In Drew Panckeri’s cartoon, a man who’s sitting on his front step as if it were a throne is holding an icicle as if it were a scepter. He’s flanked by five vaguely threatening snowmen, and they’re all looking at a postal worker who’s delivering the mail. The man who would be king is addressing…
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Welcome to the CartoonStock Cartoon Caption Contest where we take perfectly good cartoons and let YOU try to make them better.Every month, enter your caption for a chance to win the envy of your peers. We are now open to everyone, everywhere. We look forward to your entries from around the world.
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“Mailman” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
Remembering Gahan Wilson
Dear cartoon lovers, Gahan Wilson, one of the great greats of the art of the single-panel cartoon, died last week. I knew him as a colleague and friend and was his editor at The New Yorker from 1997 to 2016, where he published over six hundred cartoons. This was the last cartoon he published there…
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Anatomy of a Cartoon: Thanksgiving Themes
Cartoon critics Phil Witte and Rex Hesner look behind gags to debate what makes a cartoon tick. This week our intrepid critics take a look at Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving-themed images provide plenty of material for cartoonists to work with: turkeys, Pilgrims, family dinners, the Macy’s parade, football on T.V. And, like any good storyteller writing fiction,…
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“Tech Shadow” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
With all due respect to great Dave Borchart, what the hell is going on in his drawing? Two men are having lunch on a park bench on a sunny day. Shadows of both men appear on the wall behind them, but the shadow of the man on the left is full of text and pictures,…
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