Friday Spill: Akeem Roberts Is The Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Pod; MoCCA This Weekend; Chast Exhibit In Minnesota

Akeem Roberts Is The Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Mr. Roberts, whose first New Yorker cartoon appeared in July of 2019, joins co-hosts Paul Nesja, Vin Coca, and Beth Lawler. Listen here. (photo above, clockwise from top left: Lawler, Nesja, Coca, and Roberts).  Akeem Roberts’s website.  ________________________________________________________________________________ It’s MoCCA fest time again (April 1-2, 2023).  All the

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Wednesday Spill: Latest Guest On The Cartoon Pad…Lars Kenseth ; Cartoon Caption Contest Celebrates Its 100th Episode; A “Comic Chat” With Harry Bliss

Latest Guest On The Cartoon Pad…Lars Kenseth New Yorker cartoonists and Cartoon Pad co-hosts, Bob Eckstein and Michael Shaw speak with funny guy Lars Kenseth in this latest episode. Lars talks about sports, cartoonists, and his creepy clown drawing (published November 14, 2016) — the first ever New Yorker cartoon referencing the magazine.  Listen here.   Lars Kenseth began contributing to

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Friday Spill: Curated Cartoons Announced; Latest “Case for Pencils” Features Emily Bernstein; Books: Re-Reading; Seen On The Silver Screen: Remnick & Ross (Harold)

Curated Cartoons Announced Beth Lawler, a name you might recognize from her dual online cartoon affiliations, as a co-host of The Cartoon Contest Podcast and founder of the Facebook group, The Cartoon Caption Contest Rejects (and Enthusiasts), has announced “Curated Cartoons.”  The announcement describes Curated Cartoons as a “gateway to acquire original cartoon art published in The New Yorker Magazine…Curated

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Wednesday Spill: Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Pod With Guest Navied Mahdavian; Latest Cartoon Pad Pod Posted; Latest Addition To The Spill Cartoon Collection: Gluyas Williams

Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast With Guest Navied Mahdavian  This weeks Cartoon Caption Contest Pod guest is Navied Mahdavian, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017. Above, clockwise, beginning top left: co-hosts Beth Lawler and Paul Nesja, Mr. Mahdavian, and co-host Vin Coca.  __________________________________________________________________   Latest Cartoon Pad Pod Posted Following a semi-brief hiatus, New Yorker cartoonists Bob

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