At P.C. Vey’s cocktail party, a woman standing by the buffet is holding a drink in her left hand and chatting with a man. On her head is a futuristic contraption (maybe a death-ray?) pointing at the man to whom she’s talking. She’s wearing the space age gadget like a hat, complete with a chin-strap,…
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“Oil Field” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
In the background of Charlie Hankin’s oil field are four machines extracting crude oil from the ground. Next to several large holes in the ground are treasure chests, presumably filled with gold. Kneeling beside one of these treasure chests is a roughneck who’s saying something to his fellow roughneck. I suspect that Hankin drew this…
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“Ancient Mariner” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
In Joe Dator’s cartoon, the Ancient Mariner from Coleridge’s poem is standing barefoot and alone at a cocktail party, with the albatross tied around his neck. To his left, a female guest says something to her partner. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Coleridge’s longest poem, is about a sailor who recounts his story of…
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“Math TV” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
In Robert Leighton’s cartoon, a woman standing next to a large, wall-mounted flat-screen TV is addressing a man who’s sitting in an armchair and pointing a remote control at the screen, on which there appears an extremely complicated math problem. Seeing a couple and a TV made me think of the now-common phrase, “Netflix and…
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