EPISODE · Apr 10, 2024 · 1H 39M
Episode 151 - Tom Bachtell
from New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast · host Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja, Nicole Chrolavicius
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview Artist, Tom Bachtell. Tom talks with us about his career as an illustrator and his time doing the New Yorker's "The Talk of the Town" illustrations. His work has also been feature in The New York Review of Books, Newsweek, Forbes, Bon Appetit, Town and Country, Mother Jones, as well as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, New York magazine, The New York Observer, London’s Evening Standard, and Poetry magazine. Tom has also had a life long passion for music and dance along with his passion for illustration, because "Why Not". You can learn more about Tom at his Website (and maybe buy a print or two!)https://tombachtell.comOn Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the current contests:Winning captions for New Yorker contest #889 (The parable of laughs and fishes). Finalists for contest #891 (I'd like to see more in your "out" box). Current New Yorker contest #893 (This house is a tremendous bargain). Send us questions or comments to: [email protected]!Check out the two prints Tom showed us in his studio:Abraham Lincolnhttps://tombachtell.com/products/abraham-lincolnTrump World:https://tombachtell.com/products/trump-world
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On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview Artist, Tom Bachtell. Tom talks with us about his career as an illustrator and his time doing the New Yorker's "The Talk of the Town" illustrations. His work has also been feature in The New York Review of Books, Newsweek, Forbes, Bon Appetit, Town and Country, Mother Jones, as well as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, New York magazine, The New York Observer, London’s Evening Standard, and Poetry magazine. Tom has also had a life long...
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