Showing posts with label media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label media. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 3, 2026

The CartoonStock Cartoon Caption Contest No. 202

In the CartoonStock Caption Contest number 202, a creature I take to be Bigfoot is giving a statement to the news media. He is the speaker. The cartoonist is Bill Whitehead.



The rules of the monthly cash prize contest have not changed: 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 $235 into the first forty-seven pay-to-play contests and this forty-eighth challenge brings my total cash outlay up to $240. Having achieved runner-up status with three previous entries, I've collected $300 from CartoonStock, so I'm playing with the house's money, thank you very much. In fact, so few contestants enter that the odds may generally be considered favorable even for less-gifted caption writers. My three entries this round are shown below, above the break.

"I don't know my shoe size. Why?"
"If you want to see more of me, I'm on OnlyFans."
"I ask that you leave Nessie and me alone."
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"Is it any wonder I don't come out of the woods?"
"Again, no comment."







February 14, 2026 Update:  The Winner




The Judges Deliberate
Video added February 8, 2026




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Thursday, May 22, 2025

Bob Mankoff: If a Tree Falls in the Forest

An original cartoon by Bob Mankoff was sold at Wechsler's Tuesday alongside the gem by Michael Maslin we saw here in yesterday's post. 

"Dad, if a tree falls in the forest, and the media aren't there
to cover it, has the tree really fallen?"

Bob Mankoff
Original art


"Dad, if a tree falls in the forest, and the media aren't there
to cover it, has the tree really fallen?"

Bob Mankoff
Framed and glazed original art

Bob Mankoff's signature

The auction house states it is a drawing for The New Yorker. Maybe it is; that fussy use of the word media as a plural noun could certainly reflect the magazine's sensibility in, say, the era of editor William Shawn. Or not. But I wasn't able to locate the cartoon in the magazine's archives. Still, it could be hiding from me somewhere.
Bob Mankoff
Weschler's listing of May 20, 2025


Bob Mankoff
Weschler's item description








Note:  I'd like to hear from anyone who may know where this was published, if indeed it was. Collectors owning original art by Bob Mankoff who would like to share it here on the old blog should contact me before offering it to any new media. Media, singular.



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