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 Contest finalists’ round fifteen times and, as you see right there on the cover, won eight times.
More reading: from WBEZ/Chicago: “How to Win The New Yorker Caption Contest, According To A Chicagoan”
Even more reading: from The Atlantic: “How I Became The Ken Jennings Of The New Yorker Caption Contest” (paywall or free trial)
You can order Mr. Wood’s book here, or pick it up at your local bookstore.
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Mort Gerberg Guests On The Latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
This very cartoon caption-ey day on the Spill continues with news of the latest Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast (Episode #157 for those keeping track) featuring cartoonist, Mort Gerberg. Mr. Gerberg is currently the longest active cartoonist contributor to The New Yorker…his first cartoon appeared in the issue of April 10, 1965 (Edward Frascino, also an active contributor, is right on Gerberg’s heels. His first cartoon in the magazine was published September 4, 1965).
–Above, clockwise from the top left: Mr. Gerberg, then co-hosts Paul Nesja, Nicole Chrolavicius, and Beth Lawler.
Further reading: from 2021, “The Ink Spill Interview with Mort Gerberg”