Episode 251 - Ellie Black

Ellie Black joins us on the podcast this week.Ellie started submitting to the New Yorker in 2017 and had their first cartoon published in 2019. Their latest cartoon was published in this week's issue!We talk with Ellie about being creative and funny, their cartoons and submitting to the New Yorker (the thrill of having a cartoon accepted and the agony of rejection!)Besides cartoons, Ellie publishes comics and has created a popular card game. Their comic, "Vampire Tears", can be found here:https://nif-shop.cartoonist.coop/products/vampire-tearsAnd their card game, "Someone Has Died" (currently out of stock, but soon to be republished!) can be found here:https://www.gatherroundgames.com/someonehasdiedYou can find Ellie's cartoons and more information on the comics and card game on their Instagram page here:https://www.instagram.com/efblack36/On Part 1 of the podcast, we discuss the current contests:Winning captions for New Yorker contest #987 (Cat Airball.)Finalists for contest #989 (Yabba Dabba Duplo!)Current New Yorker contest #991 (It's jeté flesh wound.)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.comThe home for all things to do with cartoon caption contests:https://humororama.lolSend us questions or comments to:  [email protected]