My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for Spring 2020

Moment magazine seems to be going from bimonthly to quarterly, not an encouraging sign for the viability of print. What's more, that represents a potential loss of two caption contests per annum. My entries for the spring contest are below. There are ten submissions, or one for each Commandment. The graven image is by Benjamin Schwartz.

"Have Your Chosen People call Rocco, my Chosen Person."
"How much will it take for You to reconsider the Sixth Commandment?"
"Surely this town has some sinner that deserves a bit of roughing up."
"Why must You give my mother's veal parmigiana a bad name?"
"This town isn't big enough for the three of us."
"You'll never be worshipped in this town again."
"For once, spare me the holier-than-thou attitude."
"Hey, You, get Hoffa my cloud!"
"Yeah? Well, I come from the shul of hard knocks."
"Take all the world, but Delancey Street is mine."

June 9, 2020 Update:  The Finalists

October 25, 2020 Update:  The Winner

Note:  Last year's Moment profile of some of the Caption Contest contestants may be read here.

Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:

Benjamin Schwartz

Mobsters

The Moment Magazine Cartoon Caption Contest

The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest

The Cartoon Collections Cartoon Caption Contest

All These Caption Contests and More

Attempted Bloggery's Index You Can't Refuse

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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #36

This week I dropped off my entries in the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #36. The drawing is by Pat Byrnes.

"Don't bother waiting around. It's already high tide."
"My work is piling up too."
"Have you gentlemen heard of the law of diminishing returns?"

August 22, 2019 Update:  Winning Caption

Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:

Pat Byrnes

Mobsters

The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest

The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest

The Moment Magazine Cartoon Caption Contest

All These Cartoon Caption Contests and More

Attempted Bloggery's Sinking Index

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Gregory d'Alessio in College Humor, August 1937

Gregory d'Alessio's cartoon in the August 1937 issue of College Humor has no caption. What it does have is a mobster with what passes for a romantic streak. You might say he's all fired up.

Gregory d'Alessio
College Humor, Vol. 5, No. 4, August 1937, page 32

Note:  Once again my thanks go to Dick Buchanan for putting his superb scanning skills to such good use. He contributes regularly to Mike Lynch Cartoons, most recently a mute piece called "'Captions? Who Needs 'Em?' Wordless Gag Cartoons 1947 – 1970."

Send a love letter to the memory of Gregory d'Alessio. Readers are encouraged to contribute scans or photos of original art or published cartoons by the artist.

Mr. d'Alessio's obituary in the New York Times may be seen here.


Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:

Gregory d'Alessio

College Humor

Dick Buchanan

Attempted Bloggery's Wise Guy Index

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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #568

Don't get weighed down by my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #568 for May 8, 2017. The drawing is by Peter Kuper.

"Would you like some water?"

And here's a throwaway caption:

"So, how did the drought affect you?"

May 15, 2017 Update:  The Finalists

May 22, 2017 Update:  I voted for the first caption.


May 29, 2017 Update:  Winning Caption

Note:  Last week Jeremy Nguyen tucked us in for the night. I wrote my caption while sleepwalking. Then I won Contest #567—in my dreams.

In the meanwhile, try not to get yourself all tied up with posts about Peter Kuper in the blog archives.

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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #409

Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #409 for December 23, 2013. The cartoon you can't refuse is by Mike Twohy. The caption is all mine.

"Right off, I can think of three good reasons not to mention this to the boss."

Here are a few other caption ideas I did not submit:

"OK, maybe this wasn't the time to try out the rocket-propelled cement shoes."
"It's become very hard to teach David Blaine a lesson."
"How does this sound? 'During the struggle I lost my Google Glass in the river.'"

January 6, 2014 Update:  The Finalists

January 20, 2014 Update:  Winning Caption

Note:  Was my previous entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest comic gold or was it kryptonite? See it here.

See Mike Twohy's New Yorker cartoons at the Condé Nast Store here.

News on Ink Spill about cartoonist Mike Twohy may be seen here.

See Mike Twohy's children's books at Simon & Schuster here.

Mike Twohy Talks Cartoons:

Poindexter Makes a Friend

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