Lawrence Wood

In Shannon Wheeler’s cartoon, an ape and his son hold hands while looking at a giant unpeeled banana. The father is speaking. I first thought the banana could serve multiple purposes: “And when I die you can bury me in it.” I then thought of the advice given to people who are trying to lose…
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In Drew Dernavich’s cartoon, a young couple stands over a crib. Someone, presumably their baby, has been drawing tally marks on the wall next to the crib. The father is speaking. Convicts mark the passage of time by scratching tally marks on the walls of their prison cells, so all my captions draw a connection…
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In Shannon Wheeler’s cartoon, a woman who’s standing in an office doorway is addressing a man seated behind a desk that’s floating several feet in the air. Her mouth is open pretty wide, so I won’t come down too hard on anyone who submits an entry that ends with an exclamation point. I will, however,…
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Jon Adams’ cartoon is set at an author event in a bookstore. The author sits on the shoulders of a woman. He’s wearing a long trench coat that reaches the woman’s knees and is, I imagine, supposed to conceal the woman. But she’s destroying the illusion by peeking out of the coat at the audience….
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In Dan Misdea’s cartoon, a young boy is sitting at the base of a palm tree in a sandbox and addressing an adult woman who’s standing just outside the box. The desert island trope has inspired many New Yorker cartoons, some of which feature a shipwreck survivor who resorts to desperate means to stay alive….
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There are four geckos in Dave Borchart’s cartoon. Three are blending into their drab surroundings, while the fourth stands out because he’s wearing a pink-and-white-striped shirt and matching bobble hat. The other geckos look alarmed, and one of them is saying something to the lizard in the sweater. The drawing seems to be a pretty…
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