Cartoon Caption/Anti-Caption Contest Continues!

The winner of Caption Contest 187 (Charles Barsotti's thief confronting an avenging angel) is

"Trust me—you don't want this. It's filled with mortgage-backed securities."
Francesca DelGuidice (New York, NY)

This is a big win for New York, creating a tie with longtime contest leader California for first-place!


The nominees in Caption Contest 189 (Drew Dernavich's acupuncturist with needles on skin and clothing) are:

"Gesundheit."
Bob Vogel (Portland, ME)

"Congratulations—it's a porcupine."
Simon Fraser (Philadelphia, PA)

"Most people are reassured after three or four."
Barbara Colman (Hopewell Junction, NY)

That's a second nomination for Fraser, who won Contest 21!

My loser:

"I'm sorry I'm late. I had a headache and my coat was wrinkled, but I just took care of both situations."

Dan Radosh has not been naming the winners of recent Anti-Caption Contests, but he promises he'll get back on track soon.


Caption Contest 191 is here. Anti-Caption Contest 191 is here.


THE STANDINGS

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

31 California

31 New York (27 from the Big Apple)

13 New Jersey

11 Virginia (five from NOVA, two from Richmond, one from Charlottesville, one from Newport News, one from Roanoke, one from Stanardsville)

9 Illinois (seven from Chicago, two captions by Lawrence Wood, two drawings by Leo Cullum)
9 Massachusetts

6 Connecticut (two from New Haven, four not)
6 North Carolina (two from Charlotte)
6 Pennsylvania
6 Texas (three from Houston, one from Austin)

5 Maryland (none named Mary)

4 Arizona (two from Tucson)
4 Georgia (includes two-time winner Carl Gables)
4 Ohio
4 Washington

3 Michigan
3 Minnesota (Minneapolis 2, St. Paul 1)
3 Rhode Island

2 Alaska
2 District of Columbia
2 Florida
2 Mississippi
2 Missouri
2 Nevada (Las Vegas 1, Zephyr Cove 1)
2 New Hampshire
2 Oregon (both named Eric, both from Portland)
2 Utah
2 Vermont

1 Alabama
1 Arkansas
1 Delaware
1 Iowa
1 Kentucky
1 Louisiana (New Orleans)
1 New Mexico
1 Oklahoma
1 Wisconsin

Map Introduction

Thanks to Andriy Bidochko for Map Builder.

Parodic The Gothamer illustration realized by Deborah Grumet from concept by David Marc Fischer

Cartoon Caption/Anti-Caption Contest Continues!

The winner of Caption Contest 189 (Drew Dernavich's punctured acupuncturist) is

"Gesundheit."
Bob Vogel (Portland, ME)

This first win for Maine keeps New York from taking the first-place position and prevents Simon Fraser from tallying up a second win.


The nominees in Caption Contest 191 (Farley Katz's cat with other critters plunging off cliff) are:

"Just to confirm—I get seventy-two lemmings, right?"
Chris Norborg (Chicago, IL)

"Table for eleven? Right this way."
Simon Narode (Portland, OR)

"I'm just curious—what's your excuse?"
Pinghan Chua (Alexandria, VA)

My loser:

"I don't recommend doing this more than about seven or eight times."

Dan Radosh picked the winner of Anti-Caption Contest 192 (Jack Ziegler's talk show scene) before I made my submission, so of course it was a damn lucky week for all of the contestants. The winner?

"I'm sorry. I ran out of 'funny stories from the set' days ago, and yet, I remain trapped in this talk-show set/dungeon, as you stare at me with that creepy intensity, and I hope you'll understand that I'm beginning to wonder whether I'll ever see my family agai-- oh, we have to go to commercial? No, that's fine. I'll finish the story when we get back."
Tim C.

Caption Contest 193 is here. Anti-Caption Contest 193 is here.


THE STANDINGS

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

31 California

31 New York (27 from the Big Apple)

14 New Jersey

11 Virginia (five from NOVA, two from Richmond, one from Charlottesville, one from Newport News, one from Roanoke, one from Stanardsville)

9 Illinois (seven from Chicago, two captions by Lawrence Wood, two drawings by Leo Cullum)
9 Massachusetts

6 Connecticut (two from New Haven, four not)
6 North Carolina (two from Charlotte)
6 Pennsylvania
6 Texas (three from Houston, one from Austin)

5 Maryland (none named Mary)

4 Arizona (two from Tucson)
4 Georgia (includes two-time winner Carl Gables)
4 Ohio
4 Washington

3 Michigan
3 Minnesota (Minneapolis 2, St. Paul 1)
3 Rhode Island

2 Alaska
2 District of Columbia
2 Florida
2 Mississippi
2 Missouri
2 Nevada (Las Vegas 1, Zephyr Cove 1)
2 New Hampshire
2 Oregon (both named Eric, both from Portland)
2 Utah
2 Vermont

1 Alabama
1 Arkansas
1 Delaware
1 Iowa
1 Kentucky
1 Louisiana (New Orleans)
1 Maine
1 New Mexico
1 Oklahoma
1 Wisconsin

Map Introduction

Thanks to Andriy Bidochko for Map Builder.

Parodic The Gothamer illustration realized by Deborah Grumet from concept by David Marc Fischer

CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST CONTINUES! I was pretty happy with my caption for Robert Leighton's cartoon of two branch-perching butterflies (one "normal," the other with Mondrian-style wings): "This is a nice place, but I still prefer the Guggenheim." Still, on hindsight, I think it might have been better as, "You've got a nice place here, but I still prefer the Guggenheim."

Anyway, considering the Contest #23 nominees, you can understand why I prefer the one submitted by Ivan McLean of Portland, Oregon: "You think this is weird? My sister looks like a soup can." Nice.

In other caption contest news, a winner has been chosen for Contest #21 (guy in hunter suit aiming at deer on television). Once again, it's Blog About Town's favorite: “This is why I always dress in bright colors.” Kudos to Simon Fraser of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...and Happy Hunting Season to your Nittany Valley neighbors!

Here's the latest pre-captioned cartoon.

CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST CONTINUES! Admirers of the talented Robert Leighton will be pleased to see that one of his cartoons is the latest objet d'art featured in the New Yorker's cavalcade of caption-deprived cartoons. In addition to drawing New Yorker cartoons, Leighton has made a name for himself as a guest on To Tell the Truth, creator of Northwestern University's legendary Banderooge comic strip, founder of Puzzability, and illustrator of the saucy children's book Que Pasa por alla Abajo? as well as editor-in-chief of the Plainview Kennedy Class of 1978 yearbook Voyager and its parody — Voyeur? The last time I checked, his murals still graced the high school walls.

As for the results of Contest #19 (man and woman and talking dog reading in a sitting room), the winner turns out to be BAT's pick: "'See Spot run.' 'See Spot run'? Who wrote this crap?" Congrats, Larry Martell of Albuquerque, New Mexico, who was spot-on with that one.

Regarding the crap shoot that is Contest #21 (woman commenting on hunter who is taking aim at deer on television screen), I'd submitted, "This makes me miss Grand Theft Auto." Among the submissions that were actually selected, BAT grudgingly gives the edge to Philadelphia's Simon Fraser, author of “This is why I always dress in bright colors.”

In other contest news, the next Nobel Prizewinner for Literature is expected to be announced this week, after a mysterious delay.