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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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269 - The P.C. Vey Tribute

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/10/07

This week's podcast is a special tribute to New Yorker Cartoonist, P.C. Vey. Peter passed away on September 17th. He was a terrific cartoonist with a wonderfully bent sense of humor. We invited cartoonists Michael Maslin, Drew Dernavich and Shannon Wheeler to talk about Peter and his cartoons. We have some insightful discussions about his work and we couldn't help laughing as we talked about his cartoons. It wouldn't be a tribute to someone who created so many funny cartoons if there wasn't a...

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96:31

Episode 268 - Olivia Pecini

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/10/01

Olivia Pecini joins us on the podcast this week. Olivia had her first cartoon appear in the print issue of the New Yorker a few weeks ago (she's also had a Daily cartoon and illustrated a couple of Shouts & Murmurs). She is also a talented illustrator and works in animation. We talk with her about her creative career and how she got onto the New Yorker. We also get sidetracked by the Major League Baseball playoffs. On Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the current contests: W...

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Episode 267 - John Konno

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/09/23

Frequent Caption Contest finalist, John Konno joins us on the podcast this week. John (or a member of his family) has been a finalist in the New Yorker contest five times and more times than we can count in the CartoonStock contest (he's been the top winner in the last two contests). We talk with him about the how he got into entering the contests and he joins us in the contest discussions and our favorite cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker. The podcast was much saddened...

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96:35

266 - Michael Maslin Returns Again

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/09/16

Michael Maslin returns to the podcast to talk some more about cartoons, process, motivation and the contests. We get into a great discussion on a new trend in humor that we're calling "shared experience". You can find Michael's Ink Spill Substack here: https://michaelmaslinsinkspill.substack.com Liza Donnelly's documentary , "Women Laughing", is starting to be shown in theaters. You can find where it's playing and learn more about it here: https://www.womenlaughingfilm.com Rusty Epst...

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Episode 265 - Bob Mankoff Takes The Fifth

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/09/09

Bob Mankoff returns to the podcast for a fifth time. We talk with him about the changes to the CartoonStock contest, The recent decision by Air Mail to no longer publish cartoons in its weekly digital magazine and the current state of AI and it's ability to be funny. The co-hosts have a lively discussion on the current New Yorker contests and Paul, once again, digs in the gutter for another caption idea. Here's the link to the games page at CartoonStock: https://www.cartoonstock.com/ga...

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Episode 264 - Lawrence Wood

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/09/01

Larry Wood joins us this week to talk about the contests and cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker. We have some great discussions and disagreements on the finalists for the New Yorker and CartoonStock contests. Humor is very subjective! We discuss the winning entry for Contest #1000 (Rocky Swords Picture Show.) Finalists for Contest #1002 (Singin' in the Rain Barrel of Monkeys.) Current Contest #1004 (Hello Doggy, Checkmate!) Be sure to enter the latest CartoonStock Caption C...

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Episode 263 - Guy Richards Smit

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/08/19

Guy Richards Smit joins us on the podcast this week. Guy has followed his muse down many paths: art, music, video production and most recently, gag cartooning. His art has been exhibited at The Museum of Modern Art, The Hirshhorn Museum and The Pompidou Center among many other museums and galleries. His first cartoon was published in the New Yorker in 2022 and he has had many published since then in the magazine and the Daily cartoons. We talk with him about his career, cartoons a...

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262 - John Klossner Returns

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/08/12

John Klossner returns to the podcast to talk some more about cartoons, Children's book illustrations, his stint doing the Caption Contest Commentary for Beth's facebook group and puns. We really dig into puns on this one (fair warning). Here are the links to the books John worked on: Smalltown City https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DZQM2ZBM?lv Everyone's Trash https://www.amazon.com/dp/1942155778?lv And some links to other Caption contests that John contributes cartoons to: https://moderncat.com/...

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Episode 261 - Olivia Noble

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/08/05

Olivia Noble joins us on the podcast this week. Olivia Started submitting her cartoons to the New Yorker through Submittable in 2024 and had her first Cartoon published in the magazine in September, 2025. She has had a second cartoon published since than and has had a cartoon appear in a recent caption contest. We talk with Olivia about her journey to becoming a New Yorker cartoonist, her process, cartoons and the never ending thrills of copy editing. She hopes to have a webpage or at least a...

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Episode 260 - Lawrence Wood

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/07/29

Larry Wood joins us this week to talk about the contests and cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker. We were all pretty much in agreement with the New Yorker contests, but the podcast gang did take Larry to task for some of the Cartoon Stock picks. Larry was able to defend his personal picks, but could offer no defense for the other judge's picks (he actually agreed with us for a change). Larry also states that he thinks his caption for New Yorker Contest #1000 is one of the ...

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Episode 259 - Rusty Epstein

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/07/23

Rusty Epstein joins us on the podcast this week. Rusty's cartoons have appeared in The Weekly Humorist, The Times and other magazines and will soon be published in the Wall Street Journal and the New Yorker (he recently received an "O.K.", but it has not been published yet). We talk with Rusty abbot his journey to becoming a cartoonist, his process and the challenge of tracking where you've submitted your cartoons. He has also created and runs the Reverse Caption Contest, a contest where he s...

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Episode 258 - Avi Steinberg Returns

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/07/15

Avi Steinberg returns to the podcast to talk some more about cartoons, the rewards of being a kindergarten teacher and his soon to be published book, "The Jumble". We also talk about aour love of cartoon tropes (more desert island cartoons? Yes, please!) At the end of the podcast, Avi asks the hosts about their recent attempts at drawing their own cartoons. Those cartoons can be found in the comments at the podcast facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0wy...

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Episode 257 - Lawrence Wood

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/07/01

Larry Wood joins us this week to talk about the contests and cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker. We go over the New Yorker contests with some disagreement, but the podcast gang mostly agrees with the judges picks for the CartoonStock contest (except for Paul, who did not like one of the finalist picks). The contest did generate over $1000 for the cash pot, so we were all happy to see that the changes to the contest were generating more entries. We discuss the winning ent...

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Episode 256 - The Co-Hosts Meat Cute

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/06/25

A short podcast this week with just the podcast co-hosts Vin, Beth, Nicole and Paul talking about the contests and their favorite cartoons from the current week's issue of the New Yorker (we'll get back into regular guests again next week). A straight forward podcast with only a short digression into Lonnie Millsap's world of sentient ground meat products (are the buns clothing or more like hair?) We discuss the winning entry for Contest #992 (Rats, my research proposal lost funding.) Final...

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Episode 255 - Peter Kuper

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/06/18

Cartoonist, Peter Kuper joins us on the podcast this week. Peter is a frequent contributor to the New Yorker, is the current cartoonist for Spy Vs Spy in MAD magazine and was nominated for a Pulitzer prize this last year. We talk with him about his career, his recent books, "Insectopolis" and "Wish We Weren't Here". We also talk about "World War 3", an ongoing collection of graphic stories created by a wide range of artists. You can find more about Peter at his website. You can also purchase...

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Episode 254 - Keith Knight

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/06/10

Keith Knight joins us on the podcast this week. Keith is a syndicated cartoonist and has been published in MAD, the New Yorker and many other magazines. He was also a co-creator of the Hulu series, "Woke", which was partially based on his life. His cartoons have won many awards, including a Comic- Con Inkpot Award for Career Achievement in Comics and a Harvey Award for Best Comic Strip. He is currently working on developing one of his cartoons, "One Black Kid" as an animated short. He has a K...

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Episode 253 - Lawrence Wood

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/06/03

Larry Wood joins us this week to talk about the contests and cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker. We go over the New Yorker contests without much disagreement, but the podcast gang does have some issues with how the CartoonStock caption judging went. We were all quite happy though to see that the prize pot came close to the previous set amount of $1,000. Keep playing and ask your friends and relatives to play as well. We discuss the winning entry for Contest #989 (You do ...

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Episode 252 - Jim Benton

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/05/27

Episode 252 - Jim Benton Jim Benton joins us on the podcast this week. Jim is a renown illustrator and children's book writer. He created "IT'S HAPPY BUNNY" which has generated three-quarters of a billion dollars in product sales. He has written over 40 books including these series: "DEAR DUMB DiARY,", "Franny K. Stein" and "CATWAD". Jim is also an accomplished cartoonist and has several cartoon compilations. The New Yorker has published one of his cartoons, so on top of everything else, he'...

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Episode 251 - Ellie Black

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/05/21

Ellie Black joins us on the podcast this week. Ellie started submitting to the New Yorker in 2017 and had their first cartoon published in 2019. Their latest cartoon was published in this week's issue! We talk with Ellie about being creative and funny, their cartoons and submitting to the New Yorker (the thrill of having a cartoon accepted and the agony of rejection!) Besides cartoons, Ellie publishes comics and has created a popular card game. Their comic, "Vampire Tears", can be found here:...

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Episode 250 - Lawrence Wood

New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast ·

2026/05/07

Larry Wood joins us to help celebrate our 250th podcast! Nicole was not able to make it to the main podcast, so we recorded an additional one that we added to the beginning. The four co-hosts reminisce about some of their favorite podcasts and talk about how doing the podcast for the last five has affected them. Vin, Beth and Paul then join with Larry to talk about the contests and their favorite cartoons from the issue. We discuss the winning entry for Contest #986 (The only thing you need ...

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