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Pigeon to Three Pigs

🟢 Cartoonist Information 🟢
👍🏽 This is Avi Steinberg's 5th cartoon in TNYCCC.

⭐️ Avi Steinberg's first Contest: Contest #867 • September 25, 2023.

✅ Click the link to view Avi Steinberg's website.


🟢 Contest Information 🟢

We're seven Contests away from an amazing 1000 Contests. The first Contest, cartoon by Mike Twohy, winner was announced in the May 23, 2005 print issue. The winner was Roy Futterman, New York City.

If you're thinking of any "pig" cartoons this week, there are three previous Contests. Contest #342 was in a Seinfeld episode. Contest #897 is a piggy bank on a leash. Contest #451 is actually the most similar cartoon with three pigs eating from a trough, but one is a piggy bank.

Oh, did we mention that HumorOramaLOL is debuting a really, really cool feature to help you find these Contests with similar cartoon objects? Anyone remember "Tangential Contests" but, this is TCv2. How should we describe it: superduper Tangential Contests.

Stay tuned for upcoming information on the new TCv2 (← temporary name!)


🟢 Contestant Information 🟢

Contest #991

Carol Lasky, Boston, Mass. is a nine-time Finalist. A prolific cartoon gag writer, Carol, has tremendous accomplishments in many contests.

Contest #989

Ryan Ulrich, North Arlington, N.J. is a two-time Finalist and a "Repeater" now.

See "Field Notes Archive" section at top of HumorOramaLOL for the post on "Repeaters."

First Cartoon in TNYCCC, but Benjamin Slyngstad has two TNY Daily Cartoons, you can view here:

View Benjamin Slyngstad's TNY Contributions.

🟢 Cartoonist Information 🟢
👍🏽 This is Benjamin Slyngstad's 1st cartoon in TNYCCC.

⭐️ Benjamin Slyngstad's first Contest: Contest #992 • June 1, 2026 (Magazine date)

✅ Click the link to view Benjamin Slyngstad's website.


🟢 Contest Information 🟢

We're eight Contests away from an amazing 1000 Contests. The first Contest, cartoon by Mike Twohy, winner was announced in the May 23, 2005 print issue. The winner was Roy Futterman, New York City.




🟢 Contestant Information 🟢

Contest #990

Three first-time Finalists.

Contest #988

Brett Miller, Springfield, Mo. is a three-time Finalist; thus a "Repeater."

See "Field Notes Archive" section at top of HumorOramaLOL for the post on "Repeaters."

DJ to Soldier

🟢 Cartoonist Information 🟢
👍🏽 This is Hartley Lin's 4th cartoon in TNYCCC.

⭐️ Hartley Lin's first Contest: Contest #681 • October 14, 2019.

✅ Click the link to view Hartley Lin's website.


🟢 Contest Information 🟢

We're nine Contests away from an amazing 1000 Contests. The first Contest, cartoon by Mike Twohy, winner was announced in the May 23, 2005 print issue. The winner was Roy Futterman, New York City.

If you're thinking of any "castle" cartoons this week, there are nine previous castle cartoons to look at for related (and ideas!) captions. Albeit, one is a restaurant with a castle picture hanging on the wall and the other is a sand castle, but it does have a knight as a lifeguard!

Contest #	Scene
165	Medieval castle balcony
203	Medieval castle
320	Medieval castle wall
320	Castle wooden gate
320	Castle tower with flags
530	Medieval castle throne room
578	Castle painting on wall
580	Stone castle interior
661	Castle on hilltop
668	Medieval castle
668	Castle towers
806	Sandcastle

Oh, did we mention that HumorOramaLOL is debuting a really, really cool feature to help you find these Contests with similar cartoon objects? Anyone remember "Tangential Contests" but, this is TCv2. How should we describe it: superduper Tangential Contests.

Stay tuned for upcoming information on the new TCv2 (← temporary name!)


🟢 Contestant Information 🟢

Contest #989

Ryan Ulrich, North Arlington, N.J. is a two-time Finalist now; a "repeater."

Contest #987

Bob Shiffrar, Boston, Mass. is a three-time Finalist. He's not just a "repeater", but also a two-time Winner. An elite contestant. There are now only forty-four people in the world that have won TNYCCC.

See "Field Notes Archive" section at top of HumorOramaLOL for the post on "Repeaters."

Judge to Chickens

🟢 Cartoonist Information 🟢
👍🏽 This is Mort Gerberg's 13th cartoon in TNYCCC.

⭐️ Mort Gerberg's first Contest: Contest #231 • March 15, 2010.

✅ Click the link to view Mort Gerberg's website.


🟢 Contest Information 🟢

We're ten Contests away from an amazing 1000 Contests. The first Contest, cartoon by Mike Twohy, winner was announced in the May 23, 2005 print issue. The winner was Roy Futterman, New York City.

If you're thinking of any "cross the road" captions this week, have a look at Contests #896, #778, and #55 for those type of captions.

Canada still going and leading the way! See second image in SPECIALS.
10 provinces, 3 territories, and 6 Finalist Appearances including 2 Wins (YTD).
The Province of Ontario is representing!


🟢 Contestant Information 🟢

Contest #988

Brett Miller, Springfield, Mo. is a three-time Finalist now.

Contest #986

William Conway, Toronto, Ont. is a two-time Finalist and two-time Winner. He's in very elite company now.
Janet Snyder, Plano, Texas, is a two-time Finalist including a Winner in Contest #952.

See "Field Notes" section at top of HumorOramaLOL; the "Repeaters" article.

Wizard to Cavemen

🟢 Cartoonist Information 🟢
👍🏽 This is Robert Leighton's 10th cartoon in TNYCCC.

⭐️ Robert Leighton's first Contest: Contest #23 • October 17, 2005.

Click the link to view Robert's website. More than just cartoons...puzzles too!


🟢 Contest Information 🟢

Does something feel familiar with this week's cartoon? Anyone remember the Stonehenge/Lego cartoon for the December 2025 FunnyTimes caption contest?

Get to know Canada! See second image in SPECIALS.
10 provinces, 3 territories, and 5 Finalist Appearances including 1 Win (YTD).
The Province of Ontario is representing!


🟢 Contestant Information 🟢

Contest #987

Bob Shiffrar, Boston, Mass. is a three-time Finalist.
Rob Gregory, Chicago, Ill. is a two-time Finalist.

Contest #985

Jack Nagler, Toronto, Ont. is a two-time Finalist including a Winner in Contest #899.
See "Field Notes" section at top of HumorOramaLOL; the "Repeaters" article.

Renter Squirrels to Poker Hammerhead

🟢 Cartoonist Information 🟢
👍🏽 This is Lynn Hsu's 4th cartoon in TNYCCC.

⭐️ Lynn Hsu's first Contest: Contest #862 • August 21, 2023.


🟢 Contestant Information 🟢
Two contestants are repeaters. Both have won TNYCCC on their first Finalist Appearance.

And, another Toronto Finalist. Canada is leading the way YTD with multiple wins from Toronto and Ottawa.

Look no further than the book: “Inspired by Cats.”

As all The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest contestants know it’s very hard to come up with an original thought. With the number of captions entered in the weekly Contest ranging between approximately five and fifteen thousand, it’s difficult to find that funny, clever, or witty caption. But, alas, we endeavor.

This week’s Contest cartoon by Christopher Weyant, is two dogs, one speaking to the other, and looking up at a moon with a cat face. Immediately I thought of Bob Eckstein and Nava Atlas’s EXCELLENT book: “Inspired by Cats.”

It’s a fantastic read with really great illustrations of your favorite writers and their cats. I especially enjoyed the story on Mark Twain. (HumorOramaLOL likes Mark Twain. See the Mark Twain quote on the HumorOramaLOL About page.)

Here’s the @wordsbelowapp Instagram post about “Inspired by Cats” direct from the Humor Hammock.

“Inspired by Cats” by Bob Eckstein @bob_eckstein and Nava Atlas is a book filled with interesting stories and beautiful illustrations. The illustrations perfectly capture the unique cat relationship to the human they owned!

One of my favorites in the book is the story and it’s incredible illustration of Mark Twain. Growing up with my sister’s uniquely named cat, “Flowers that Bloom”, I could relate to this story.

To the novelists, poets, humorists, short story writers, and memoirists collection in the book, I propose adding software developers. My pal, Kolohe, was great at spotting code bugs and was always faithfully by my side through late nights and long weekends.

This bar chart shows how many cartoonists have had 1, 2–9, 10–19, or 20+ cartoons featured in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest.

Checkout LEADERBOARDS below to see how many cartoons your favorite cartoonist has in the The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest.

With baseball opening day right around the corner, it looks like the bluejays are getting an early start.

This chart tracks individual city names. To make this chart the contestant is from that exact city and spelling. In HumorOramaLOL we have a name and city mapper to correlate when a contestant has changed their location or name. That way credit is given when credit due!

Interesting enough, is how many cities other than New York City are on this chart. Care to take a guess at which state has the most Contest winners?

Check out the TNYCCC Leaderboard below to see the Finalists leading the funny, clever, and witty charge.

The number of repeating Finalists is typically consistent each year. That pattern shifted from 2021 to 2023, peaking in 2023 when ten Finalists accounted for twenty-nine Contest appearances. The numbers returned to normal in 2024 (four Finalists, eight Contests) and 2025 (five Finalists, ten Contests). Unlike 2021–2023, when some Finalists repeated multiple times, each repeating Finalist in 2024 and 2025 appeared exactly twice.