
New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
In depth discussion of the weekly New Yorker Caption Contest as well as interviews with Cartoonists and former Contest winners.
Email: CartoonCaptionContestPodcast@gmail.com
Credits:
Intro/Outro music created and performed by Chris Nesja.
Podcast logo designed by Dan Nesja with artwork by Shannon Wheeler.
New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast
Episode 211 - Harry Bliss
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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