CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION CONTESTS CONTINUE!

Caption Contest #71 (doctor talking with sections of a patient) gives me hope, because the winner isn't so far from my losing submission. So hearty congrats to Eric Sagalyn of Worcester, Massachusetts, who raised my spirits, prolonged the East Coast winning streak, and also entered into a three-way with New Jersey and Pennsylvania at six wins astate! His winner:

"This is the most advanced case of Surrealism I've seen."

My loser:

"I'm afraid you're suffering from Damien Hirst."

In Caption Contest #73 (businessman with businessman nestled at his feet) the nominees are in! There are two from New York City (though The New Yorker continues to treat Brooklyn as something other than New York City), but I think I favor the one from somewhere west of The Big Apple.

"Mom, tell Kevin to quit biting."
R. M. Keller (New York City)

"Carol, let's go ahead and keep the job posted for a little while longer."
Colin Nissan (Brooklyn, NY)

"No, it's more of a gnawing ..."
Robert Osborn (Iowa City, IA)

My loser:

"I can't focus right now. My boss is nipping at my heels."

There's a delay in the Anti-Caption Contest results.


Caption Contest #75 is here. Anti-Caption Contest #75 is here.


THE STANDINGS
Here is the current New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest breakdown by state. You can find it all mapped out here.

12 California

9 New York (8 from the Big Apple)

6 Massachusetts
6 New Jersey
6 Pennsylvania

3 North Carolina

2 Connecticut (both women, both from New Haven)
2 District of Columbia
2 Georgia
2 Illinois
2 Minnesota
2 New Hampshire
2 Texas
2 Utah

1 Arizona
1 Iowa
1 Maryland
1 Mississippi
1 Missouri
1 New Mexico
1 Ohio
1 Oklahoma
1 Oregon
1 Rhode Island
1 Vermont
1 Virginia
1 Washington

Map Introduction

Thanks to Andriy Bidochko for Map Builder.

Image by David Marc Fischer using Samsung cameraphone