Charles Barsotti’s drawing is set in a bar. The top of a Jack-in-the-box has just sprung open, and out of the box has popped a doll dressed like a businessman. This doll is happily addressing the bartender, and in the background another customer looks on. Any caption contest drawing that features a box will inevitably…
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“Jack-in-the-box” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Anatomy of a Cartoon: Sex and the Single Panel
Cartoon critics Phil Witte and Rex Hesner look behind gags to debate what makes a cartoon tick. This week our intrepid critics focus on S.E.X. New Yorker cartoons are justifiably famous for their subtle sophistication and understated wit. Each week, the foibles of Gotham’s princes and paupers are laid bare in black and white. Yet…
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“Potato Head” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
“Well, that’s embarrassing.” So began my submission to The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest (#665), and it explains how I feel after my entry made it to the finalists’ round but then came in last. Congratulations to the winner, Judy Kramer of Broomfield, Colorado, and the first runner-up, Andrew R. Blanford of Santa Barbara, California….
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“Modern Rapunzel” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Jack Ziegler updated a German fairy tale by turning Rapunzel’s tower into an apartment building. She’s leaning out a fourth story window and letting her long hair cascade down to the sidewalk below, where a man is standing in front of the building’s entrance and shouting up to her. My first several captions identify easier…
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Create Better Presentations with License Packs and our FREE ebook
Have you ever been caught elbowing your way into a conference room because a Powerpoint presentation is about to start and you don’t want to miss one single minute? No? There’s a reason the phrase “death by Powerpoint” is so ubiquitous, and has inspired cartoons such as this gem by Liam Walsh: We’ve got tools…
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“Castle Clown” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Before we get to this week’s commentary, I want to let you know that I am for the first time in more than two years a finalist in that other caption contest at the New Yorker. I’ll let you know in two weeks whether I can claim my eighth victory, or whether I have lost…
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