My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #602

Sink your teeth into my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #602 for January 29, 2018. The drawing is by Tom Cheney.

"No more running as fast as you can."

February 5, 2018 Update: The Finalists

February 19, 2018 Update:  I voted for the third caption, but I do appreciate the second.


February 26, 2018 Update: Winning Caption

Note:  Last week cartoonist Amy Hwang led us on a wild cactus chase. My caption proved prickly at best. Run, don't walk, to Contest #601.

Then check out my half-baked blog posts on Tom Cheney.

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Ed Arno: The Gingerbread Man Smells Good

Another original book illustration for The Gingerbread Man (1967) by Ed Arno has a little boy smelling the gingerbread man baking in the oven. "'I want to see if the gingerbread man looks as good as he smells,' said the boy."

Ed Arno, Original book illustration with overlay, The Gingerbread Man, pages 10 and 11

Ed Arno, Original book illustration, The Gingerbread Man, pages 10 and 11

eBay Listing Ended August 26, 2013

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ed-Arno-Orig-Artwork-The-Gingerbread-Man-Plastic-Overlay-Pages-10-11-/330657763182?pt=Antiquarian_Collectible&hash=item4cfcbd0f6e

eBay Item Description

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ed-Arno-Orig-Artwork-The-Gingerbread-Man-Plastic-Overlay-Pages-10-11-/330657763182?pt=Antiquarian_Collectible&hash=item4cfcbd0f6e

Ed Arno, The Gingerbread Man, 1967

http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Gingerbread-Man-vintage-Scholastic-Lucky-Book-Club-Ed-Arno-1974-printing-/300917673184?pt=US_Childrens_Books&hash=item4610174ce0

Note:  Check out the archives for more about Ed Arno. There are also more original book illustrations on display.

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Ed Arno: The Gingerbread Man Runs

"Run, run as fast as you can. You can't catch me. I'm the gingerbread man." Ed Arno's original book illustration of the farmers trying to catch the gingerbread man was sold on eBay in 2013.

Ed Arno, Original book illustration with overlay, The Gingerbread Man, 1967, pages 24 and 25

Ed Arno, Original book illustration with overlay, The Gingerbread Man, 1967, pages 24 and 25

eBay Listing Ended August 25, 2013

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Ed-Arno-Orig-Artwork-The-Gingerbread-Man-Pages-24-25-Plastic-Overlay-/330658872248?pt=Antiquarian_Collectible&hash=item4cfccdfbb8

eBay Item Description

The published book:

Ed Arno, The Gingerbread Man, 1967

http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Gingerbread-Man-vintage-Scholastic-Lucky-Book-Club-Ed-Arno-1974-printing-/300917673184?pt=US_Childrens_Books&hash=item4610174ce0

Note:  There's a lot more to see in the archives about Ed Arno. There are many original book illustrations by other artists too.

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