{"id":5469,"date":"2021-05-11T11:56:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T15:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cartoonstock.com\/?p=5469"},"modified":"2021-05-12T09:53:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T13:53:39","slug":"catfished-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cartoonstock.com\/blog\/catfished-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCatfished\u201d Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CaptionEverett Glenn\u2019s cartoon is set in a caf\u00e9, where a cat is sitting across a table from a man who actually looks a lot like Glenn, or at least the way Glenn draws himself in his comics. The man is looking at his phone.<\/p>\n

Above the cat\u2019s head is what Mort Walker, who created \u201cBeetle Bailey,\u201d identified in The Lexicon of Comicana<\/em> as a \u201cspurl,\u201d a cartoon symbol meant to indicate mild irritation or frustration.\u00a0 But that\u2019s nothing compared to the explosion of symbols above the man\u2019s head, all of which indicate that he\u2019s shocked and confused by what he sees on his phone\u2019s screen: a woman underneath a heart symbol.<\/p>\n

The cat is addressing the man.<\/p>\n

I first suggested that the man is shocked because he went to the caf\u00e9 expecting to meet the woman whose picture appears on his phone. The cat posted this picture on a dating site, and the cat is insulted by the man\u2019s reaction to this revelation:<\/p>\n