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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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28:49

Episode 179 - Election Night

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/11/06

Due to our podcast recording day falling on Election Day, we decided not to have a guest. We also did our best not to talk about the election and almost made it to the end, but otherwise, it's all contest and cartoon talk!We discuss the winning entry for Contest #917 (Beaver? I hardly know her).Finalists for Contest #919 (A horse in a car? Don't be filly).Current Contest #921 (TSA Prediction-Check).You can purchase original New Yorker cartoon art from Curated Cartoons here:https://www.curated...

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Episode 178 - Eric Drooker

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/10/30

On part 2 of this week's podcast we are joined by Illustrator, Eric Drooker. Eric's art has appeared on 40 New Yorker covers (his most recent was on last week's Money Issue) and is in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and the Library of Congress.We talk with Eric about becoming an artist, His New Yorker covers, his City Trilogy and the role of art and creativity in the world today. The third volume in his City Trilogy, "Naked City" ...

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Episode 177 - Yinfan Huang

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/10/23

On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with New Yorker cartoonist, Yinfan Huang. Yinfan moved to the United States (Minneapolis to be exact) to attend college to be an Illustrator. She later moved to New York, discovered the New Yorker and sold her very first cartoon from the first Tuesday batch she submitted. Impressive! She is also an Illustrator and has illustrated several children's books. She has recently finished a graphic novel memoir that will be published in mid 2025.You can learn...

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Episode 176 - Shannon Wheeler & Ken Krimstein

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/10/17

This week on the podcast, we are joined by two terrific cartoonists, Shannon Wheeler and Ken Krimstein. We've had both on the podcast previously, but we decided to have both on again at the same time. We're glad we did, because it turned out to be a very lively discussion about all things cartooning and a bit about bees. We also talk about their current book projects and they join in on the contest commentary and favorite cartoons from this week's issue. Fun was had by all!You can o...

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Episode 175 - Isn't it Ionic?

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/10/09

Our guest this week was unable to join us due to a conflict on their calendar (they had "do podcast" and "forget to do podcast" marked on their calendar). They have rescheduled for later this year.Meanwhile, Paul, Beth and Nicole try to hold it together for the podcast and almost succeed until the very end. You can book us for your next event.Beth mentions a very funny facebook page called "Important Otter News". You can check it out here:https://www.facebook.com/ImportantOtterNewsWe discuss ...

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Episode 174 - Lawrence Wood

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/10/02

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. We also discuss a new caption contest with a cartoon drawn by our own Paul Nesja. The link for this contest is below. We discuss the winning entry for Contest #912 (Apple a Day Keeps the Dr Away).Finalis...

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Episode 173 - Amanda Chung

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/09/25

On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with New Yorker cartoonist, Amanda Chung. Amanda's first cartoon in the New Yorker appeared in the Nov. 20, 2023 issue. Her cartoons have also appeared in Air Mail, The Weekly Humorist and other publications. Before being published, Amanda contacted the podcast and Vin offered to collaborate with her. It's been a successful collaboration and we discuss the dynamics of it during her interview.Amanda mentions a few resources that have helped her become ...

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Episode 172 - Ali Solomon

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/09/18

On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with New Yorker cartoonist, Ali Solomon. Ali is both a cartoonist and humor writer and has been a regular contributor to the New Yorker since 2018. Her work has also appeared in McSweeney's Internet Tendency, the Washington Post, The Believer, and WIRED, among other places. She has also written a book, "I Love(ish) New York City: Tales of City Life", A humorous and relatable look into the joys and pitfalls of living in New York City.You can order her ...

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Episode 171 - Bob Mankoff

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/09/11

On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with former New Yorker Cartoon Editor and current Cartoon Editor at Air Mail Magazine, Bob Mankoff. Bob talks about the New Yorker and CartoonStock caption contests, A.I., dream cartoons and something new that he's been working on with Robert Nowak (former manager of the New Yorker contest crowdsource voting), called Toondeloo. Toondeloo is a contest based on the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest. Enter the caption that you entered in the current wee...

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Episode 170 - Lawrence Wood

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/09/04

Larry Wood, the all time New Yorker cartoon caption contest winner, author and CartoonStock caption contest judge, joins us 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. There were some great captions for what we thought was a tough cartoon to work with and There's a another tough cartoon to caption for the CartoonStock contest this month and we highly recommend that if you normally don't...

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Episode 169 - Al Mullen & Public Transportation Magazine

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/08/28

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview humorist, Al Mullen.Al his written humor pieces for The New Yorker, McSweeney's and other publications. He is also the creator and publisher of Public Transportation Magazine (PTM). PTM is a very funny eight page Zine that can only be found on New York public transportation. Past issues have included many New Yorker writers and cartoonists and the next issue (probably coming out in September) will have pieces by David Cross, Jack Handey and Roz C...

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Episode 168 - Hartley Lin

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/08/21

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview Cartoonist, Hartley Lin.Hartley has been contributing to the New Yorker since 2018. He has been creating his on comic book, "Pope Hats" since 2009. In 2019, His graphic novel, "Young Frances" was published with positive reviews. The New York Times stated: “It’s a testament to his vision that a book with such a long gestation can still feel so of the moment. Or maybe it’s that the floating world of one’s 20s, rendered here with such sympathy and h...

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Episode 167 - No Guest August

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/08/14

The podcast celebrates No Guest August (a holiday that we just made up) this week! It's just us talking about the contests and our favorite cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker. Completely organic with no added filler or additives. We do get a bit fried talking about the current contest, but we recover nicely with only Beth losing track of time and thinking it's still last week. We discuss the winning entry for Contest #905 (The Pied Piper of Penn Station).Finalists for Cont...

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Episode 166 - Drew Dernavich

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/08/07

New Yorker cartoonist, Drew Dernavich, joins us on the podcast this week. It's been over a year since Drew has joined the podcast. His last appearance was the ill-fated 100th Anniversary episode that is unlistenable due to technical problems (the problem being that none of us knew how to properly use a professional podcast studio). Drew talks about what he's been up to this last year and joins us in the discussion of the New Yorker contests, our favorite cartoons from the current issue and th...

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Episode 165 - Lawrence Wood

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/07/31

Larry Wood, the All Time New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Winner, Author and CartoonStock Caption Contest Judge, joins us 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 on winning the contests and Paul challenges the listeners to figure out a caption he came up with for the "DJ in the boardroom" cartoon.There's a tough cartoon to caption for the CartoonStock contest this...

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Episode 164 - Liza Donnelly Talks About "Women Laughing"

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/07/24

On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with Liza Donnelly about producing a documentary based on her book, Very Funny Ladies. The documentary will be called, "Women Laughing" and is currently in the development phase. Liza has started a Kickstarter to help fund it and is nearly to her goal of $50,000. You can help out by going to her Kickstarter page and making a pledge. There are different rewards depending on your pledge level. The Kickstarter ends Tuesday, July 30 at 12:00 PM EST.C...

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Episode 163 - Phil Witte & Rex Hesner

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/07/16

On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with authors Phil Witte and Rex Hesner about their book, "Funny Stuff: How Great Cartoonists Make Great Cartoons".Phil Witte is a long time cartoonist with cartoons published in The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Reader’s Digest, and regional magazines, as well as British publications, such as Private Eye, The New Statesman, and The Spectator. He has previously written two best selling books, "What You Don’t Know About Turning 50" and its sequel, "Wha...

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Episode 162 - Lawrence Wood

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/07/04

Larry Wood, the All Time New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest winner, joins us once again to talk about the current New Yorker contest, our favorite cartoons from this week’s issue of the New Yorker and the latest CartoonStock contest.You can email us at the below email address and Larry will send you a signed copy of this new book. Or you can buy an unsigned copy at the link below. https://www.amazon.com/Your-Caption-Has.../dp/1250333407/We discuss the winning entry for Contest #900 (Cave...

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Episode 161 - Tyson Cole

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/06/26

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview Cartoonist, Tyson Cole.Tyson is a fairly new contributor to the New Yorker, but his cartoons have been published in many other magazines such as Saturday Evening Post, Reader’s Digest, Yahoo!, The American Bystander, Weekly Humorist, the Funny Times, and the Cole Family Christmas Newsletter. He has been nominated for the Best Gag Cartoon Reuben's Award three times since 2019. We talk with Tyson about him switching his career path from biologist t...

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Episode 160 - Maddie Dai

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2024/06/19

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview Cartoonist/Screenwriter/Director, Maddie Dai. Maddie talks with us about her career as a cartoonist and becoming a screenwriter and director. She wrote the screenplay for the movie, "We Were Dangerous" which is being produced by Piki Films (Jojo Rabbit & Hunt For The Wilderpeople) and will be out in August.You can see a trailer for it here:https://youtu.be/R0mRPMX-WCc?si=legg1Ebc_Kk2jwoPMaddie also wrote and directed the short film, "Min...

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