CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION CONTESTS CONTINUE!

Let's hear it for Brooklyn women! The winner of Caption Contest 113 (Harry Bliss hotel maid with gun outside door) is

"Oh, now you want to talk, when all week it was 'Do Not Disturb.'"
Diane Ferraro (Brooklyn, NY)

So second-place New York keeps pace with first-place California, while poor New Jersey wallows in third place, winless since Caption Contest 88.


In Caption Contest 115 (Leo Cullum's man in radiation suit in bar), the nominees are perhaps more distinctive than usual.

"Ever have the feeling you forgot to turn something off?"
Preston Thomas (Chicago, IL)

"The way I see it, I'm the miner and you're the canary."
Melissa Muntyan (Tampa, FL)

"Trust me, background radiation—it's the new secondhand smoke."
James Gamble III (New York, NY)

My loser:

"Are you sure there are no peanuts?"

In Anti-Caption Contest 116 (Gahan Wilson's cartoonist aliens), the winner is

"Ha! That’s brilliant! Of course we’ll run it - thanks for submitting! Do you have any others?"
Deborah

My losers:

"I don't care what Mr. Shawn would think. You're fired! And by the way, where did you get your turtle neck? I'm starving!"

"I know I'm new at this, but don't you think a caveman would be funnier?"

"Looks like you had a great vacation! So why the big frown?"

John Bucher of Emdashes interviews Caption Contest 111 winner David Wood here.


Caption Contest 117 is here. Anti-Caption Contest 117 is here.


THE STANDINGS

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

20 California

17 New York (15 from the Big Apple)

9 New Jersey

6 Massachusetts
6 Pennsylvania

4 Connecticut (two from New Haven, two not)
4 Maryland (none named Mary)

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

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

1 Alabama
1 Alaska
1 Arizona
1 Florida
1 Iowa
1 Kentucky
1 Michigan
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 CONTESTS CONTINUE!

Thanks to Emdashes, Radosh, and Andrew Sullivan's The Daily Dish for sharing in last Monday's 100th winner posts! It was good to mull over the feedback, which ranged from fervid applause to caustic criticism. As I mentioned, there's more to come...probably later this month.


Also last week, Emdashes posted another fun interview, this time with Contest 99 winner David Wilkner.


Davids had won Caption Contests 99 and Caption Contest 100, but that "streak" came to an end with Caption Contest 101 (man in suit talking with priest, cop, and fireman on ledge), won by

"Excuse me—does this joke need a lawyer?"
Eric Friedenwald-Fishman (Portland, OR)

So Oregon now has two winners, both from Erics from Portland.


There's something funny about the nominees for Caption Contest 103 (birdwatchers observing bird wearing "truss"). The nominee

"It's a thongbird"
Sandy Sommer (St. Louis, MO)

is a lot like Anti-Caption Contest 103 finalist

"No, theriouthly, it'th a thongbird. With a T."
Trout Almondine

The other nominees in Caption Contest 103 are

"The Speedo would suggest that he's not native to Vermont."
Melissa Muntyan (Tampa, FL)

"Honey, do you have any dollar bills?"
Kester Wise (San Francisco, CA)

They are also very similar to Anti-Caption submissions. My loser:

"They're usually seen at Gay Pride parades."

The winner of Anti-Caption Contest 104 (cops driving by two "angels" drinking on the sidewalk amidst clouds):

"It's a shame that the horrific warehouse fire had to ruin our annual municipal employees costume party."
rjwhite

My losers:

"Oh crap."

"They're here in case all hell breaks loose."

"Take us in? Only when heaven freezes over!"

"Oh, right--the Republican convention meets here this week."

"On Earth I was a female 'protagonist' in a boardroom scene drawn by Victoria Roberts. And now...this? I just don't get it!"

Caption Contest 105 is here. Anti-Caption Contest 105 is here.


THE STANDINGS

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

17 California

15 New York (13 from the Big Apple)

9 New Jersey

6 Massachusetts
6 Pennsylvania

4 Connecticut (two from New Haven, two not)

3 Georgia (includes two-time winner Carl Gables)
3 Illinois
3 Maryland (none named Mary)
3 Minnesota (Minneapolis 2, St. Paul 1)
3 North Carolina
3 Ohio

2 District of Columbia
2 New Hampshire
2 Oregon (both named Eric, both from Portland)
2 Rhode Island
2 Texas
2 Utah
2 Virginia

1 Alabama
1 Arizona
1 Florida
1 Iowa
1 Kentucky
1 Mississippi
1 Missouri
1 Nevada
1 New Mexico
1 Oklahoma
1 Vermont
1 Washington

Map Introduction

Thanks to Andriy Bidochko for Map Builder.

Image by David Marc Fischer using Samsung cameraphone