In The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #1002 from the issue of August 17, 2026, four monkeys sing in a barbershop quartet while two laboratory workers observe them through glass. The older woman speaks. My submission is shown below. The drawing is by Benjamin Schwartz.
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| "So you found them at the bottom of the barrel?" |
These captions were not in tune:
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| "They're swell. You and I are no longer in harmony." "Run your next project by me first." "Great job. We've been defunded." |
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In The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #1001 from the issue of August 10, 2026, four snails sit around a campfire at night. One holds a flashlight to his face and speaks. My submission is shown below. The drawing is by Lynn Hsu.
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| "With horror I realized I had wandered into a convention of French chefs." |
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| "His white whale was a blonde ale." "It was then that I realized I couldn't outrun the man with the saltshaker." "When I arrived in Margaritaville, my nemesis was searching for his lost shaker of salt." |
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We finally made it to The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #1000! It is from the issue of August 3, 2026, two men look upon a stone in which many swords are buried nearly up to their hilts. The man holding a staff speaks. My submission is shown below. The drawing is by Lars Kenseth.
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| "None of them will make you the Burger King." |
August 16, 2026 Update: The Finalists
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