On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with the great New Yorker cartoonist, William (Bill) Haefeli. Bill talks about how he got into cartooning, his process and his focus on social relationships in his cartoons. Bill explains his unique drawing style and its evolution. A great episode!

Bill is featured in the recent book about New Yorker cartoonists, "At Wits End", by Alen Macweeney and Michael Maslin.
https://www.amazon.com/At-Wits-End-Cartoonists-Yorker/dp/0593581059

He is also mentioned in The Phil Witte and Rex Hesner book, "Funny Stuff: How Great Cartoonists Make Great Cartoons".
https://www.amazon.com/Funny-Stuff-Great.../dp/1633889807

You can see some of his cartoons (and buy the originals!) at Curated Cartoons:
https://www.curatedcartoons.com/collections/william-haefeli

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

Winning captions for New Yorker contest #924 (Unemployed Droid).

Finalists for contest #926 (We're The Aristocarrots).

Current New Yorker contest #928 (I phone, therefore I am).


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

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

For the last podcast of the year, Larry Wood joins us to talk about the contests (including the recent CartoonStock contest). We have some interesting discussions about using vulgarities in captions and the ethics of being able to submit more captions in the CartoonStock contest (paying another $5 to enter an additional 3 captions).

We discuss the winning entry for Contest #923 (Fuzzy Wuzzy had no heir).

Finalists for Contest #925 (En Plein Air-Conditioning).

Current Contest #927 (That's Mister Jonathan Livingston Seagull to you).

The CartoonStock contest (Cat Rap Fever).
https://www.cartoonstock.com/caption-contest/winners

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

Looking for something to spend your Christmas money on? We highly recommend Larry Wood's book, "Your Caption Has Been Selected: More Than Anyone Could Possibly Want to Know About The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest".
https://www.amazon.com/Your-Caption-Has-Been-Selected/dp/1250333407

Do you have even more Christmas money to spend? Then check out Curated Cartoons and buy some original New Yorker cartoon art:
https://www.curatedcartoons.com

Send questions or comments to:
Cartooncaptioncontestpodcast@gmail.com

On this week's episode, Vin, Paul, Beth, Nicole and this year's best captioner, Mark Strout, review past and present contests from 2024 and choose our best and worst of the year. We also talk with Mark about how he started entering the caption contests and his process for coming up with winning captions.

And of course, we discuss...
The winning captions for New Yorker contest #922 (Rodent you invite them up?)
Finalists for contest #924 (Do androids dream of spreadsheets?)
Current New Yorker contest #926 (Stand-up Consommé.)

Happy Holidays to all and good luck with your captions!

Dig into the contest data at Victor Chongchua'a great website, WordsBelow:
https://wordsbelow.app

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

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