Episode 125 - Juan Astasio

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Juan Astasio. We talk with Juan about how he became a new Yorker cartoonist (thanks to all the women in his life, especially moms!) We delve into his method of creating cartoons and talk about his cartoon in the New Yorker caption contest (#859 Scientist at large chalkboard). We forgot to mention it on the podcast, but Juan has a book that you can purchase through his website:https://astasiototal.comYou should order one, otherwise we'll feel really awful about not mentioning it on the podcast!You can watch the video of him creating the cartoon for the caption contest here:https://www.tiktok.com/@newyorker/video/7260143366023679275On Part 1 of the episode, we discuss...  The winning caption for New Yorker contest #863 (A sticky situation at the office).  Finalists for contest #865 (Goodnight moon, hello blackhole). Current New Yorker contest #867 (Forest Frump). We also highly recommend checking out the WordsBelow app for tracking your caption statistics and viewing other interesting statistics associated with the New Yorker contest.https://wordsbelow.appSend us questions or comments to :  [email protected]