Wednesday Spill: “Funny Stuff” Authors Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast; A Fave Summertime New Yorker Cover

Funny Stuff Authors Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast This week’s guests on the always fun Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast are Phil Witte and Rex Hesner, the co-authors of the just released Funny Stuff: How Great Cartoonists Make Great Cartoons (featured in yesterday’s Spill post). Shown above, clockwise from the top left: Rex Hesner, Paul Nesja, Phil Witte, and

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Friday Spill: Charles Addams’ Biographer Linda Davis On MAD; Maddie Dai Guests On Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

Charles Addams’ Biographer Linda Davis On MAD   Article of Interest: Charles Addams’s biographer, Linda Davis, on the MAD exhibit currently up at the Norman Rockwell Museum. From The Jewish Federation Of The Berkshires, “Mad About Mad: An Iconoclast Comes To The Norman Rockwell Museum”   More information about the exhibit here. _______________________________________________________________________ Maddie Dai, who began contributing to The New

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Tuesday Spill: Larry Wood’s “Your Caption Has Been Selected” Pub Day; Mort Gerberg Guests On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

                                  Larry Wood’s Your Caption Has Been Selected  Text from the publisher:  A behind-the-scenes look at The New Yorker cartoon caption contest, its history, how it’s judged, and the secrets to writing a winning caption. Mr. Wood has advanced to The New Yorker‘s Cartoon Caption

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Friday Spill: Jason Patterson Guests On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast; The New Yorker Softball T-Shirt

             Jason Patterson Guests On The Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast On the latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast (episode #156 for those keeping track), Jason Patterson, shown bottom right above, is joined by his collaborator, Dan Abdo (below left).  Co-host Nicole Chrolavicius is on the top left, and co-host Paul Nesja, top right. Listen here.

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