiiv.com You can also play Ellis's movie based game here: https://www.starcrossed.today And you can buy Ellis's books here: https://www.amazon.com/...

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Episode 196 - Tommy Siegel

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2025/03/26

New Yorker cartoonist, musician and birder, Tommy Siegel joins us on the podcast this week. Tommy talks about his love of cartoons when he was young, how he recently got back into it (a cartoon a day for 500 days) and his amazing bird studies, Extremely Accurate Birds. You'll never think of bird watching in the same way again! He also talks about his Candy Hearts books. These books gather his cartoons about romance, love and relationships as expressed on those tasty chalk based candy hearts. ...

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Episode 195 - Lawrence Wood

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2025/03/19

Larry Wood, the all time New Yorker cartoon caption contest winner, author and CartoonStock caption contest judge, joins us once again to talk about the current New Yorker contests, our favorite cartoons from this week’s issue of the New Yorker and the latest CartoonStock contest. Vin was unable to join us on this podcast, which was a huge disappointment as he had very strong opinions on the CartoonStock finalists. I'm sure we'll hear about it the next time Larry is on. We discuss the winnin...

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Episode 194 - Lia Strasser & Bizzy Coy

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2025/03/12

On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with Lia Strasser and Bizzy Coy. Lia is an illustrator/cartoonist and Bizzy is a published writer/humorist and together, they are the Wonder Twins of cartooning. They started collaborating in 2023 and have had a number of cartoons published in the New Yorker and other publications. We had a great time talking with them about their background, process and what we get into when we visit people's houses (if you invite Bizzy over, be sure to l...

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Episode 193 - Michael Maslin New Yorker 100th...

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2025/03/05

On part 2 of this week's episode, Michael Maslin joins us to talk about the New Yorker 100th Anniversary and his recent book that he collaborated on with photographer, Alen MacWeeney, titled "At Wit's End: Cartoonists of The New Yorker". Michael also maintains a database of the New Yorker cartoonists on his website, "The Ink Spill" and posts a daily New Yorker cartoon related article there as well (he also posts it as a Substack). You can order his book here: https://www.amazon.com/At-...

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Episode 192 - Kathy Wrobel

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2025/02/26

Joining us on the podcast this week is Kathy Wrobel. Kathy is a two time finalist of the New Yorker contest and a very frequent finalist of the CartoonStock contest (going all the way back to contest #14!) Kathy talks with us about her background and her process of coming up with winning (funny and clever!) captions. She also joins us in the contest discussion and our favorite cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker. We discuss the winning entry for Contest #930 (A rare medley, whal...

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Episode 191 - Lawrence Wood

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2025/02/13

Larry Wood, the all time New Yorker cartoon caption contest winner, author and CartoonStock caption contest judge, joins us once again to talk about the current New Yorker contests, our favorite cartoons from this week’s issue of the New Yorker and the latest CartoonStock contest. Vin is challenged to come up with the top 25 captions for the next CartoonStock contest. You'll have to wait four weeks to see how well he does. We discuss the winning entry for Contest #929 (Partners in chime). Fin...

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Episode 190 - A Quick and Dirty Thirty

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2025/02/05

A short podcast this week with just the hosts talking about the contests and their favorite cartoons from the current week's issue of the New Yorker. There is a question that was left unanswered about why zebras have stripes. We did a quick google search and found, "While scientists still debate the exact origins and functions of zebra stripes, their recent efforts have focused more closely on three possibilities; protection from biting flies, thermoregulation and protection from predators."...

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Episode 189 - Stephen Nadler And The New Yorker...

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2025/01/29

Joining us on the podcast this week is New Yorker cartoon enthusiast, Stephen Nadler. Stephen talks about his love of all things New Yorker and the New Yorker cartoon and cover art exhibition, hosted by the Society of Illustrators, "Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration". You can find more information about the exhibition here:https://societyillustrators.org/.../drawn-from-the-new.../Stephen also writes a near daily blog about New Yorker cartoon art and related subjects at ...

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Episode 188 - John Donohue

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2025/01/23

On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with Artist/writer, John Donohue. John was a writer and editor at the New Yorker and tried his hand at cartooning for a while and had five of his cartoons published in it. He decided to take a new direction in his career and started doing on-the-spot ink drawings of restaurants. He's drawn restaurants from all over the world, including London, Paris, New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia and many more. He's had three books published of his drawings fro...

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Episode 187 - Mark Parisi, Dave Blazek & Wayno

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2025/01/15

Joining us on the podcast this week are three of the top syndicated single panel cartoonists, Mark Parisi (off the mark), Wayno (Bizarro) and Dave Blazek (Loose Parts). We have a great discussion with them about cartooning, the creative process, cartoon themes and what animals are funny. Mark and Dave each have a new book out. Mark's book, "The Truth About 5th Grade", was written with Kim Tomsic and is a very funny young readers book. You can order it here:https://www.amazon.c...

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Episode 186 - William Haefeli

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2025/01/08

On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with the great New Yorker cartoonist, William (Bill) Haefeli. Bill talks about how he got into cartooning, his process and his focus on social relationships in his cartoons. Bill explains his unique drawing style and its evolution. A great episode! Bill is featured in the recent book about New Yorker cartoonists, "At Wits End", by Alen Macweeney and Michael Maslin.https://www.amazon.com/At-Wits-End-Cartoonists-Yorker/dp/0593581059He is also menti...

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Episode 185 - Lawrence Wood

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/12/31

For the last podcast of the year, Larry Wood joins us to talk about the contests (including the recent CartoonStock contest). We have some interesting discussions about using vulgarities in captions and the ethics of being able to submit more captions in the CartoonStock contest (paying another $5 to enter an additional 3 captions).We discuss the winning entry for Contest #923 (Fuzzy Wuzzy had no heir).Finalists for Contest #925 (En Plein Air-Conditioning).Current Contest #927 (That's Mister ...

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Episode 184 - 2024 Year in Review With Mark Strout

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/12/11

On this week's episode, Vin, Paul, Beth, Nicole and this year's best captioner, Mark Strout, review past and present contests from 2024 and choose our best and worst of the year. We also talk with Mark about how he started entering the caption contests and his process for coming up with winning captions.And of course, we discuss... The winning captions for New Yorker contest #922 (Rodent you invite them up?) Finalists for contest #924 (Do androids dream of spreadsheets?)&nbs...

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Episode 183 - Adam Douglas Thompson (ADT)

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/12/04

On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with New Yorker cartoonist, Adam Douglas Thompson. We talk with Adam about his background in the arts, painting and how he became a New Yorker cartoonist. We also talk about his cartoons, a bit about teaching art at Brooklyn College and the use of AI in creativity. You can find Adam's cartoonsand paintings at his webpage:http://www.adamdouglasthompson.comAdam also mentions that his wife , Helen Phillips, has written several books. You can order h...

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Episode 182 - Lawrence Wood

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/11/27

Larry Wood joins us to talk about the contests (including the recent CartoonStock contest). With the holidays coming up, we remind everyone that the best gift is the gift of laughter (has anyone ever noticed how close laughter is to slaughter? Try not to think about it too much). You should buy yourself Larry Wood's book, "Your Caption Has Been Selected: More Than Anyone Could Possibly Want to Know About The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest". You can also buy it for someone close to you to ...

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Episode 181 - Wayno Returns

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/11/20

Wayno, the daily cartoonist for the Bizarro cartoon, returns to the podcast to talk about winning this year's Reuben Award for Best Panel Cartoon. We also delve into creativity, music, the Pittsburgh Steelers and scary fairy tales and nursery rhymes.You can find Wayno's Bizarro cartoons here:https://comicskingdom.com/bizarroHis Substack here:https://waynocartoons.substack.com/And the terrific Bizarro merchandise here:https://shop.comicskingdom.com/collections/bizarro-collectionWayno also join...

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Episode 180 - Craig Baldo

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/11/13

On part 2 of this week's podcast we are joined by Humorist, Craig Baldo. Craig has been making people laugh for as long as he can remember. Stand up comedy, warming up audiences for Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver and Jimmy Fallon, writing ad campaigns for Nike, Dos Equis, Wendy's and many others and he has collaborated with New Yorker cartoonists. We discuss humor, creativity, existential dread and the bar scene at the University of Delaware (circa 1990). The Two cartoonists C...

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