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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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Recent Posts

Bob Mankoff's Cartoon Lounge

A Word About Voting…

January 16, 2019 by CartoonStock

First of all, thanks to all for entering, voting and sending us feedback on the Cartoon Caption Contest, we’re always looking to improve. We’ve had some questions/concerns/kvetching about the voting process. Why does it take so long to see all the captions? Is it fair? Can’t you do it for us and give us three…
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Lawrence Wood - Cartoon Caption Contest Pro

SEVEN-TIME New Yorker Caption Contest Winner Larry Wood Shares his Insights

December 21, 2018 by CartoonStock

If the number of caption submissions we receive (and the number of cartoon suggestions the average cartoonist fields each week) are any indication, within the hearts of many lies a frustrated cartoonist. Let’s face it, most people think they’re pretty funny. Many are wrong. Humor is highly subjective; however, there is one metric which is hard…
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New Yorker Cartoons for the New Year (plus a few)

December 20, 2018 by CartoonStock

Well folks, here we go again. Another year in the rearview and the next coming in hot with all its dreams and expectations. It’s the perfect time to reflect, reassess what we could be doing better, what we want to leave behind, and then forget all about those big ideas within a week. Or perhaps…
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Bob Mankoff's Cartoon Lounge

Bob’s Cartoon Chronicle: The Cartoon Caption Contest: Winners, Wordclouds and Advice for Intrepid Entrants

December 11, 2018 by CartoonStock

Hello to everyone … who has entered our Cartoon Caption Contests or only voted or loitered around CartoonStock.com for any reason at all. Welcome! Feel free to enter our contests, take our money, search our cartoons and if the mood strikes you, damn it, license one of them. That’s the actual purpose of CartoonStock. To…
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Bob Mankoff's Cartoon Lounge

Bob’s Cartoon Lounge: The Cartoon Caption Contest: Winners, Wordclouds and Advice for Intrepid Entrants

December 11, 2018 by Bob Mankoff

Hello to everyone … who has entered our Cartoon Caption Contests or only voted or loitered around for any reason at all. Welcome! Feel free to enter our contests, take our money, search our cartoons and if the mood strikes you, damn it, license one of them. That’s the actual purpose of CartoonStock. To make…
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Bad Santa Cartoons

December 3, 2018 by CartoonStock

There’s something darkly satisfying about Santa being portrayed as a bad dude. He’s a giant bearded guy breaking into your house, creeping around while you sleep, maybe leaving behind presents?? Does that sound like the likeliest result of that particular scenario? No, it does not. Here we’ve collected a post full of “Bad Santa” cartoons…
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