The winners of caption contest #197, plus my losing entry:

Thought I had this one. Looking at some of the others that didn’t make the cut, I just don’t know what passes for funny with the editor who picks the finalists. New gatekeeper, please!

The winners of caption contest #187, plus my losing entry:

This one stings because my entry is basically a shameless pander to what I knew they were looking for. Dreadfully conventional, and I still lost!

The winners of caption contest #183, plus my losing entry:

I liked this one because you could either read it like she put the car there as a design decision, or that their bed used to be against that wall.

The winners of caption contest #179, plus my losing entry:

Not that it would have mattered, but I don’t think I made the fact that the patient’s insurance company roughed up the doctor explicit enough.

The winners of caption contest #166, plus my losing entry:

The winners of caption contest #141, plus my losing entry:

The winners of caption contest #86, plus my losing entry (so close!):

From the most recent Coudal Partners newsletter:

Somebody once said that if you want to know if a particular cartoon came from The New Yorker magazine, all you have to do is replace the caption with the phrase "F*** Y**." If the comic still works, then it's a fair bet it came from The New Yorker.