Episode 173 - Amanda Chung

On part 2 of this week's episode, we talk with New Yorker cartoonist, Amanda Chung. Amanda's first cartoon in the New Yorker appeared in the Nov. 20, 2023 issue. Her cartoons have also appeared in Air Mail, The Weekly Humorist and other publications. Before being published, Amanda contacted the podcast and Vin offered to collaborate with her. It's been a successful collaboration and we discuss the dynamics of it during her interview.Amanda mentions a few resources that have helped her become a successful cartoonist. Here are links to a few of them:Emily Flake's class:https://learn.sawcomics.org/courses/really-funny-gag-cartoons-with-emily-flake-archiveAmy Kurzweil's Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/AmykurzweilQuentin Blakehttps://quentinblake.comOn Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the current contests:Winning captions for New Yorker contest #911 (Frankenstein's Pokémon).Finalists for contest #913 (The Art of the How Does that Make You Feel?) Current New Yorker contest #915 (Twas not curiosity killed the cat, twas the spin cycle). We also talk about our favorite cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker and we also critique the CartoonStock contest.https://www.cartoonstock.com/caption-contest/currentToondeloo is a new weekly caption contest you can enter, hosted by the former New Yorker contest crowdsource developers and managers:https://www.toondeloo.comYou can buy original New Yorker cartoon art at Curated Cartoons:https://www.curatedcartoons.comSend us questions or comments to:  [email protected]