This week’s contest has a prize, and it’s a great one: the featured cartoon, signed by the artist (Michael Shaw), with the winning caption. If I were competing for this prize, I’d be very upset with whoever decided I didn’t deserve it. More than 1,000 people entered this contest, and now I have to disappoint…
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Anatomy of a Cartoon: Cowboy Up
Cartoon critics Phil Witte and Rex Hesner look behind the gags to debate what makes a cartoon tick. This week our intrepid critics take a look at cowboys. Few characters represent the American ideals of independence, self-reliance, and rugged individualism better than the cowboy of the Old West. The cowboy is a mythic figure, made…
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“Cyborg Check Up” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
In Lars Kenseth’s drawing, a cyborg is sitting on what appears to be an examining table, while a woman who’s wearing a lab coat and writing on a clip board addresses him. I first imagined the cyborg suffering from and seeking treatment for oxidation: “You need less fresh air.” “It’s not arthritis. It’s rust.” I…
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“Bald Superhero” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Evan Lian has drawn a bald Superman putting his toupee on (or taking it off) a wig stand. Next to him is a woman—Lois, I assume—who’s wearing a bathrobe and holding a cup of coffee. Superman is speaking to her. I immediately thought of Lex Luthor, Superman’s bald adversary, and imagined Superman admiring his archrival’s…
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Have I Got a Joke for You!
I’ve been a cartoonist for more than forty years and a Jew my whole life. Truth be told, I observe Judaism from afar. Religion’s not my thing. Humor is, and, in that respect, being Jewish is definitely a plus. You don’t have to be Jewish to be funny, but, hey, it doesn’t hurt. Although I…
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“Office Ventriloquists” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Robert Leighton’s cartoon is set in an office, where all but one of the employees is carrying his or her own ventriloquist’s dummy. One of these employees is saying something to a co-worker who does not have a dummy. I first thought about ventriloquists who use their dummies to make insulting or vulgar comments, a…
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