Episode 259 - Rusty Epstein

Rusty Epstein joins us on the podcast this week. Rusty's cartoons have appeared in The Weekly Humorist, The Times and other magazines and will soon be published in the Wall Street Journal and the New Yorker (he recently received an "O.K.", but it has not been published yet). We talk with Rusty abbot his journey to becoming a cartoonist, his process and the challenge of tracking where you've submitted your cartoons.He has also created and runs the Reverse Caption Contest, a contest where he supplies the caption and you supply the cartoon image. You can find the contest here:https://reversecaptioncontest.substack.comOn Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the current contests:Winning captions for New Yorker contest #995 (Shell Shock Soccer.)Finalists for contest #997 (Upsy Daisy Pass.)Current New Yorker contest #999 (The elephant in the room Caption has left the building.)We also talk about our favorite cartoons from the current issue of the New Yorker.Now Voyager is a new magazine featuring many of the cartoonists from the New Yorker. You can check out their website here:https://nowvoyagermag.comYou 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]