In The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #954 from the issue of August 4, 2025, the Creature From the Black Lagoon sits in a lifeguard's chair on the beach holding a megaphone up to his mouth. The Gill-man speaks. My entry appears below. The drawing is by Harry Bliss.
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| "Don't make me come and get you." |
This caption isn't quite ready for its close-up.
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| "At last they're letting me direct." |
August 16, 2025 Update: The Finalists
August 18, 2025 Update: I did like the caption from San Francisco, which was an improvement upon the caption I did not submit, but I voted for the caption from Hurding, which I thought was funnier.



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