CARTOON CAPTION/ANTI-CAPTION COVERAGE CONTINUES!

At long last, New York has climbed back into a tie for first place with California! The winner of Caption Contest 124 (Mike Twohy's men crawling in desert) is

"I don't know about you, but I'd be willing to pitch in for a new contact lens."
Peter Moller (Syracuse, NY)

The last time New York was in first was way back in Caption Contest 3 (Jack Ziegler's Emergency Hotline).

Things aren't looking great for the rest of the states, as there's a ten point margin between the front-runners and second-place New Jersey.


Still, the contest continues, with the following nominees in Caption Contest 126 (David Sipress's talking head in a pseudo-Mondrian).

"Excuse me—which way is Marcel Duchamp's urinal?"
Robert Rosenthal (Boston, MA)

"Pardon me, can you draw clothes?"
Tom Tyler (Alexandria, VA)

"Please, a sandwich, a piece of fruit, anything."
Albert Raman (Philadelphia, PA)

My loser:

"Where's Harry Potter? There's trouble at Hogwarts!"

Maybe it should've been

"The name of this painting is Talking Head."

Sigh.


As for Anti-Caption Contest 127 (Drew Dernavich's fishing hole shaped like a human), the announcement of the winner might have wait 'til next year.


Caption Contest 128 is here. Anti-Caption Contest 128 will likely turn up here at some point.


THE STANDINGS

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

20 California
20 New York (17 from the Big Apple)

10 New Jersey

6 Massachusetts
6 Pennsylvania

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

4 Maryland (none named Mary)

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

2 District of Columbia
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 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!

The Nutmeg State advances into a tie for fifth place in Caption Contest 122 (P. C. Vey's judge washing dishes) with

"If the jury needs another day, they're using paper plates tomorrow."
Emily Anhalt (Guilford, CT)

Congrats to Emily, whose caption is close enough to mine—

"The jury ordered lunch from Masa."

—that I sorta feel like I earned an Honorable Mention!


It seems only a matter of time until New York ties California for first place. The nominees in Caption Contest 124 (Mike Twohy's 19 men crawling through desert in lanes) include

"I don't know about you, but I'd be willing to pitch in for a new contact lens."
Peter Moller (Syracuse, NY)

as well as

"What disease are you crawling for?"
Barney Goltz (Bellingham, WA)

and

"If we had just started wandering fifteen minutes earlier, we would have missed most of this traffic."
Dan Malmborg (Bennington, VT)

My loser:

"Maybe we should Google it."

Have you noticed any differences in the Caption Contest candidates lately? I think they got a little edgier. That might have to do with Farley Katz, described as the "new Assistant to the Cartoon Editor" back in this johnnyktoons interview from August.


Among the funny results of Anti-Caption Contest 125 (couple plus four men in suits in same bed, watching video), the winner is

"Kenneth was always bringing his work back home with him. Unfortunately his work consisted of fellating four bald businessmen on the subway."
Mo Buck

My loser:

"That Dick Clark never seems to get older! Hey, they're dropping the ball now!! Happy New Year, one and all!!!"

Caption Contest 126 is here. Anti-Caption Contest 126 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

19 New York (17 from the Big Apple)

10 New Jersey

6 Massachusetts
6 Pennsylvania

5 Connecticut (two from New Haven, three not)
5 Virginia (two from Richmond)

4 Illinois (three from Chicago, one from Lake Bluff)
4 Maryland (none named Mary)

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

2 District of Columbia
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 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