New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Nicole Chrolavicius

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview Cartoonist/Screenwriter/Director, Maddie Dai. Maddie talks with us about her career as a cartoonist and becoming a screenwriter and director. She wrote the screenplay for the movie, "We Were Dangerous" which is being produced by Piki Films (Jojo Rabbit & Hunt For The Wilderpeople) and will be out in August.You can see a trailer for it here:https://youtu.be/R0mRPMX-WCc?si=legg1Ebc_Kk2jwoPMaddie also wrote and directed the short film, "Min...

Larry Wood, the All Time New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest winner, joins us to talk about his new book, "Your Caption Has Been Selected: More Than Anyone Could Possibly Want to Know About The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest". The podcast hosts all received their copies last week and we all agree that it's a great book and we wish it had been around when we first started entering the contest (we'd have surpassed Larry by now if we had). We also talk about the current New Yorker ...

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview the wonderful Liana Finck. Liana discusses her career, unique insights into the world around her, humor, cartoons, babies, books and parks near where she lives and areas to avoid in them. It's a wide ranging conversation covering everything from creation to pet dogs giving meaningful advice.You can find Liana's webpage here (you can buy her letterpress prints of her cartoons and her original artwork):https://lianafinck.comYou can buy her boo...

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview the great Mort Gerberg. Mort talks with us about his career in cartooning and much, much more! A fantastic interview!You can find Mort's webpage here:http://mortgerberg.comYou can also find Mort's 50 year retrospective of his cartoons, Mort Gerber On The Scene, here:https://www.fantagraphics.com/.../mort-gerberg-on-the-sceneOn Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the changes for ranking captions and the current contests:Winning captions for New York...

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview the creative team of Jason Patterson and Dan Abdo. Jason and Dan have been friends since high school and have collaborated on Comics, graphic novels, children's books and animation. Jason has also created many New Yorker cartoons, but has not had time for them this last few years. Their "Barb The Last Berserker" graphic novel has three volumes so far and is in development as a series for the Disney Channel. They've written six children's bo...

On this week's podcast, we are joined by the multi-talented Bob Eckstein.Bob talks with us about his latest book, "Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums: Stories and Memorable Moments from People Who Love Museums". We also talk about what's funny these days and take the occasional detour into talking about pickleball (you've been warned!)You can check out Bob's website and buy his book here:https://eckstein2.wixsite.com/mysite-1You can also subscribe to his newsletter, The Bob, here:htt...