Caption Contest Commentary

In Brooke Borgeois’ cartoon, a Godzilla-like monster has interrupted a wedding ceremony by tearing off the roof of the church. He’s glaring down at the bride and groom and minister. The bride, who looks more disappointed or apologetic than shocked, is speaking. In Othello, jealousy is personified as “the green-eyed monster,” so I thought this monster…
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In Lars Kenseth’s cartoon, an office worker and a wizard are either in an elevator or waiting for an elevator. The wizard is carrying a cardboard box filled with files and a tape dispenser, suggesting that he was just fired and told to clear out his desk. The wizard is speaking. I first thought of…
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In Kendra Allenby’s cartoon, two women are in a living room, looking at a bearded man who’s seated at a table and reading the paper while surrounded by many bags of trash. Seagulls are circling and perching on these bags. The woman on the left is speaking. I first thought that the man was ignoring…
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Kamraan Hafeez’s two hunters are in a duck blind. They’re by the side of a pond where a few mallards are floating next to a man in a suit who’s sitting in an inner tube with a briefcase in his lap. One hunter is saying something to the other. I have never seen “Duck Dynasty”—the…
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Jeremy Nguyen’s drawing is set in a living room, where two men are reading. All the furniture (the two chairs, the coffee and end tables) is made out of books. One man is saying something to the other. I first assumed the books are from the library:  “How many times can we renew them?” “The…
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The campers in Benjamin Schwartz’s cartoon are in their sleeping bags. They’ve been awakened by a bear, who’s performing a stand-up routine just outside their tent. The male camper is reaching into his backpack for his cellphone, and his girlfriend is saying something to him. I first made references to killing and dying, words that…
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