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Monday, December 22, 2025

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #972

In The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #972 from the issue of December 15, 2025, two Godzillas are seated in a theater watching a Godzilla movie. The one on the right speaks. My entry appears below. The drawing is by Lonnie Millsap.

"How dare they call Tokyo the victim?"

These captions were poorly reviewed:

"I thought it was going to be a rom-com."
"It's a Spike-y joint."
"This is too intense. I'm going for popcorn."
"The camera adds ten tons."

January 10, 2026 Update: The Finalists

January 17, 2026 Update: I voted for the caption from Mineral Point.

January 24, 2026 Update: The Winner

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Tuesday, August 23, 2022

The CartoonStock Caption Contest #157

The rules have changed once again for the CartoonStock Caption Contest #157. It still costs $5 to enter three captions. Cash prizes are now $500 for first place and $100 each for five runners up. The drawing is by Jon Adams.

"Would it kill them to write us into the Marvel Universe?"
"Apparently no one is too big to fail."
"We would have a complementary sushi bar in Tokyo."

These captions were too small-minded:

"Exactly. It's the pictures that got small."
"Damn Marvel Comics."
"How did the Marshmallow Man get in here?"

August 30, 2022 Update: Lawrence Wood, now the eight-time winner of The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest, had a lot to say about my second entry, but it still did not make it into the top six:

https://www.cartoonstock.com/blog/movie-monster-support-group-caption-contest-commentary-with-lawrence-wood/

Hmm... It seems I should have tried entering that first of my rejected captions.

Then Wood brings up my non-winning caption again:

The Winner:

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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #93

The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #93 manages to misspell the name of the cartoonist. At least Cartoon Collections got Godzilla's name right. The drawing is by Brooke Bourgeois.

I had some concern that the bride possibly could be the intended speaker here, but I strongly preferred to have Godzilla as the speaker and I went with this in all three captions I submitted.