New Yorker cartoonist, Robert Leighton joins us on the second half of the podcast this week.
Robert started drawing cartoons at an early age and started a comic strip, called Carl & Goober, when he was eight. The strip was very much influenced by Walt Kelly's, Pogo and Robert even used one of its characters in a strip he did for the Northwestern University Humor magazine. His first cartoon in the New Yorker was published in 2002 and he has been a frequent contributor ever since. He is also a well know puzzle maker, starting his puzzling career in the late 1980s at GAMES Magazine. 

You can find more about Robert at his website here:
https://robert-leighton.com

You can find more of his cartoons at his instagram page:
https://www.instagram.com/roberteleighton

Robert and Paul talk about The Firesign Theatre, a very funny comedy group. 
https://firesigntheatre.com

On Part 1 of the episode, we discuss the current contests:

Winning captions for New Yorker contest #939 (Medusa du jour.)

Finalists for contest #941 (Piano noir.)

Current New Yorker contest #943 (Couching up a hairball.) 

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.com

Dig deep into the New Yorker cartoon caption contest data at:
https://wordsbelow.app 

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