In Carolita Johnson’s cartoon, two women are sitting on a couch and having tea. Behind the woman who’s speaking is a barefoot man squatting on the back of the couch as if he were a frog. The drawing immediately calls to mind the Brothers Grimm’s “The Frog Prince,” or later versions like Disney’s “The Princess…
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“Sirens” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Ellis Rosen has drawn three of those dangerous mythological creatures who bewitched unsuspecting sailors with enchanting music and lured them to their deaths on rocky coasts. Only one of Ellis’s sirens, however, is making music. The other two are using computers, and the one who’s speaking is holding a laptop screen toward an approaching ship….
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“Freshly Baked Commandments” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Just in time for Passover, Danny Shanahan has delivered an Exodus-themed cartoon. Moses is standing atop Mount Sinai, where he’s receiving the Ten Commandments from God, who’s presenting the Decalogue on a peel, the shovel-like tool that’s used to slide pizzas into and out of ovens. The Commandments are piping hot. Moses’s mouth is closed,…
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“Hazmat Kitchen” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Teresa Burns Parkhurst has created a cartoon for our times. It’s set in a kitchen, where a man is preparing a salad and saying something to a woman who’s in a hazmat suit and preparing the entrée. The “Stay Home, Save Lives” campaign (which is being heavily promoted in Chicago, where I live) discourages people…
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