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Here you’ll find insights from Bob Mankoff, former New Yorker Cartoon Editor, educational resources to help you use humor, our very own Cartoon Caption Contest, and plenty of cartoons. Sign up for cartoons & offers straight to your inbox and never miss a laugh!


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Cartoon History

Cartoon by Barbara Shermund, two women talking and one says: “I don’t think he’s abnormal—he’s just versatile.”

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Learn More About The History of Cartoons

Psychology Behind the Humor

Cartoon by Trevor Hoey. A painter writes on canvas "life is short". The "ort" are tiny, leading you to assume it would be a different joke

The Science of Visual Humor

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Bob’s Cartoon Lounge

Joe Dator’s New Book INKED: Cartoons, Confessions, Rejected Ideas And Secret Sketches.

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Caption Contest Commentary

“Bigfoot and Reporters” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood

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Anatomy of a Cartoon

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Anatomy of a Cartoon: Flying Away

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CartoonStock Caption Contest

The New Cash-Prize Caption Contest.

So you think you're funny? We do, too!! Each month we're offering a cash prize of $1,000, $500 to first place and 5 runners-up prizes of $100 each. What's the catch, you ask? Well, you have to pay $5 to play. But with a chance at up to 500 smackeroos, it's well worth it!


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The Fill in the Blank Game

Welcome to the CartoonStock Fill in the Blank Game where you can complete humorous captions and add your creative twist to classic cartoons.

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Caption Match Challenge.

Select the caption that best matches the image before the time runs out. Can you beat your best score?


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Recent Posts

Bob Mankoff's Cartoon Lounge

“I Hope This Finds You Well”

March 24, 2020 by Bob Mankoff

I had stopped using that bit of boilerplate in emails a while ago because it felt meaningless. Now it’s too loaded with meaning to use without quotation marks. But I do hope this finds you well even if you are, like so many of us, among the worried well. I’m in that group, but pretty…
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“Beaver Dam” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood

March 18, 2020 by Lawrence Wood

Tom Toro’s drawing is set in a kitchen, where two beavers (who appear to be a married couple) are staring at a pile of sticks in the sink. The female beaver is speaking. Because beavers use sticks to build dams near streams and rivers, my first caption is, “Must you every time you hear running…
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Mick Stevens Cartoons: EXCLUSIVELY on CartoonStock.com

March 17, 2020 by CartoonStock

Licensing for New Yorker cartoonist Mick Steven is now exclusively available on CartoonStock! Mick Steven’s first cartoon was accepted at The New Yorker in 1979. His work has appeared in several other publications, among them The Harvard Business Review, Barron’s, The National Law Journal, and USA Weekend. His published books include If Ducks Carried Guns,…
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Keep Calm and Cartoon On

March 17, 2020 by Bob Mankoff

Wow, what a difference a week makes. Last week I wasn’t too worried, and this week I might be worried too much–if that’s possible. Last week concerns about the virus made it easy to get a table at my favorite New York City restaurant, and this week it’s closed. I’m not an alarmist by nature….
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How to Manage COVID-19, aka Coronavirus, in Cartoons!

March 13, 2020 by CartoonStock

With COVID-19 wreaking havoc around the world, it’s a good time to remember that humor will survive even the hardiest virus. In fact, cartoons are a great way to help reinforce vital messages, such as the importance of social distancing and staying in if at all possible. Here’s a handy guide, in cartoons, of what…
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“Cinderella” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood

March 11, 2020 by Lawrence Wood

Danny Shanahan’s cartoon is set in a bar, where a princess—a Disney princess? Cinderella?—is saying something to the bartender and pushing what appears to be an empty martini glass toward him. Assuming the princess is Cinderella, I tried to figure out why she was drinking: “He seems more charming when I’ve had a few.” “The…
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