Caption Contest Commentary

Bob Mankoff is back. Three weeks ago he delivered the Alumni Keynote address at his alma mater, Syracuse University (where my father taught for nearly forty years), and last Friday he rejoined our caption contest judging panel to help select the winner and finalists in this month’s competition. The contest featured a drawing by Todd…
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Bob Mankoff is feeling much better but was again unable to join the judging panel this month, so New Yorker cartoonist Ellis Rosen took his place. Ellis is talented and funny, and you can see three of his cartoons and read his thoughts on The New Yorker’s caption contest in my book, Your Caption Has…
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Bob Mankoff was unable to join the judging panel this month because he was not feeling well, and we all wish him a speedy and complete recovery.  New Yorker cartoonist Kyle Bravo submitted the drawing for this month’s contest, which features Mr. Monopoly, the mascot of the board game Monopoly. He’s in his living room,…
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New Yorker cartoonist Julia Suits submitted the drawing for this month’s contest, which features a police officer who’s ordered a dog in a convertible to pull over to the side of the road. Sitting next to the dog is a cat, and in the backseat is a second dog. The police officer is writing a…
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Eisner Award-winning illustrator Peter Kuper (with whom I’ve collaborated on cartoons that have appeared in The New Yorker and MAD, where Peter has been drawing the Spy vs. Spy feature for almost thirty years) submitted the cartoon for this month’s caption contest. It’s set in a doctor’s office, where an overweight physician holds a cigar…
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New Yorker cartoonist J.C. Duffy submitted the drawing for this month’s caption contest. It’s set in a living room, where a happy dog with wings is hovering in the air and addressing a middle-age balding man who’s wearing pants pulled up a little too high on his waist. On the wall to the dog’s right…
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