Larry Wood joins us on the podcast this week to talk about the recent CartoonStock contest. There was some controversy with the cartoon in this contest with a happy family gathered together in their living room, with each of the family members holding a gun (including the cat, dog and potted plant). We discuss the use of humor to help make sense of sensitive subjects (particularly in the aftermath of the horrific shootings in the last few days) and when it is appropriate or inappropriate to do so.
We then talk about the actual contest and we all were impressed by the quality of captions that were entered. Larry also noted that this was the 200th contest since it started and it has given away $40,000 dollars since it started the cash prize.

You can order Larry's book, "Your Caption Has Been Selected: More Than Anyone Could Possibly Want to Know About The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest" here:
https://www.amazon.com/Your-Caption-Has-Been-Selected/dp/1250333407/

You can purchase original New Yorker cartoon art from Curated Cartoons here: https://www.curatedcartoons.com

Send us questions or comments to: Cartooncaptioncontestpodcast@gmail.com

Kate Isenberg Joins us on the podcast this week.
Kate is a New Yorker cartoonist, illustrator, animator and musician, but mostly she is a story teller. Along with the New Yorker, Kate's cartoons have appeared in The New Republic, Alta Journal, Air Mail, and Narrative.
We talk with Kate about her background and journey to becoming a New Yorker cartoonist and her cartoons that have been in the New Yorker and CartoonStock caption contests. We also talk a bit about the value of being a creative person.

You can find more about Kate at her website here:
https://www.kateisenberg.com
And follow her on Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/thekateisenberg/

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

Winning captions for New Yorker contest #968 (Global puppidemic.)

Finalists for contest #970 (Booked for murder.)

Current New Yorker contest #972 (Oh Godzilla.)

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

Send us questions or comments to:
Cartooncaptioncontestpodcast@gmail.com

Kyle Bravo returns to the podcast to talk about what he's been up to since we last talked with him. He's had a couple more cartoons in the New Yorker and a number of cartoons in the Daily. He's also had cartoons in the Wall St Journal, Sat Eve Post, Antigravity, Air Mail, Alta, Private Eye, The Oldie, Woman's World, Weekly Humorist and other publications.
We also talk about what makes a good cartoon and caption and he also joins us as we discuss New Yorker Caption Contests and our favorite cartoons from the current issue.

We talk about the winners for contest #967 (We'll always Have Paris of animals).
Finalists for Contest #969 (Plenty of nothing).
And the current Contest #971 (We get stumped).

You can Buy Kyle's books at his Etsy shop:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/KyleBravoThings
Subscribe to his SubStack:
https://kbravo.substack.com
Or his Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/c/kylebravo/posts
And check out his cartoons on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/kyle_bravo_

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

Send us questions or comments to :
Cartooncaptioncontestpodcast@gmail.com