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Monday, September 22, 2025

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #960

In The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #960 from the issue of September 22, 2025, a standing woman—The New Yorker's metadata refers to her as "Human mother with hands on hips"—calls up to an egg (let's call him Humpty Dumpty) scaling a high wall. My entry appears below. The drawing is by Julia Suits.

"Get up there or you'll miss all the king's horses."

These captions were too hard-boiled:

"Why can't you just sit in a chair?"
"Mother Goose isn't going to like this."
"Get down here as fast as you can."
"Last one down is a rotten egg."

October 4, 2025 Update: The Finalists

October 6, 2025 Update: I voted for the caption from Oak View.

October 18, 2025 Update: The Winner

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Tuesday, March 4, 2025

The CartoonStock Cartoon Caption Contest No. 190

In the CartoonStock Caption Contest number 190, a police officer has pulled over a yellow convertible with a dog and a cat in the front seat and a smaller dog in the back. The dog with a red bandana is driving. The officer speaks.

The rules of the monthly cash prize contest have not changed (and neither has my description of them): Five dollars buys up to three entries. Real cash prizes are $500 for first place and $100 for each of five runners up. As of this writing, I've put $175 into the first thirty-five pay-to-play contests and this thirty-sixth challenge brings my total cash outlay up to $180. Having achieved runner-up status with two previous entries, I've collected $200 from CartoonStock, so I'm still playing with the house's money, thank goodness. In fact, so few contestants enter that the odds may generally be considered favorable even for us less-gifted caption writers. My three entries are shown below. The cartoonist is Julia Suits.

"Whose idea was it to drive while watching cat videos?"
"I clocked that squirrel at 90."
"I know I left those keys in the drawer."

March 19, 2025 Update: The Winner

The Judges Deliberate

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Saturday, August 26, 2023

Julia Suits: Enough

Another New Yorker original by cartoonist Julia Suits was sold recently on eBay by the artist. The drawing, published in 2020, features two house cats contemplating a modernist plastic chair. Originally priced at $1,000, the asking price was eventually reduced to $750 but the art actually sold earlier this month for an undisclosed Best Offer.

"Enough of this. Let's go shred a sofa."
Julia Suits
Framed and glazed original art
The New Yorker, June 29, 2020, p. 65

The scissors are for scale.

Julia Suits
eBay listing ended August 12, 2023

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Julia Suits
eBay item description

"Enough of this. Let's go shred a sofa."
Julia Suits
Framed and glazed original art
The New Yorker, June 29, 2020, p. 65

A spot drawing by Hanna Barczyk and a cartoon by Julia Suits

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/2020-06-29/flipbook/64/

That chair looks a lot like this one:

Lexington Modern Modway Paris midcentury modern molded plastic dining armchair with steel metal base in white

https://www.amazon.com/Modway-Mid-Century-Modern-Plastic-Kitchen/dp/B0041H4NL0

A George Floyd protest spot drawing
Hanna Barczyk

Note: I am always eager to see frest examples of original New Yorker art by Julia Suits and other cartoonists. Cats optional.

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Friday, August 25, 2023

Julia Suits: Comparison

Buying original art from the artist who created it is one way to ensure that you're getting what you're paying for. New Yorker cartoonist Julia Suits sold the original art of her most popular cat cartoon on eBay in 2022. Matted and framed, it was initially offered, as I recall, for about $1,000 around January, but the price came down in the ensuing months to $800 and the accepted best offer in July was somewhere below that.

"Comparison is the thief of joy, Mittens."
Julia Suits
Framed and glazed original art
The New Yorker, July 27, 2020, p. 39

"Comparison is the thief of joy, Mittens."
Julia Suits
Original art
The New Yorker, July 27, 2020, p. 39

Julia Suits
eBay listing ended July 22, 2022

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Julia Suits
eBay item description
"The cat with the little mouse looks sad."

"Comparison is the thief of joy, Mittens."
Julia Suits
Original art
The New Yorker, July 27, 2020, p. 39

A spot drawing by Anthony Russo and a cartoon by Julia Suits

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/2020-07-27/flipbook/38/

Spot drawing of a riot policeman with flag accosting an unarmed protester. This was the summer of the George Floyd protests.
Anthony Russo

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Monday, July 4, 2022

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #809

I had to do some heavy lifting for The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #809 from the issue of July 4, 2022. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Julia Suits.

"I still feel we forgot something."

Just try to unpack these unused captions:

"Did we really need the granite countertops?"
"To hell with Airbnb!"
"Thank goodness we didn't get one of those McMansions."
"You and I have different definitions of 'roughing it.'"
"We forgot helium."

July 22, 2022 Update: The Finalists

July 25, 2022 Update: I voted for the caption from West Tisbury, which seems a near-relative to my own.

August 2, 2022 Update: The Winner

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Monday, May 18, 2020

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #710

Shh! Don't disturb my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #710 for March 18, 2020. The drawing is by Julia Suits.

"He does too know we're here."

May 25, 2020 Update: The Finalists

June 1, 2020 Update: I voted with Chicago.

June 15, 2020 Update: The Winner

Note: In last week's Caption Contest, cartoonist P. C. Vey summoned the elevator from hell. I suppose my caption wasn't hot enough. Take a ride down (not down memory lane, just down) with Contest #709.

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Monday, April 13, 2020

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #705

Skip your morning coffee and ponder my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #705 for April 13, 2020. The drawing is by Julia Suits.

"Tell me again why we had to rob that Starbucks."

This caption didn't wake up yet:

"I guess I'll be taking a raincheck on that double cappuccino."

April 20, 2020 Update: The Finalists

April 27, 2020 Update: I voted with Modesto.

May 4, 2020 Update: The Winner

Note: In last week's Caption Contest, cartoonist John Klossner took us to an elevator with two sousaphonists. My caption was a bit claustrophobic. Still, you should go and enjoy the music with Contest #704. Me, I'll wait for the CD.

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Monday, April 30, 2018

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #614

You can tap your feet to my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #614 for April 30, 2018. The drawing is by Julia Suits.

"What do you mean you haven't practiced?"

These captions were just a little out of tune:

"Play something uplifting."
"You must be Sam. Play it again."
"I seek the keys."
"Any idea what you've missed out there?"
"You called for a piano mover?"
"Do you know anything meditative?"
"You ordered a candelabra?"
"Would it be appropriate to start with some ascending scales?"
"It's a duet all right, but I wrote it for two pianos."

May 7, 2018 Update: The Finalists

May 14, 2018 Update: I voted for the second caption.

May 21, 2018 Update: Winning Caption

Note: Last week cartoonist Pia Guerra made it pretty rough in the interrogation room. Even my caption needed a lawyer. Fess up to Contest #613.

There simply isn't enough about Julia Suits in the blog archives.

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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

My Best New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Entries of 2015

After almost three years of trying my hand at composing captions, it's pretty clear that I don't yet have what it takes to succeed in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest. Since none of my captions got it quite right, I have taken the liberty of choosing a sampling of this year's entries that are representative of my best not good enough efforts. Forgive me for not always having the mots justes at my command, but then I don't speak French. While this year I have gotten nowhere, at least I can pledge to do no worse next year.

Contest #458 by Paul Noth