Friday Spill: Liza Donnelly On Helen Hokinson; Harry Bliss Is The Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast; Attempted Bloggery On A W.B. Park Ballpark Drawing; Early Info On The 2025 New Yorker Fest

Liza Donnelly On Helen Hokinson From Liza Donnelly’s Substack, Seeing Things, July 24, 2025, “The Cartoons Of Helen Hokinson” — Ms. Donnelly writes about the terrif Ms. Hokinson, whose work is featured alongside many other New Yorker cartoonists in Ms. Donnelly’s upcoming documentary, Women Laughing.* A snippet from Donnelly’s Seeing Things piece: “Hokinson started at The New Yorker in 1925, her

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Friday Spill: A Bevy Of Joe Dator Original Drawings!; Interview Of Interest…Peter Kuper; Jose Arroyo Guests On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast; Paul Karasik On Gil Roth’s Virtual Memories Podcast; Fun Event: Liana Finck! Asher Perlman! David Ostow! Avi Steinberg!

  A Bevy Of Joe Dator Original Cartoons! Joe Dator, one of the great modern New Yorker cartoonists, is offering a number of his original drawings published in the magazine. Below are just two of over a dozen available. See all the work here! This drawing appeared in The New Yorker November 28, 2016.            

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Friday Spill: New Yorker Cover Artist & Cartoonist John Cuneo Guests On The Cartoon Pad; Lindsey Budde Is The Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

New Yorker Cover Artist & Cartoonist John Cuneo Guests On The Cartoon Pad           John Cuneo, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 2009, joins co-hosts (and New Yorker colleagues) Bob Eckstein and Michael Shaw for a wide-ranging discussion. Listen here. Mr. Cuneo’s most recent book is Good Intentions (Fantagraphics) Visit John Cuneo’s website here. 

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Friday Spill: Bruce Eric Kaplan Is The Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast; Attempted Bloggery Tracks A Wednesday Addams Original; More Insectopolis; “Giddydown”

Bruce Eric Kaplan Is The Latest Guest On The Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast Bruce Eric Kaplan (BEK) is the latest guest on the always entertaining Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast. Listen to it here (It’s episode # 204 for those keeping track). Mr. Kaplan, who began contributing to The New Yorker in 1991, appears in the upper left of this screenshot.

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