Episode 201 - Robert Leighton

New Yorker cartoonist, Robert Leighton joins us on the second half of the podcast this week.Robert started drawing cartoons at an early age and started a comic strip, called Carl & Goober, when he was eight. The strip was very much influenced by Walt Kelly's, Pogo and Robert even used one of its characters in a strip he did for the Northwestern University Humor magazine. His first cartoon in the New Yorker was published in 2002 and he has been a frequent contributor ever since. He is also a well know puzzle maker, starting his puzzling career in the late 1980s at GAMES Magazine. You can find more about Robert at his website here:https://robert-leighton.comYou can find more of his cartoons at his instagram page:https://www.instagram.com/roberteleightonRobert and Paul talk about The Firesign Theatre, a very funny comedy group. https://firesigntheatre.comOn Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the current contests:Winning captions for New Yorker contest #939 (Medusa du jour.)Finalists for contest #941 (Piano noir.)Current New Yorker contest #943 (Couching up a hairball.) 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.comDig deep into the New Yorker cartoon caption contest data at:https://wordsbelow.app Send us questions or comments to:  [email protected]