CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION COVERAGE CONTINUES!

California's winning streak comes to an end with Caption Contest 133 (Danny Shanahan's impaled caveman socializing).

"So you're the guy who discovered friendly fire."
Mike Lingle (Dalton, GA)

There's no hope for California in Caption Contest 135 (P. C. Vey's guests with giant lit bomb):

"You said B.Y.O.B., right?"
Andrew Norman (Hinsdale, IL)

"It's great to see you, but we can only stay about fifteen seconds."
Stefan Martula (Houston, TX)

"Sorry we're late. Clearing customs was a nightmare."
Vikas Sharma (Washington, DC)

My loser:

"Do you have a pair of shears?"

In Anti-Caption Contest 136 (Drew Dernavich's office worker with vulture), the winner is

"Note to self: Hire the Buzzard salesman. He's really GOOD!"
Johnny V

My loser:

"Oficina de Fidel Castro. ¿Puedo ayudarle?"

Caption Contest 137 is here, while Anti-Caption Contest 137 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 Georgia (includes two-time winner Carl Gables)
4 Maryland (none named Mary)
4 Texas (two from Houston)

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