New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

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 #876 (Rat's in the belfry).
Current New Yorker contest #878 (Stockings up for the holidays).
The link to Patton Oswalt's Christmas Shoes routine:
https://youtu.be/iq10bz3PxyY?si=vJSekJlWS_8VZO_H
The New Yorker Cartoonist Christmas Poem:
https://www.jasonchatfield.com/blog/a-new-yorker-cartoonist-christmas-poem
Nesja Press/Drew Dernavich Letterpress Prints:
https://www.nesjapress.com/shop/prints-and-broadsides/drew-dernavich-cartoons
Curated Cartoons Original Cartoon Art:
https://www.curatedcartoons.com
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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/CUTBLEED/
www.instagram.com/t.j.hamilton/
You can order his wonderful comic book (that we completely neglected to ask him about), Rabbit Who Fight:
https://gumroad.com/timhamiltonrwf
Order his Children's books from Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001K8VS16
And listen to his podcast, Seddy Bimco Part 2, The Revenge, here:
https://shows.acast.com/seddy-bimco
On Part 1 of the episode, we discuss...
The winning captions for New Yorker contest #872 (Dinersaurs).
Finalists for contest #874 (Chore Encounters of the Third Kind).
Current New Yorker contest #876 (The Algernon and the Ecstasy).
And we also dive into our favorite cartoons of the current issue of the New Yorker.
Finally, we talk about the winners of the last cartoonStock Caption Contest (Yay, Nicole!)
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This week on the podcast, we catch up with Tom Toro. We talk about "Back To School, Backpack", Tom's latest book collaboration with Simon Rich (their previous collaboration was on the book, "I'm Terrified of Bath Time"). We also talk about his syndicated cartoon, "Home Free", which recently celebrated its one year anniversary.
Tom also joins us for our usual discussion of the week's contests and our favorite cartoons from this week's issue of the New Yorker.
The contest discussion:
The winning caption for New Yorker contest #859 (Board With science).
Finalists for contest #861 (Shout out at the Croquet Corral).
With our own Paul Nesja as a finalist!
Current New Yorker contest #863 (Sticking it to the man).
You can Buy Tom's books here:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=tom+toro
And see Home Free here:
https://www.gocomics.com/homefree
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Writer. musician and former Assistant (to the) Cartoon Editor, Marc Philippe Eskenazi joins us on the podcast this week. Marc talks about his background and how he came to be the Assistant Cartoon Editor at the New Yorker. We also talk a bit about how the caption contest was run back in 2012.
Marc is currently a member of The Surfboard Six, A music duo that plays a fun mix of indie rock surf pop. You can listen to them at Spotify here:
https://open.spotify.com/artist/7rhIeNDOjvwhbLMoMGDpnz?si=CIBU85XUTRq40meCZKW98w
Marc has also contributed to the New Yorker Daily Shouts. You can read some of them here:
https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/marc-philippe-eskenazi
We finish the podcast with Marc joining us in a discussion of the current contest #872
On Part 1 of the episode, we discuss...
The winning caption for New Yorker contest #868 (This session really frosts my assumptions).
Finalists for contest #870 (Baby, it's cold cash upside).
Current New Yorker contest #872 (Do you have a lozenge? I have a dinosaur throat).
Tom Toro Has his own version of the caption contest for his cartoon. Check it out here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cyv70psRDCU/
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All Time New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest winner, Larry Wood joins us to talk about the current New Yorker contests and our favorite cartoons from this week’s issue of the New Yorker.
Nicole steps in for Vin, who was unable to join us due to a prior pickleball commitment.
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=1699478163&sprefix=laurence+wood%2Caps%2C127&sr=8-2
You can find Tony Lopes's Insanity Streak Caption Contest at his website:
https://www.tonylopes.com.au
We discuss the winning entry for Contest #870 (Money in motion get your cribs for free)
Finalists for Contest #872 (You don't see many dinosaurs in this neck of the restaurant district)
Current Contest #874 (Rake me to your leader)
We finish with our favorite cartoons from the current issue.
The Pixar short that was mentioned in the pod cast is "Lifted" and can be viewed here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVLoc6FrLi0
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