This week’s contest
Each week, we provide a cartoon in need of a caption. You, the reader, submit your caption below, we choose three finalists, and you vote for your favorite. Finalists for this week’s cartoon, by Lonnie Millsap, will appear online July 27th and in the August 3, 2020, issue of The New Yorker. Anyone age thirteen or older can enter or vote. To read the complete rules, click here.
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The Finalists
Vote for your favorite caption.
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The Winner
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“I found something serious under the hood.”
second place
“Who’s the clown in the suit?”
third place
“Looks like one of them has bad timing.”
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