EPISODE · Feb 8, 2023 · 1H 24M
Episode 95 - Navied Mahdavian
from New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast · host Vin Coca, Beth Lawler, Paul Nesja
On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Navied Mahdavian. Navied shares his story of leaving his career as a fifth grade teacher to move to a cabin in Idaho to focus on cartoons. A year after laboring over his cartoons, Navied went to New York and sold a cartoon to The New Yorker with his very first batch! We talk about that path in detail and he shares some of his favorite cartoons. We also discuss Navied's cartoon in the caption contest and his hysterical cartoons in the Rejection Collection. Finally, Navied shares a glimpse into his first graphic memoir, This Country, due to be released in September. You can learn more about Navied on his website https://www.naviedm.com/aboutOn Part 1 of the episode, we discuss... The winning caption for New Yorker contest #834 Finalists for contest #836 Current New Yorker Contest #838 Send us questions or comments to : [email protected]
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On part 2 of this week's episode, we interview cartoonist Navied Mahdavian. Navied shares his story of leaving his career as a fifth grade teacher to move to a cabin in Idaho to focus on cartoons. A year after laboring over his cartoons, Navied went to New York and sold a cartoon to The New Yorker with his very first batch! We talk about that path in detail and he shares some of his favorite cartoons. We also discuss Navied's cartoon in the caption contest and his hysterical cartoons in the R...
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