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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