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.com

Credits:
Intro/Outro music created and performed by Chris Nesja.
Podcast logo designed by Dan Nesja with artwork by Shannon Wheeler.

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Episode 188 - John Donohue
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Episode 188 - John Donohue
On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with Artist/writer, John Donohue. John was a writer and editor at the New Yorker and tried his hand at cartooning for a while and had five of his cartoons published in it. He decided to take a new direction in his career and started doing on-the-spot ink drawings of restaurants. He's drawn restaurants from all over the world, including London, Paris, New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia and many more. He's had three books published of his drawings from Paris, London and New York City. John does sell limited edition prints of his drawings, so if you have a favorite restaurant or one that brings back special memories, check out his website and see if he has it. He also takes requests!https://alltherestaurants.comYou can check out his personal webpage here:https://johndonohue.comAnd order his books here:https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004MN36OS/allbooksYou can also check out what he's currently working on at Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/eat.draw.repeat/(If you go back far enough, you'll get to see his daily drawings of his dish rack!)On Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the current contests:Winning captions for New Yorker contest #926 (He's a herb-a-bore.)Finalists for contest #928 (How about a little screen time?)Current New Yorker contest #930 (Krilling me softly with your song.) We also talk about our favorite cartoons from the current issue and we discuss the recently ended CartoonStock contest (The dog with fleas and flies). (I try to write bad pun descriptions of these contests and while thinking of one for this one, I came up with a caption I wish I thought of earlier, "Timmy says hi.")You can buy original New Yorker cartoon art at Curated Cartoons:https://www.curatedcartoons.comSend us questions or comments to:  Cartooncaptioncontestpodcast@gmail.com
Episode 178 - Eric Drooker
Oct 30 2024
Episode 178 - Eric Drooker
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" is now available. His books, New Yorker cover prints and original art can be found at his webpage:http://www.drooker.comEric will be signing his books in San Francisco and Berkley in the next few days. You can find out more here:https://www.booksigningcentral.com/2024/10/30/eric-drooker-naked-city-author-talk/On Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the current contests:Winning captions for New Yorker contest #916 (Always look on the bright side of Dave).Finalists for contest #918 (Video killed the five star restaurants). Current New Yorker contest #920 (Dinner and a show). We also talk about our favorite cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker.(Paul wishes to apologize for the way he sounds on this episode. He fell into a well right before the podcast and due to contract disputes, Lassie was unable to save him.) You can buy original New Yorker cartoon art at Curated Cartoons:https://www.curatedcartoons.comSend us questions or comments to:  Cartooncaptioncontestpodcast@gmail.com
Episode 177 - Yinfan Huang
Oct 23 2024
Episode 177 - Yinfan Huang
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 more about Yinfan at her webpage:http://www.yinfanhuang.comYou can also preorder her graphic memoir, Yellow Singing Sail, that will be published on June 3rd, 2025.https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/yellow-singing-sail-yinfan-huang/1146391412?ean=9781525305511https://www.target.com/p/yellow-singing-sail-by-yinfan-huang-paperback/-/A-94054608On Part 1 of the episode, we are joined by Larry Wood to discuss the current contests:Winning captions for New Yorker contest #915 (Cat o' nine shirttails).Finalists for contest #917 (Janus, I'm worried about the Beaver). Current New Yorker contest #919 (One horse Town Car). We also talk about our favorite cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker and we also critique the CartoonStock contest.https://www.cartoonstock.com/caption-contest/currentToondeloo is a new weekly caption contest you can enter, hosted by the former New Yorker contest crowdsource developers and managers:https://www.toondeloo.comYou can buy original New Yorker cartoon art at Curated Cartoons:https://www.curatedcartoons.comSend us questions or comments to:  Cartooncaptioncontestpodcast@gmail.com
Episode 173 - Amanda Chung
Sep 25 2024
Episode 173 - Amanda Chung
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 a successful cartoonist. Here are links to a few of them:Emily Flake's class:https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/really-funny-gag-cartoons-with-emily-flake-archiveAmy Kurzweil's Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/AmykurzweilQuentin Blakehttps://quentinblake.comOn Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the current contests:Winning captions for New Yorker contest #911 (Frankenstein's Pokémon).Finalists for contest #913 (The Art of the How Does that Make You Feel?) Current New Yorker contest #915 (Twas not curiosity killed the cat, twas the spin cycle). We also talk about our favorite cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker and we also critique the CartoonStock contest.https://www.cartoonstock.com/caption-contest/currentToondeloo is a new weekly caption contest you can enter, hosted by the former New Yorker contest crowdsource developers and managers:https://www.toondeloo.comYou can buy original New Yorker cartoon art at Curated Cartoons:https://www.curatedcartoons.comSend us questions or comments to:  Cartooncaptioncontestpodcast@gmail.com
Episode 170 - Lawrence Wood
Sep 4 2024
Episode 170 - Lawrence Wood
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 enter that one, you should enter it this month as anybody with a half way decent idea for a caption stands a good chance of being a finalist. You can enter here (there is a $5 entry fee):https://www.cartoonstock.com/caption-contest/currentThe Patton Oswald comedy bit about him texting "I hate", can be found here:https://youtu.be/FoJ4h2KuYW8?si=BqfbIp8sdh8YTx4EYou can order Larry's book, "Your Caption Has Been Selected: More Than Anyone Could Possibly Want to Know About The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest" here:https://www.amazon.com/Your-Caption-Has.../dp/1250333407/You can purchase original New Yorker cartoon art from Curated Cartoons here:https://www.curatedcartoons.comAnd finally, you can purchase the Drew Dernavich/Nesja Press "Bagel Story" print here:https://www.nesjapress.com/.../bagel-story-letterpress-printWe also discuss the winning entry for Contest #908 (Hats off to Harry Houdini).Finalists for Contest #910 (Harp in valley ETA). Current Contest #912 (A high Red Delicious Corpuscle count).And the finalists for the last CartoonStock contest (The dark carts of grocery shopping).Send us questions or comments to :  Cartooncaptioncontestpodcast@gmail.com