Episode 75 - Tony Lopes

On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Tony Lopes.  Tony lives in Australia and is the driving force behind the internationally known comic strip, “Insanity Streak”. His comic strip has won numerous awards and is translated into several languages.Tony sponsors an annual Cartoon Caption Contest. His current contest is now open until September 20th. To enter, click on this link:https://www.tonylopes.com.au/caption-contest-2022/To read more about Tony, visit his website here:https://www.tonylopes.com.auTony also has a line of greeting cards available here in the states. Check them out here:https://tinyurl.com/TonyCardsWe also talk about the decision by the Australian Newspaper syndicate, News Corp, to drop the daily cartoon page from their papers. This will have a significant impact on many Australian cartoonists (not to mention the disappointed readers when they discover their daily humor fix is no longer there). Let News Corp know how you feel about them dropping this century old tradition of having a newspaper comics page by emailing them at one of these addresses:[email protected]@heraldsun.com.au On Part 1 of the episode, we discuss...  The winning caption for New Yorker contest #814 Finalists for contest #816 Current New Yorker Contest #818 Send us questions or comments to:  [email protected]