Friday Spill: Dan Misdea Is The Cartoon Caption Contest Pod’s Latest Guest; Books Of Interest…Spiegelman…Chatfield & Dooley

Dan Misdea Is The Cartoon Caption Contest Pod’s Latest Guest           On the CCCP‘s 101st episode Dan Misdea joins co-hosts Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, and Nicole Chrolavicius (filling in for Vin Coca). Mr. Misdea began contributing to The New Yorker in July of 2021. Visit his website here.  Above, clockwise from top left: Beth Lawler, Paul

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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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Friday Spill: Mary Lawton Is The Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast; More Sempe

Mary Lawton Is The Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Mary Lawton, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2017, is interviewed by that fun co-hostin’ Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast trio of Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, and Vin Coca. Listen here.  photo above: clockwise, from top left, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Vin Coca, Mary Lawton _____________________________________________________________________ More

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Thurber Thursday: The First Published Thurber Drawing; Latest Guest On The Caption Contest Podcast…Marisa Acocella

The Very First Published Thurber Drawing  Edwin T. Bowden’s James Thurber: A Bibliography, the must-have book for Thurbermaniacs tells us that Thurber’s very first published drawing in a periodical, shown above*, was in Ohio State University’s Sun-Dial, November, 1917. It was followed by seven more drawings in the same paper, the last appearing March 7, 1918. The timeline for Thurber’s

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