HUMOR-O-RAMA
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This archive has every special, in order of appearance.
It serves as an archive and also a knowledge base. The Specials features the Weekly Contest News about the cartoonist and the contestants, various other special information about contests, captioning, and associated with HumorOramaLOL.
It might highlight some interesting data, a new caption contest, or something else humor related. Our belief in HumorOramaLOL is that "Humor Connects The World"—so whatever on this globe is funny we'll look at it.
16 specials in the archive
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7•19•2026
Weekly Contest #999 News
Dinosaurs to Elephant
🟢 Cartoonist Information 🟢
👍🏽 This is Tom Toro's 15th cartoon in TNYCCC.
⭐️ Tom Toro's first Contest: Contest #376 • April 15, 2013.
🟢 Contest Information 🟢
We're one Contest 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.
Testing the new HumorOramaLOL feature to find similar cartoon objects and we've found five elephant cartoons. Four elephants very relevantly in the room and the fifth Contest elephant just used as background at a zoo.
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 #997
All contestants are first-time Finalist Appearances.
Do I dare to attempt caption humor type classification? Interesting after all the discussions on puns, it appears we have two puns this week.
Here's how I see the caption humor type classification:
At any rate, can we agree that all puns are wordplay, but not all wordplay is a pun?
Contest #995
Congratulations to Eric Schares, Ames, Iowa!
2030 is used in the winning caption, although perhaps that makes it not an evergreen caption. First time this has happened? No!
2030 joins 1970, 1980, and 2019.
👍🏽 This is Tom Toro's 15th cartoon in TNYCCC.
⭐️ Tom Toro's first Contest: Contest #376 • April 15, 2013.
We're one Contest 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.
Testing the new HumorOramaLOL feature to find similar cartoon objects and we've found five elephant cartoons. Four elephants very relevantly in the room and the fifth Contest elephant just used as background at a zoo.
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!)
Contest #997
All contestants are first-time Finalist Appearances.
Do I dare to attempt caption humor type classification? Interesting after all the discussions on puns, it appears we have two puns this week.
Here's how I see the caption humor type classification:
"I understand that service has been partially suspended."
Pun
"It thinks it can."
Cultural Allusion - The Little Engine That Could.
"See, I knew the train would turn up soon."
Pun. Almost an Idiom Pun, but in American English we don't really say the train will turn up. Typically we say '...would come soon.' or '...would arrive soon.'
However, I am partial to British English and I have heard my mom say things similar to 'turn up soon." So, I'm very close to calling it an Idiom Pun.
At any rate, can we agree that all puns are wordplay, but not all wordplay is a pun?
Contest #995
Congratulations to Eric Schares, Ames, Iowa!
2030 is used in the winning caption, although perhaps that makes it not an evergreen caption. First time this has happened? No!
2030 joins 1970, 1980, and 2019.
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7•16•2026
Weekly Contest #998 News
First TNYCCC for Liza Donnelly!
🟢 Cartoonist Information 🟢
👍🏽 This is Liza Donnelly's 1st cartoon in TNYCCC.
⭐️ Liza Donnelly's first Contest: Contest #998 • July 20, 2026.
Although this is Liza's first Contest cartoon she is a long time TNY cartoonist with numerous cartoons. She's accomplished in so many comic artist areas and last year completed her film 'Women Laughing.'
We were THRILLED to see the World debut of 'Women Laughing' at the 2025 Woodstock Film Festival. A fantastic, funny, and informative film. Thoroughly enjoyed seeing Liza at the film festival in the beautiful Hudson Valley town Woodstock. See second image in the Specials. We planned the film festival with a leaf peeping trip to Hudson Valley.
🟢 Contest Information 🟢
We're two 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.
Testing the new HumorOramaLOL feature to find similar cartoon objects and we surprisingly discovered that this is the first TNYCCC with a kayak. And, it's the first TNYCCC for Liza.
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 #996
Ken Alexander, Culver City, Calif. now has three Finalist Appearances, with a win in Contest #352.
Noah Berner, Hathaway Pines, Calif. now has two Finalist Appearances; each a Winner!
👍🏽 This is Liza Donnelly's 1st cartoon in TNYCCC.
⭐️ Liza Donnelly's first Contest: Contest #998 • July 20, 2026.
Although this is Liza's first Contest cartoon she is a long time TNY cartoonist with numerous cartoons. She's accomplished in so many comic artist areas and last year completed her film 'Women Laughing.'
We were THRILLED to see the World debut of 'Women Laughing' at the 2025 Woodstock Film Festival. A fantastic, funny, and informative film. Thoroughly enjoyed seeing Liza at the film festival in the beautiful Hudson Valley town Woodstock. See second image in the Specials. We planned the film festival with a leaf peeping trip to Hudson Valley.
We're two 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.
Testing the new HumorOramaLOL feature to find similar cartoon objects and we surprisingly discovered that this is the first TNYCCC with a kayak. And, it's the first TNYCCC for Liza.
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!)
Contest #996
Ken Alexander, Culver City, Calif. now has three Finalist Appearances, with a win in Contest #352.
Noah Berner, Hathaway Pines, Calif. now has two Finalist Appearances; each a Winner!
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6•28•2026
Weekly Contest #997 News
First TNYCCC for Olivia Noble!
🟢 Cartoonist Information 🟢
👍🏽 This is Olivia Noble's 1st cartoon in TNYCCC.
⭐️ Olivia Noble's first Contest: Contest #997 • July 6, 2026.
🟢 Contest Information 🟢
We're three 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.
There are eleven previous Contests with the subway featured in some manner. mice infestation, caveman rider, jungle A train, walk the plank, BBQ on train, lounging on the tracks, trains at the bar, batman at 14th street urinal, sheep herding, crocs sharing a seat, and board meeting on the train.
You'll be able to find these in the upcoming feature described below.
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 #995
This is the first Finalist Appearance for all three contestants.
👍🏽 This is Olivia Noble's 1st cartoon in TNYCCC.
⭐️ Olivia Noble's first Contest: Contest #997 • July 6, 2026.
We're three 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.
There are eleven previous Contests with the subway featured in some manner. mice infestation, caveman rider, jungle A train, walk the plank, BBQ on train, lounging on the tracks, trains at the bar, batman at 14th street urinal, sheep herding, crocs sharing a seat, and board meeting on the train.
You'll be able to find these in the upcoming feature described below.
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!)
Contest #995
This is the first Finalist Appearance for all three contestants.
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6•21•2026
Weekly Contest #996 News
Godzillas to Hot Dogs
🟢 Cartoonist Information 🟢
👍🏽 This is Lonnie Millsap's 19th cartoon in TNYCCC.
⭐️ Lonnie Millsap's first Contest: Contest #717 • July 20, 2020.
✅ Click the link to view Lonnie Millsap's website.
🟢 Contest Information 🟢
We're four 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.
There are three previous Contests with hot dogs. Contest #507 is a man carrying a giant hot dog. Contest #763 is a giant hot dog vehicle. Contest #950 is an anthropomorphic hot dog in a dressing room.
You'll be able to find these in the upcoming feature described below.
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 #994
This is the second Finalist Appearance for Miho Konno.
The Konno's did it again.
Joe Wehry, Burlington, Vt. is the winner!
Are these all the same Joe Wehry, with different locations?
👍🏽 This is Lonnie Millsap's 19th cartoon in TNYCCC.
⭐️ Lonnie Millsap's first Contest: Contest #717 • July 20, 2020.
✅ Click the link to view Lonnie Millsap's website.
We're four 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.
There are three previous Contests with hot dogs. Contest #507 is a man carrying a giant hot dog. Contest #763 is a giant hot dog vehicle. Contest #950 is an anthropomorphic hot dog in a dressing room.
You'll be able to find these in the upcoming feature described below.
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!)
Contest #994
This is the second Finalist Appearance for Miho Konno.
The Konno's did it again.
Joe Wehry, Burlington, Vt. is the winner!
Are these all the same Joe Wehry, with different locations?
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6•14•2026
Weekly Contest #995 News
Cats to Turtles
🟢 Cartoonist Information 🟢
👍🏽 This is Felipe Galindo's 16th cartoon in TNYCCC.
⭐️ Felipe Galindo's first Contest: Contest #653 • March 11, 2019.
✅ Click the link to view Felipe Galindo'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.
There are three previous Contests with turtles. Contest #341 has a flying turtle. Contest #422 is a hoarder turtle. Contest #762 is a turtle with lab mice. But, there is one snail Contest #942, that might be worth a look. It has a similar shell theme.
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 #993
All three contestants are first-time Finalists.
Carol Lasky, Boston, Mass. is a nine-time Finalist. A prolific cartoon gag writer, Carol, has tremendous accomplishments in many contests.
See "Field Notes Archive" section at top of HumorOramaLOL for the post on "Repeaters."
👍🏽 This is Felipe Galindo's 16th cartoon in TNYCCC.
⭐️ Felipe Galindo's first Contest: Contest #653 • March 11, 2019.
✅ Click the link to view Felipe Galindo's website.
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.
There are three previous Contests with turtles. Contest #341 has a flying turtle. Contest #422 is a hoarder turtle. Contest #762 is a turtle with lab mice. But, there is one snail Contest #942, that might be worth a look. It has a similar shell theme.
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!)
Contest #993
All three contestants are first-time Finalists.
Carol Lasky, Boston, Mass. is a nine-time Finalist. A prolific cartoon gag writer, Carol, has tremendous accomplishments in many contests.
See "Field Notes Archive" section at top of HumorOramaLOL for the post on "Repeaters."
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6•7•2026
Weekly Contest #994 News
First TNYCCC for Colin Tom!
🟢 Cartoonist Information 🟢
👍🏽 This is Colin Tom's 1st cartoon in TNYCCC.
⭐️ Colin Tom's first Contest: Contest #994 • June 15, 2026.
✅ Click the link to view Colin Tom's website.
🟢 Contest Information 🟢
We're six 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.
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 #992
Three first-time Finalists.
Well, "Well," did it again. This is the forty-sixth Finalist caption that started with "Well,". Evidently, it's a successful tone-setter and has been a Winner nineteen times.
See "Field Notes Archive" section at top of HumorOramaLOL for the post on "Tone-setters: Good or Deadwood."
👍🏽 This is Colin Tom's 1st cartoon in TNYCCC.
⭐️ Colin Tom's first Contest: Contest #994 • June 15, 2026.
✅ Click the link to view Colin Tom's website.
We're six 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.
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!)
Contest #992
Three first-time Finalists.
Well, "Well," did it again. This is the forty-sixth Finalist caption that started with "Well,". Evidently, it's a successful tone-setter and has been a Winner nineteen times.
See "Field Notes Archive" section at top of HumorOramaLOL for the post on "Tone-setters: Good or Deadwood."
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6•1•2026
Weekly Contest #993 News
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.
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."
👍🏽 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.
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!)
Contest #991
Carol Lasky, Boston, Mass. is a nine-time Finalist. A prolific cartoon gag writer, Carol, has tremendous accomplishments in many contests.
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."
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5•24•2026
Weekly Contest #992 News
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.
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."
View Benjamin Slyngstad's TNY Contributions.
👍🏽 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.
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.
Contest #990
Three first-time Finalists.
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."
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5•17•2026
Weekly Contest #991 News
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!
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."
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."
👍🏽 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.
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!)
Contest #989
Ryan Ulrich, North Arlington, N.J. is a two-time Finalist now; a "repeater."
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."
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5•3•2026
Weekly Contest #990 News
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.
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.
👍🏽 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.
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!
Contest #988
Brett Miller, Springfield, Mo. is a three-time Finalist now.
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.
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4•26•2026
Weekly Contest #989 News
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.
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.
👍🏽 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!
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!
Contest #987
Bob Shiffrar, Boston, Mass. is a three-time Finalist.
Rob Gregory, Chicago, Ill. is a two-time Finalist.
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.
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4•19•2026
Weekly Contest #988 News
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.
👍🏽 This is Lynn Hsu's 4th cartoon in TNYCCC.
⭐️ Lynn Hsu's first Contest: Contest #862 • August 21, 2023.
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.
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4•16•2026
Looking for Cat Caption Inspiration?
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.
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.
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2•26•2026
Cartoonist Contest Count Distribution
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.
Checkout LEADERBOARDS below to see how many cartoons your favorite cartoonist has in the The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest.
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2•25•2026
Funniest, Cleverest, and Wittiest cities — YTD
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.
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.
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2•23•2026
TNYCCC Repeat Finalists & Contest Counts
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.
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