Category Archives: Caption Challenges

Internet issues have been resolved (it wasn't the weather, just a good reboot was all the system needed) and I've got the results for Caption Contest 112, which challenged you to come up with a great line for this panel:

Your Finalists (in no particular order) are:

• Frankie: “It didn’t work. I’m still ugly. Now what?”
• Frankie: “MIRACLE BROW, apply gently to the forehead. Apply gently to the forehead. Apply gen–”
• Frankie: “I’m telling you. Who is on first.”
• Joel: “Hmmm, that tastes like…Fist! Odd when did I have that?”
• Joel: “You punched me in the mouth Redundancy Queen and you’ll do it again.”
• 1rd2th3st: “Hit me again, I’m getting channel 2 now.”
• Watson Bradshaw: I’m Nancy Grace and Casey Anthony is a tot mom.
• Mr.MikeK: What can you do to make this look more like a Lady Gaga outfit?
• The Imp: Hey, who wants to watch Glee?
• TheNate: You dumb blonde! That’s not how you deliver a punchline!
• Sutter_Kaine: Awkwardly phrased threat sense tingling…
• spidercow2010: Okay, I’ve got my Rihanna costume on. Now do your Chris Brown impression.

Those were all chuckle-worthy, but one I thought did the best job of working with the layout of the dialog and the expression on Antenna Woman's face. And that one was ... Frankie!

Congratulations, Frankie, just let me know what you'd like for your prize!

Many thanks to everyone who entered Caption Contest 111, which reaffirmed my belief that massively violent panels make for the best captions:

We had a ton of great submissions, so without further ado, here are some of the ones that I thought were particularly funny:

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Many thanks to everyone who entered Caption Contest 110, featuring an epic example of Superdickery. Your challenge was to come up with a headline or off-panel caption for this cover:

We had a ton of great submissions, so without further ado, here are some of the ones that I thought were particularly funny:

• Rick:
  1. Superman slightly misunderstands the Occupy Movement…
  2. Leaping it in two bounds was just more than he could live with.
• Nick Hentschel: “More bad news for the Kryptonite lock factory……”
• Joel: In this exciting issue, Superman battles a new foe: MUSHROOMS!
• Mr.MikeK: Superman discovers that what happens in Vegas doesn’t really stay in Vegas!
• Myro: “After his recent defeat by Batman, it was clear there was only one thing Superman could do to save face… Destroy Wayne Enterprises.”
• count libido: Superman mistakes giant zipper for building!
• TOOL: Allstate, are you in good hands when mayhem happens to you?
• Jessica: On next week’s issue of Psychology Today: Superman, God Complex or Bipolar Disorder?
• Watson Bradshaw: Superhero Jenga claim 200 lives.
• peter flynn: “Will Clark finally escape that horrible rental agreement?”
• TheNate:
  1. And with one strike against Blizzard Studios, Superman ended his World of Warcraft addiction.
  2. Superman would probably destroy that building even if his life didn’t depend on it.
• Jack Zelger: “Superman provides an unhappy Lois with an unobstructed view of the park.”

Having just recently re-acquired my WoW addiction, I sympathize completely with TheNate's first entry. Oi. And I think "Superhero Jenga" should totally be one of DC's "New 52" launches, that would be awesome.

However, as the overall winner I am going to have to go with ... Nick Hentschel! That one made me laugh every time I read it, and I thought it was a very clever way both to explain the scene and to be an ironic comment on it. Well done, Nick! Let me know what you'd like for your prize either in the comments or via email.

Thanks again to everyone who entered, and congratulations to all of these fine Finalists.

Thanks to everyone who submitted entries for the Creepy Bear Caption Contest! I picked out a few that I thought were particularly funny:

• MLS: Fuzzy Wuzzy wants you bare.
• Jake: Where’s Archie? Well, lets just say this bed sheet used to be white.
• Patrick: This bed is juuussst riiigghhht!
• Mr.MikeK: I’m the Don’t Care Bear.
• McKnight57: I’M the reason Goldilocks’ bed was just right.
• Gene:
  1. Once you go bear, you learn to like hair.
  2. Hey, you ladies know you have the right….to Bear arms.
  3. Have you ladies seen my … honey?
• Joel: “So, which one of you lovely ladies wants to make me a REAL boy?”

I liked all of those, but since there can be only one winner, I am going with ... Gene!

Congratulations to Gene, and thanks again to everyone who entered.

Thanks to everyone who entered Caption Contest 109! We had some great submissions, including this selection of Finalists:

• TopHat: You’re the one who wanted to meet in ‘Stinky’s Bar’.
• Twiggyseed: Are you gonna join our gang of horrible neckwear or not?
• Dan: “They should really start handing out Right Guard at these Comicons.”
• Watson Bradshaw: Sorry, Willie Nelson scented candles seemed to be a good idea.
• sean from edwards: Then maybe the sewage treatment plant wasn’t the best place for a wine tasting.
• TheNate: “You can’t unring the Taco Bell.”
• TheNate: That’s how it works here. I toot, he shoots.
• Joel: “Hey, when you called the assassin’s guild you asked or some one silent but deadly.”

Those are all a hoot, but ultimately I decided to go with three-time Caption Contest Winner, TheNate, for a clever and completely appropriate take on a classic saying:

Congratulations to TheNate and all of our Finalists!