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The New Cash-Prize Caption Contest.

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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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Recent Posts

“Witch Pool” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood

October 2, 2019 by Lawrence Wood

Drew Panckeri has drawn a witch addressing an adult couple she has turned into inflatable pool floats. I first imagined her chastising the couple for complaining: “You’re lucky I turned you into something that floats.” “One more word and I’ll turn you both into stones.” “You know what they’d do to me if I floated?…
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Book Tour Dates: Have I Got a Cartoon For You!

September 27, 2019 by CartoonStock

Bob Mankoff will be on tour across the country to promote the new book: Have I Got a Cartoon for You!: The Moment Magazine Book of Jewish Cartoons Sunday, October 27: 3:00 – 4:00pm Tampa JCCs and Federation, Tampa Fl Thursday, November 7: 7:00 – 8:00pm Mandel Jewish Community Center Beachwood, OH Wednesday, Nov 13:…
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“RoboComic” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood

September 25, 2019 by Lawrence Wood

Pat Byrnes has drawn a comedy club full of robots. An audience member is heckling the comic on stage and delivering the line that will serve as the caption. I therefore thought the caption should be an insult. Because robots are metal, and metal rusts, my first insult alludes to the title of Neil Young’s…
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Liana Finck: Excuse Me: Cartoons, Complaints, and Notes to Self

September 24, 2019 by CartoonStock

Cartoonist Liana Finck’s work has been appearing in The New Yorker since 2015. Since then, she’s amassed an impressive following on Instagram (323k at this writing). Her savvy publisher took note and released a book of her Instagram drawings, Excuse Me: Cartoons, Complaints, and Notes to Self  featuring 500 of her signature, personal-yet-universal drawings. We…
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Anatomy of a Cartoon: Superheroes

September 23, 2019 by Phil Witte and Rex Hesner

Cartoon critics Phil Witte and Rex Hesner look behind gags to debate what makes a cartoon tick. This week our intrepid critics take a look at superheroes. What is it about superheroes that make them such fun cartoon characters? They’re faster than a speeding bullet, can leap tall buildings in a single bound, etc., but…
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Peter Steiner Cartoons: EXCLUSIVELY on CartoonStock.com

September 19, 2019 by CartoonStock

We’re thrilled to announce that licensing for New Yorker cartoonist Peter Steiner is now exclusively available on CartoonStock! Peter sold his first cartoon to The New Yorker in 1979 and has since had approximately 400 cartoons published in its pages. One of these cartoons, “On the internet nobody knows you’re a dog,” is the most…
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