New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast

Episode 211 - Harry Bliss

Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Nicole Chrolavicius Season 5 Episode 211

Cartoonist Harry Bliss joins us on the second half of the podcast this week. 
Harry has been contributing to the New Yorker since 1998, first as a cover artist and also as a cartoonist. He has recently collaborated with Steve Martin in a series of cartoons that have been collected in the book, "A Wealth of Pigeons". Harry also illustrated Steve's book, "Number One Is Walking: My Life in the Movies and Other Diversions", about Steve's career in the movies.
Harry has recently had his memoir published as a graphic novel, "You Can Never Die: A Graphic Memoir".

You can find more about Harry Bliss at his website:
https://store.harrybliss.com

You can find his daily cartoon, "Bliss", at GoComics:
https://www.gocomics.com/bliss

And you can order Harry's books here:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/Harry-Bliss/author/B000APP8SE  


On Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the current contests:

Winning captions for New Yorker contest #949 (Overboard Meeting).

Finalists for contest #951 (Channel Suffering in Hell).

Current New Yorker contest #953 (Clarence, the Floss-ed Lion). 

We also talk about our favorite cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker.

You can buy original New Yorker cartoon art at Curated Cartoons:
https://www.curatedcartoons.com

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