My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #826

I was called stat to The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #826 from the issue of November 7, 2022. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Shannon Wheeler.

"What now? The anesthesiologist was turned away by the bouncer."

November 14, 2022 Update:  The Finalists

November 21, 2022 Update:  I voted for the caption from Mertztown.

November 28, 2022 Update:  The Winner

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Peter Arno and Otto Soglow in the Operating Room

Was cartoonist Otto Soglow aware of a drawing that Peter Arno published in College Humor? Were the New Yorker's editors? Here are two cartoons published more than four years apart in the different magazines. Both cartoons have similar setups but different payoffs. Might Soglow perhaps have seen the Arno drawing? It's a medical mystery.

"Peter Arno's "Side-Show," College Humor, Vol. 6, No. 2, October 1937, page 11

http://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2016/03/peter-arnos-side-show-for-october-1937.html

Otto Soglow, The New Yorker, January 24, 1942, page 14

http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1942-01-24#folio=014

Note:  If the Arno image from College Humor, Vol. 6, No. 2, dated October 1937 looks familiar, that's because it appeared on this blog in my March 25 post. The magazine I photographed is part of the Steven Boss humor magazine collection at Columbia University located in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. Comics librarian Karen Green is the person to contact regarding access to the collection. Why should I have all the fun?

Otto Soglow doesn't get nearly enough play on this blog. Whose fault is that?

Peter Arno: The Mad, Mad World of The New Yorker's Greatest Cartoonist by Michael Maslin is at the top of my reading list.

Peter Arno posts on Ink Spill. 

Peter Arno in Chris Wheeler's Cartoon(ist) Gallery. 

Peter Arno in the April 26 Record.

Peter Arno in April's Vanity Fair. 

Peter Arno in the March 29 Wall Street Journal. 

Peter Arno posts here on Attempted Bloggery. 

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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #388

I don't know why The New Yorker's cartoonists think doctors are so funny. I'm pretty sure we aren't. But I love Tom Cheney's cartoons, so I'll play along to the best of my ability. Here then is my entry for The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #388 for July 22, 2013.

"Hey, only doctors play golf in here!"

July 29, 2013 Update:  The Finalists

August 19, 2013 Update:  Winning Caption

Note:  My previous entry in The New Yorker's Cartoon Caption Contest is here. Or see some earlier blog posts with Tom Cheney here.

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