New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview Cartoonist Madeline Horwath (also known as Mads). Mads talks with us about their journey to become a New Yorker Cartoonist. Starting out at the exclusive UW-Beloit and currently working on a masters at the London Royal College of Art, they've had plenty of adventures in-between (sometimes involving PBR).
Mads also talks with us about their cartoons and how they come up wi...

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview Artist, Tom Bachtell. Tom talks with us about his career as an illustrator and his time doing the New Yorker's "The Talk of the Town" illustrations. His work has also been feature in The New York Review of Books, Newsweek, Forbes, Bon Appetit, Town and Country, Mother Jones, as well as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, New York magazine, The New York Obse...

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview ourselves.  The hosts: Vin, Paul, Beth and Nicole share a little bit about themselves, how they got into the caption contest, and the creation of the podcast.   

As discussed in this episode, you can purchase original cartoons at Curated Cartoons. 
www.curatedcartoons.com

You can also buy original work from Drew Dernavich and Nesja Press below. 
www.nesja...

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview Artist, Jenny Kroik. Jenny talks with us about her career as an illustrator and being featured in many national publications (including the New Yorker, of course)! We have a great discussion about art and what it means to be an artist. 

You can learn more about Jenny at her Website (and ask her about doing a private commission for you!)
 https://www.jennykroik.com

Larry Wood, the All Time New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest winner,  joins us to talk about the current New Yorker contests, the latest CartoonStock contest and our favorite cartoons from this week’s issue of the New Yorker.

You can preorder Larry's upcoming book on the cartoon contest here:
https://www.amazon.com/Your-Caption-Has-Been-Selected/dp/1250333407/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2T36QCZS5V4D4&keywords=lawrence+wood...

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist, Will Santino. Will talks with us about becoming a New Yorker cartoonist, writing and his current passion, standup comedy. We also talk about his cartoons in the New Yorker and the process of being funny. You can see some of that process at Comedy On State, a comedy club in Madison, Wisconsin, where Will is developing his routine doing open mic nights (Sunday-Thursday)....

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Erika Sjule. Erika tells us that her need to draw has always been a part of her life. She has channeled it into zines, graphic novels and more recently, the New Yorker. She talks about her process from ideation to the final publication. We also talk about some of our favorite cartoons of hers. We also congratulate her on becoming a newly minted Mom!
  
You can l...

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview Marty Dundics. Marty is the founder of Humorist Media and editor-in-chief of Weekly Humorist magazine and also produces the podcasts "Talkward" and "The Cartoon Pad". He was also the creative director and editor-in-chief of National Lampoon and worked at 'The Late Show with David Letterman'.
He's been busy and we get to talk with Marty about ...

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist David Ostow. David tells us about how he became a New Yorker Cartoonist (by the usual route of becoming an Architect first) and his current gig as a stay-at-home dad. 
We also talk about our favorite cartoons of his and end up talking about the proper storage of ketchup and butter (Dave reported back to us after the podcast that the butter was in the fridge and ther...

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Brooke Bourgeois. Brooke has had an interesting journey on her way to becoming a New Yorker cartoonist: Harvard, neurobiology, Second City Improv, Scotland, Edinburgh Fringe, a MA in Children's Book Illustration... A very eventful journey!  

You can find more about Brooke at her website:
https://www.brookeabourgeois.com

And you can learn more ...

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Justin Sheen. Justin talks with us about how he became a cartoonist, his influences and the methods and techniques of creating his cartoons. 

You can find Justin's cartoons at his website:
https://justinsheencartoonist.com

On Part 1 of the episode, we discuss...  
The winning captions for New Yorker contest #880 (Repent Harlequin said the ...

Larry Wood, the All Time New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest winner,  joins us to talk about the current New Yorker contests, the latest CartoonStock contest and our favorite cartoons from this week’s issue of the New Yorker.

You can preorder Larry's book on the cartoon contest here:
https://www.amazon.com/Your-Caption-Has-Been-Selected/dp/1250333407/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2T36QCZS5V4D4&keywords=lawrence+wood&qid=...

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Amy Hwang.  Amy talks with us about her journey to becoming a New Yorker cartoonist, her sense of humor and we also discuss many of her very funny cartoons.
Her work is included in "From Lines to Laughs: Women+ on Men" a group exhibition of women and non-binary cartoonists at The Society of Illustrators in New York, curated by Liza Donnelly. You can learn ...

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Avi Steinberg.  Avi talks with us about his early life and wanting to become a cartoonist, how he got into the New Yorker, his cartoons and process and reflects on being a kindergarten teacher.
He also talks about his great new children's book, "A Story No One Has Ever Heard Before".
You can order it here:
https://us.macmillan.com/books/97803...

On this week's episode, Vin, Paul, Beth, Nicole and Larry review past and present contests from 2023 and choose our best and worst of the year.  We also discuss the recent winners from last month's CartoonStock Caption Contest. 

And of course, we discuss...  
The winning captions for New Yorker contest #876 (Michelangelo Mouse Cage).  
Finalists for contest #878 (Christmas Stockings). 
Current New Yor...

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Lila Ash.  Lila talks with us about how she got her start in cartooning and how she eventually broke into The New Yorker.  We also chat about her drawing style, her paintings and how she comes up with her ideas.  Lastly, Lila shares her trials and tribulations of writing her graphic memoir "decodependence, a romantic tragicomic". 

You can order the b...

Carol Lasky makes a quick return to the podcast and joins us in discussing this week's contests and favorite cartoons from the current New Yorker. We also discuss a few of carol's strategies for writing winning captions.

Contests we discuss are...
 The winning captions for New Yorker contest #874 (We've come to rake leaves and take your women and we're all out of leaves).  
Finalists for contest...

On this week's episode we're joined by the most winningest New Yorker Caption Contest Finalist in 2023 and any single year in the history of the contest, Carol Lasky and second place most winningest in any single year in the history of the contest, her son Colin Mills.  Carol had 5 finalist captions in TNY Caption Contest this year and Colin had 4.  They speak with us about this incredible achievement and reveal some of t...

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Tim Hamilton. 
Tim talks with us about his career as a comic book artist, cartoonist and children's book writer and illustrator. We find out how he became a New Yorker cartoonist. We also learn why you should never open files on a co-worker's computer.
You can learn more about Tim at his website and Instagram feed:
https://hamilton-tim.pairsite.com...