BARDBALL.COM is a site I've run for 15 years, posting baseball doggerel daily in season. It started with a pile of limericks from friends about Barry Bonds' gamma-ray-infused body, and things rolled from there. Writing doggerel -- non-serious, short-shelf-life pieces -- has helped me follow and enjoy the game more. And we live on readers' submissions. So, if your favorite player suffers a groin injury, tell us about it. Nadshots might be our favorite topic:
These are the types of legends that set baseball apart. Did you know Ted Williams once threw a senator off his boat and left him to drown when the senator caught more bonefish off the Florida coast?
For the last two years I've been co-hosting a fun little podcast called the Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast. We talk about how to win the New Yorker contest and chat with the New Yorker cartoonists and others involved in the cartooning world.
You can check out a letterpress print my wife and I collaborated on with cartoonist, Drew Dernavich. We just have the one for sale right now, but we'll have another one up on the site in a few more weeks. We plan on doing many more of these with Drew!
Thanks Michael! Ping was an unpublished cartoon that Drew felt really needed to be published. We agreed! The current one we're working on will be a bit more familiar to readers of the New Yorker. A classic cartoon reimagined for letterpress printing.
Since I'm talking about cartoons as art, I should give a shout out to my co-host, Beth's new enterprise, Curated Cartoons. Original art from New Yorker cartoonists! You can check out her website here:
I'm good friends with Pat Byrnes, who has had his cartoons published in the NYer. Whenever he shows me his batch of proposed cartoons, I'm ASTOUNDED at how good they are. Multiply his 10 by however many cartoonists submit there -- I mean, THE BEST cartoonists in the country -- and it's amazing how much hilarious material never sees the light of day. Glad you are getting more good material out there.
BARDBALL.COM is a site I've run for 15 years, posting baseball doggerel daily in season. It started with a pile of limericks from friends about Barry Bonds' gamma-ray-infused body, and things rolled from there. Writing doggerel -- non-serious, short-shelf-life pieces -- has helped me follow and enjoy the game more. And we live on readers' submissions. So, if your favorite player suffers a groin injury, tell us about it. Nadshots might be our favorite topic:
BREAKING NAD
A foul tip in the ol' concertina
Has now clipped the Cards' catcher Molina
A clout to the junk
Knocked him out for the month
But won't flip Yadi's stat to “Latina”
I’ve always thought that Yadi had a mini version of his neck tattoo around the collar of his dick.
These are the types of legends that set baseball apart. Did you know Ted Williams once threw a senator off his boat and left him to drown when the senator caught more bonefish off the Florida coast?
I love self-promotion!
For the last two years I've been co-hosting a fun little podcast called the Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast. We talk about how to win the New Yorker contest and chat with the New Yorker cartoonists and others involved in the cartooning world.
You can check out a letterpress print my wife and I collaborated on with cartoonist, Drew Dernavich. We just have the one for sale right now, but we'll have another one up on the site in a few more weeks. We plan on doing many more of these with Drew!
https://nesjapress.com/drew-dernavich-collaboration
These are gorgeous, Paul!
Thanks Michael! Ping was an unpublished cartoon that Drew felt really needed to be published. We agreed! The current one we're working on will be a bit more familiar to readers of the New Yorker. A classic cartoon reimagined for letterpress printing.
Since I'm talking about cartoons as art, I should give a shout out to my co-host, Beth's new enterprise, Curated Cartoons. Original art from New Yorker cartoonists! You can check out her website here:
https://www.curatedcartoons.com
I'm good friends with Pat Byrnes, who has had his cartoons published in the NYer. Whenever he shows me his batch of proposed cartoons, I'm ASTOUNDED at how good they are. Multiply his 10 by however many cartoonists submit there -- I mean, THE BEST cartoonists in the country -- and it's amazing how much hilarious material never sees the light of day. Glad you are getting more good material out there.
Like many writers I think, I struggle with self-promotion, such as in my case with johnbluff.substack.com. There’s something unseemly about promoting terrific newsletters like johnbluff.substack.com. Promoting johnbluff.substack.com feels awkward and uncomfortable. I can’t bring myself to do it. You have this sense that you should stay quiet, not promoting johnbluff.substack.com at all, letting johnbluff.substack.com speak for itself, and let readers find johnbluff.substack.com organically, without being pushy and having to mention anything about johnbluff.substack.com. I prefer the safety of retreating into my shell without having to mention johnbluff.substack.com at all. Oh well. johnbluff.substack.com
I write a humourous newsletter right here, on Substack, but it is in Portuguese, I am afraid. But you all can get an awful translation with an AI.
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https://newsletterdoedsonaran.substack.com/p/uma-jornada-ao-limite-do-humor
Indeed, I can't read it, but that's a terrific illustration up top.
Waal... Thank you, sir!
I love awful translations!
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I’ll promote my newsletter in a minute, but first - are you okay? Did you get seriously hurt?
Thankfully full recovered! Totally ready to get right back to things OH MY GOD I DROPPED ANOTHER BEER ON MY COMPUTER OH GOD.
Please take care of yourself, Michael.
I write Adventure Snack, bite-size games for your lunch break.
https://adventuresnack.com
Whatever you do, do not go here: katherinebettis.substack.com
Sincerely,
Katherine Bettis