CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION COVERAGE CONTINUES!

In a first for, uh, The Natural State, the winner of Caption Contest 142 (Jack Ziegler's taxi crashing a posh club) is

"When you don't want one, they're everywhere."
Christopher Kemp (Rogers, AR)

Congratulations, Christopher—you've put Arkansas on the map!


In Caption Contest 144 (Mick Stevens's fisherman on an analyst's couch surrounded by levitating fish), all the nominees are from the Carolinas.

"I'm haunted by the faces of my victims."
Tom Buckner (Asheville, NC)

"Just once, I'd like it to be fish and chips."
Jean Turlington (Clinton, NC)

"You think this is bad? I used to be a proctologist."
David Krieger (Taylors, SC)

My loser:

"I feel haunted by my past."

Awfully close to Buckner's entry—but not on the same level as Krieger's.


In Anti-Caption Contest 145 (Harry Bliss's man on phone while monster lurks outside window), the winner is

"Me like picture of jewish man! Me put it up on wall!"
Jimby

My loser:

"Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Can you hear me now? Oh, fuck—this is so annoying!"

Caption Contest 146 is here, while Anti-Caption Contest 146 is here.


THE STANDINGS

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

26 California

21 New York (18 from the Big Apple)

12 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)
5 Texas (three from Houston)

4 Georgia (includes two-time winner Carl Gables)
4 Maryland (none named Mary)

3 Minnesota (Minneapolis 2, St. Paul 1)
3 North Carolina
3 Ohio

2 Alaska
2 Arizona
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 Arkansas
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

CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION COVERAGE CONTINUES!

Caption Contest 140 (Gahan Wilson's wagon train to spotlights) came down to two nominees from Arizona and one from New York. The winner is

"Indian casino. I'd say Comanche."
Jeremy Voas (Phoenix, AZ)

That's two wins for Arizona!


In Caption Contest 142 (Jack Ziegler's cab driving up stairs in stuffy club), the nominees are

"When you don't want one, they're everywhere."
Christopher Kemp (Rogers, AR)

"I'll concede I'm drunk, but you could have just taken my keys from me."
Mark Nebrig (Charlotte, NC)

"Why can't he take a limo like the rest of us?"
Chip Mergott (Stockton, NJ)

My loser:

"They'll do anything to avoid congestion pricing."

In Anti-Caption Contest 143 (P. C. Vey's businessman with inflatable doll), the winner is

"Yeah, actually there is an interesting story behind this. I like to fuck dolls. See ya Monday."
David John

My losers:

"Blahblahblahblahblahblahrapturereadyblahblahblahblah."


"Forget about the inflatable doll. Just forget about it, okay? What I've been trying to tell you for what feels like a week already is that last week's Anti-Caption Contest has the wrong number on it. But I just don't seem to be getting through to you.

"I don't get it. Maybe this is all a nightmare, and when I wake up everything will be all right--the number will be correct and all of us will be happy again: you and me and the inflatable doll. I sure hope so!"

Caption Contest 144 is here, while Anti-Caption Contest 144 is here.


THE STANDINGS

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

25 California

21 New York (18 from the Big Apple)

12 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)
5 Texas (three from Houston)

4 Georgia (includes two-time winner Carl Gables)
4 Maryland (none named Mary)

3 Minnesota (Minneapolis 2, St. Paul 1)
3 North Carolina
3 Ohio

2 Alaska
2 Arizona
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 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