Because of this past weekend’s horrific mass shootings at Brown University in Rhode Island and at the Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, Australia, we came very close to pulling the following commentary on our 200th caption contest, which featured a drawing by New Yorker cartoonist Liam Francis Walsh. It’s set in a living room, where a…
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“Demonic Dog” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
New Yorker cartoonist Kate Isenberg helped us judge last month’s contest, which featured her drawing. Coincidentally, another one of Kate’s drawings (which is set in a classroom where a canine teacher is holding a globe that’s a tennis ball and saying something to the students) was featured in last week’s New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest. …
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“So Many Halos” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Last month’s contest featured a cartoon by Nate Fakes, who joined our judging panel. His drawing is set in heaven, where two angels are looking at another angel who’s carrying more than his fair share of halos and wearing a backpack that’s overflowing with them. One of the onlooker angels is addressing the other. Nate…
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“Pirates” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Last month’s contest featured a drawing by New Yorker cartoonist Meredith Southard. It’s set on a pirate ship where the captain, who’s wearing an eye patch and has a hook for a left hand, is saying something to the pirate who’s standing to his right. The captain’s speaking out of the side of his mouth,…
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“Less than Super Man” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Last month’s contest featured a cartoon by Ken Levine, who joined our judging panel. Ken is not only a New Yorker cartoonist; he’s an Emmy-winning screenwriter who’s worked on some of the greatest television comedies of all time, including M*A*S*H, Cheers, and Frasier. In Ken’s drawing, a woman is standing in the doorway of what…
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