Episode 235 - Katherine Bettis

Katherine Bettis Joins us on the podcast this week.Katherine is a fairly new cartoonist to the scene, but has already had her cartoons published in Airmail, Woman's World, The Weekly Humorist and a small publication called the New Yorker.We talk with her about how she got into cartooning, her process and her cartoons.We also learn that she has a degree in architecture and is a musician. Once again, we try to figure out what the connection is between these vocations and cartooning. You can find Katherine's cartoons on her instagram page here:https://www.instagram.com/katherinebettisOn Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the current contests:Winning captions for New Yorker contest #972 (Comedy of terrors.)Finalists for contest #974 (Squeaky clean lift and jerks.)Current New Yorker contest #976 (I never Maître d' I didn't like.)We also talk about our favorite cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker.You can find the reverse caption contest Katherine mentions here:https://www.reversecaptioncontest.comAnd the results of The New Yorker reverse caption contest can be found here:https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/bob-mankoff/the-reverse-caption-contestYou can buy original New Yorker cartoon art at Curated Cartoons:https://www.curatedcartoons.comSend us questions or comments to:  [email protected]