Rich Sparks Guests On The Caption Contest Podcast
–Screen grab, clockwise from top left: Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Vin Coca, and Rich Sparks.
Rich Sparks is this week’s guest on the always entertaining Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast.
In this episode the “Ten A Week” faux commandment comes up yet again!
Listen to the Rich Sparks episode here.
Mr. Sparks began contributing to The New Yorker in 2016. Visit his website.
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Lots Of Olddens On Attempted Bloggery
Attempted Bloggery rounds up the original Richard Oldden drawings that turned up at auction in recent weeks. Mr. Oldden, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1966, eventually contributed 72 drawings to the magazine. His last was in 1993.
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Checking In On “A New Yorker State of Mind: Reading Every Issue Of The New Yorker”
A deep dive into every issue. Currently, it’s the issue of May 5, 1934. Good reading, great cartoons (including an early Addams!).
The cover: by the one-and-only Rea Irvin