New Yorker cartoonist Rusty Epstein helped judge last month’s caption contest, which featured his drawing. It’s set in a front yard, where a fireman and a little girl are looking at an elephant who’s stuck in a tree and sitting on a branch. The girl is saying or yelling something to the elephant. It looks…
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Last month’s contest, which elicited more than 500 entries, featured a drawing by New Yorker cartoonist Kaamran Hafeez, who joined our judges’ panel to help choose the winning entry and five runners-up. I was out of town when the judging happened, but prior to leaving I selected my top ten entries and sent them along…
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The 2026 Reuben Awards and NCS Conference
This past August 6-8th I attended the National Cartoonist Society’s Reuben Awards in Columbus Ohio. It was a great time celebrating the world’s greatest cartoonists and being inspired by the close community of artists from across the globe. As a University of Michigan Alum, I had to begrudgingly accept the amazing curation and collection of…
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“Swimming Lessons” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Last month’s contest featured a captionless drawing by New Yorker cartoonist Lindsey Budde, who helped judge the entries. Her work is great, and you can see more of it at CartoonStock and on her website: lindseybudde.com. Lindsey’s drawing is set in the shallow end of a swimming pool, where two mothers are standing in waist…
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“Drinking Like Fish” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Last month’s contest featured a captionless drawing by New Yorker cartoonist Tim Hamilton, who helped judge the more than 500 entries. If you like his work as much as we do, check out his website and podcast. Hamilton’s drawing is set in a bar, where two human-size fish are sitting next to each other on…
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“Fruity Wedding” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
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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