New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

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 s...

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 m...

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 co...

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....

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 fri...

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...

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...

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...

Polly Lou Adams joins us on the podcast this week. Polly is a fairly new cartoonist and has had a number of cartoons printed in the New Yorker and many more featured as the Daily cartoon. We talk with Polly about being creative, her journey to becoming a New Yorker cartoonist, her cartoons and we touch on the subject of A.I. and the current market for cartoons. You can learn more about Polly at he...

Frank Cotham returns to the podcast this week after a nearly five year absence. We catch up with Frank on what he's been up to (mostly cartooning and yard work) and have a nice leisurely chat with him about cartoons. Frank doesn't have a social media presence, but you can find his cartoons (over 1,000 of them!) at the Condé Nast Store. Be sure to buy a mug or print while you're look...

Tom Chitty returns to the podcast to talk about his upcoming book, "Nooks & Crannies of New York—from the Chronicles of Baron von Schoogenheimer".  Tom's tome is a wonderfully whimsical compilation taken from the copious notes of Baron von Schoogenheimer during his stay in New York City. We learn about Cheese Pirates, Ghost League Baseball, Les Taxis du Savoir-Faire, Schneek&apo...

Joel Mishon, cartoonist and Co-founder of CartoonStock, joins us on the podcast this week. We had a great time talking with Joel about his career as a cartoonist and administrator of cartoons at CartoonStock. We discuss the attributes a good caption should have and why some captions get picked over other captions. Some great insights into the world of Cartoon Caption Contest captioning! You can li...

Comedy writer and captioneer extraordinaire, Wayne Kline, joins us on the podcast this week to talk about his career as a TV comedy writer ("Good Times", "Married With Children", Jay Leno, David Letterman and many others) and his captioneering.  A shoutout to Tom Chitty on his Kickstarter for his new book, "Nooks and Crannies of New York: From the Chronicles of Baron von S...

Jake Goldwasser joins us on the podcast this week. Jake is a cartoonist, poet, translator and high school English teacher. He's had a number of cartoons (and Shouts & Murmurs) published in the New Yorker and other publications. We talk with him about his career, cartoon process, poetry and why we had to read The Great Gatsby in high school. You can find more about Jake at his website: htt...

A short podcast this week with just the original podcast recipe of Vin, Beth 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). Vin lets the cat out of the bag with the podcast doing a roadtrip to Toronto. We'll be meeting up in Nicole's hometown at the end of May...

Larry Wood joins us for our monthly discussion about the CartoonStock contest. He hints at some changes to the contest that will be announced in the next month. We have our usual discussion about the New Yorker contest (Paul admits he was wrong about there being Position Bias!) and we talk about our favorite cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker. We discuss the winning entry for Contes...

We start the podcast talking with our own Nicole Chrolavicius about her ventures into writing humorous articles this last year. She's had seven pieces published with an eighth one coming out soon. We then go into our usual discussion about the contests and our favorite cartoons from the current week's issue of the New Yorker. You can find Nicole's humor writings here: https://weekly...

A fun podcast this week with cartoonist, Lynn Hsu and frequent contest finalist, Carol Lasky. Lynn and carol have been collaborating on cartoons since Carol won a CartoonStock contest that used one of Lynn's cartoons. Their collaborations have appeared in the New Yorker and other respected publications. We talk with them about their process and the cartoons they've created together. You...

This is an off week for the New Yorker (double issue last week), but we do have Larry Wood joining us for our monthly discussion about the CartoonStock contest. We dive into our likes and dislikes about the captions selected as winners for that contest and talk about captions we liked that didn't make it into the finalists. In the first half of the podcast, we talk about the New Yorker contes...

Rich North joins us on the podcast this week. Rich is a fairly new cartoonist with his  cartoons first appearing in the New Yorker just over a year ago.  We talk with Rich about how he got into cartooning, his process, how bowling changed his life and, as always, we get distracted by shiny objects along the way. You can check out Rich's cartoons at his website: https://www.rich-north.com And...

We're happy to have cartoonist, Dan Misdea return to the podcast this week!  We talk with Dan about the children's book he had published after the last time he was on the podcast and his more recent collaboration with Rob Meyerson, "AB@C And Other Gramograms", an homage to the great William Steig's classic book "CDB!" (See the Bee!).  We also discuss the winning...

New Yorker cartoonist, Drew Dernavich, returns to the podcast for the ninth time (one more punch on his podcast ticket gets him a free pizza!) We talk about the book he's working on that he hopes to have out by this time next year, his Whisperbubble project  and his Great Holiday Hat Fail.  You can find out more about Whisperbubble at his Substack: https://whisperbubble.substack.com You can f...

Katherine Bettis Joins us on the podcast this week. Katherine is a fairly new cartoonist to the scene, but has already had her cartoons published in Airmail, Woman's World, The Weekly Humorist and a small publication called the New Yorker. We talk with her about how she got into cartooning, her process and her cartoons. We also learn that she has a degree in architecture and is a musician. On...

Larry Wood joins us for our monthly discussion about the CartoonStock contest. We have a good discussion about whether an obvious caption should be picked as a finalist (and congratulations to our own Beth for having her not obvious caption picked as a finalist in that contest!) We discuss the winning entry for Contest #971 (I've been chipper.) Finalists for Contest #973 (Long time listener,...

On this week's episode, Vin, Paul, Beth and Nicole review past and present contests from 2025 and choose our best and worst of the year.  We also talk a bit about the CartoonStock contest and our favorite regular cartoons from the issue for the year. We talk a bit about Keith Huie's caption for the Finalists of contest #972. Keith is a terrific artist living in Wisconsin (just a couple o...