New Yorker Caption Contest Documentary in the Works

Filming has begun on Made Funny, a documentary web series about The New Yorker’s caption contest.  Davis Chambers, who is producing and directing, tells Ink Spill that he’s  been “working hard at finding caption contest winners and academics to contribute to the project.” New Yorker cartoonists Bob Eckstein, David Sipress and Joe Dator  have sat in front of the cameras

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Interviews: Barsotti, Donnelly; Warp on Her Endowed Oscar; Brains and Cartoons

From The Comics Journal, March 7, 2013, the latest installment of Richard Gehr’s “Know Your New Yorker Cartoonist”: Charles Barsotti And: An interview with Liza Donnelly as part of Judy Clement Wall’s Creativity Interviews, March 7, 2013.   From newyorker.com, two cartoonist-centered  pieces: Bob Mankoff’s blog features Kim Warp talking about her Oscar themed drawing  in the current issue of

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The Next Daily Cartoonist is…

Danny Shanahan’s Facebook page (Danny Shanahan — New Yorker Cartoonist) mentions that his successor in the Daily Cartoon slot is Chris Weyant.  Danny was the Daily Cartoonist for the past two months.   A slideshow of Danny’s Daily Cartoon work can be seen by clicking on the Daily Cartoon link above (where you can also view The Daily Cartoon work

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