New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

New Yorker cartoonist, Robert Leighton joins us on the second half of the podcast this week.
Robert started drawing cartoons at an early age and started a comic strip, called Carl & Goober, when he was eight. The strip was very much influenced by Walt Kelly's, Pogo and Robert even used one of its characters in a strip he did for the Northwestern University Humor magazine. His first cartoon in the New Yorker was published in 2002 and he has been a frequent contributor ever since. He is also a well know puzzle maker, starting his puzzling career in the...

New Yorker cartoonist, Jason Chatfield, joins us to celebrate the 200th episode of the podcast. We catch up on what he's been up to over the last two years and talk about his new book with Scott Dooley, "You're Not a Real Dog Owner Until…". It will be available on April 29th wherever fine books are sold and at the book's website:
Realdogowner.com

You can find more about Jason, subscribe to his subStack and look for his next live gig at his website:
https://www.jasonchatfield.com

You can read Emma Hunsinger's "Ho...

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 the "fun" back in funeral!

We discuss the winning entry for Contest #937 (Hell of a...

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. 
For a short documentary on G...

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!

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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/stores/Ellis-Rosen/author/B091ZHL68S

Ellis also jo...

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.
Tommy is also a member of the popular band, Jukebox The...

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 winning entry for Contest #933 (Homely pigeon).

Finalists for Contest #931 (The Pa...

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 lock your underwear drawer!)

You can find more about Lia and Bizzy at...

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-Wits-End.../dp/0593581059
And check out the Ink Spill here:

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, whale done).
Finalists for Contest #932 (Stripe tease).
Current Contest #934...