Contest No. 36 starts right now.

Briefly, here are the details: I'll supply a drawing of one of my old cartoons that has never been published, leaving off my caption. You are invited to supply your funniest captions. Simply (1) click on "Add New Comment". Then (2) scroll down past any other submitted captions and type in your name and your caption in the spaces provided. Then (3) enter the anti-spam security code that assures me that you're a human being and not a machine, and (4) click "Save". There is no limit on the number of captions you can submit for each drawing.

Sorry to say, I don't have the exact date this cartoon was printed in The Wall Street Journal. The above image was taken from the book "Can Board Chairmen Get Measles? -- Thirty years of great cartoons from The Wall Street Journal" edited by Charles Preston and published in 1982 by Crown Publishers, Inc.

Five other cartoons of mine are included in that book, but the others have all been archived here by publication date.

Another award-winning advertisement from Boardroom. It appeared in several different trade magazines, and was targeted to the direct mail industry.

"It's a new way to lose some weight!"

(by Lila)

My original caption: "I've lost twenty pounds since we bought it."

Congratulations, Lila, you're now officially one of the funniest people around!

Yes, once again the winning caption came very close to my original caption. I also liked both of Tom Nelson's captions:

Contest No. 35 starts right now.

Briefly, here are the details: I'll supply a drawing of one of my old cartoons that has never been published, leaving off my caption. You are invited to supply your funniest captions. Simply (1) click on "Add New Comment". Then (2) scroll down past any other submitted captions and type in your name and your caption in the spaces provided. Then (3) enter the anti-spam security code that assures me that you're a human being and not a machine, and (4) click "Save". There is no limit on the number of captions you can submit for each drawing.

Yes, with the addition of "PLANT MANAGER" and "SHOP STEWARD" I made this gag more appropriate to the labor-union markets that are serviced by Union Communication.