BIG NEWS: Bob Mankoff is now a grandfather! Last Thursday his daughter gave birth to what Bob described as an “eight-pound eight-ounce bundle of boy” named Whittier David Dunn, whom everyone is calling Whit. Congratulations to Bob and his entire expanding family. Now on to our contest, which featured a captionless drawing by New Yorker…
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Caption Contest Commentary
“St. Peter and The Leaf Blower” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Last month’s contest featured a drawing by Tim Mellish, who joined our judges’ panel from Brisbane, Australia, at 2:00 a.m. His drawing is set in Heaven, where St. Peter is standing by the pearly gates and addressing a man with a leaf blower. Tim’s original caption was, “Surely, you jest,” which is very close to…
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“Making Hay” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Last month’s contest featured a drawing by cartoonist Katherine Bettis, who joined our judges’ panel to help select the winning entry and five runners-up. Her drawing is set at a dinner table, where a cow who’s wearing an apron is serving hay to her calf and a human boy. The boy, who’s staring at his portion…
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“No Rest for the Wicked” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Last month’s contest featured a drawing by New Yorker cartoonist Sofia Warren, who unfortunately couldn’t join our judging panel but did review all the entries and send us her top ten. Sofia’s drawing is set in a bedroom, where a woman is in bed and on her smart phone. Under her bed is a monster,…
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“Bigfoot and Reporters” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Cartoonist Bill Whitehead helped judge last month’s contest, which featured his drawing of a creature who looks like Bigfoot talking to a group of reporters, one of whom has a camera, in the woods. The creature’s nose is unusually large and he looks weary, as though he’s tired of the reporters’ questions. Bill’s original caption…
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“Desert Crawler” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Last month’s contest featured a drawing by New Yorker cartoonist P.C. Vey. He didn’t join us for the judging video—he claims to be camera-shy—but he did send us his top ten entries. Vey’s drawing, set in the middle of an arid wasteland, is just the latest variation on the “man crawling through the desert” trope….
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