CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION COVERAGE CONTINUES!

California's surge continues with its unprecedented third win in a row—all from SoCal! This one is in Caption Contest 132 (Michael Crawford's swordsman at suburban breakfast):

"We're all out of the blood of your enemies. You'll have to settle for marmalade."
Jason Beck (Los Angeles, CA)

California could accumulate another win in Caption Contest 134 (Jack Ziegler's couple in bed wearing protective suits), but it will first have to take on a Goulder from Boulder. The nominees are

"Don't sexual fantasies usually involve sex at some point?"
Alex Goulder (Boulder, CO)

"Next time can we just get flu shots like everyone else?"
Matthew May (Westlake Village, CA)

"Not tonight, dear. I have acute radiation poisoning."
Stephen Schwartz (Wilmette, IL)

My loser:

"I'd be more impressed if you learned to use a butter knife."

In Anti-Caption Contest 135 (P. C. Vey's guests with giant bomb), the winner is

"Allahu akbar to you, allahu akbar to you, allahu akbar dear Maaaaaar-tin, allahu akbar to yoooooou!"
Francis

My Fab loser:

"Greetings from Pepperland!"

Caption Contest 136 is here, while Anti-Caption Contest 136 is here.


THE STANDINGS

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

23 California

20 New York (17 from the Big Apple)

11 New Jersey

6 Massachusetts
6 Pennsylvania
6 Virginia (three from NOVA, two from Richmond, one from Charlottesville)

5 Connecticut (two from New Haven, three not)
5 Illinois (four from Chicago—two captions by Lawrence Wood, two drawings by Leo Cullum)

4 Maryland (none named Mary)
4 Texas (two from Houston)

3 Georgia (includes two-time winner Carl Gables)
3 Minnesota (Minneapolis 2, St. Paul 1)
3 North Carolina
3 Ohio

2 District of Columbia
2 Florida
2 Michigan
2 Mississippi
2 Missouri
2 New Hampshire
2 Oregon (both named Eric, both from Portland)
2 Rhode Island
2 Utah
2 Vermont

1 Alabama
1 Alaska
1 Arizona
1 Delaware
1 Iowa
1 Kentucky
1 Nevada
1 New Mexico
1 Oklahoma
1 Washington

Map Introduction

Thanks to Andriy Bidochko for Map Builder.

Image by David Marc Fischer using Samsung cameraphone