Kevin Siers: You Write The Caption

Your new challenge: Jan. 28, 2013

Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite readers to write one.  To learn more about our contest and see our caption writing guidelines, please click here.

Submissions must reach us by NOON, Wednesday, Jan. 30.

Enter as many times as you wish.  To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us. (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com) 

Please include your mailing address and daytime phone number.

  To mail your caption to the Observer, address it to You Write the Caption, Editorial Department, The Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308, Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.

The new winner: Jan. 25, 2013

The winner:

"I think it's a sign of increasing polarization."

-- Phil Clutts of Harrisburg

The runners-up:

"I thought all the big flakes were in Washington."

-- David Pruett, Mooresville

"Must be one of those 'Middle of the Road' flakes!"

-- Tom King, Charlotte

"You can always expect a snow job when politicians are present."

-- Carolyn Hudson, Columbia, S.C.

"Look! It's Grover Norquist!"

-- Steve Chaffin, Charlotte

Thanks for all the great captions.  I have to add that there are many weeks when after I've drawn the picture, I worry that I've made one so strange that no caption could possibly make any sense of it -- a worry this week in particular.  I'm happy to say you readers have proven me wrong again.

Here's just a few more of the many good ones we received this week:

"Let's chill, no election for two years."

"Big flake. Yours or ours?"

"Just one of those climate change flakes."

"Shouldn't that be back in DC with the rest of the flakes?"

"They say no two flakes are alike!"

"He'll fit right in. A big flake who's not where he should be."

"I guess there will always be coldness between the two parties."

"So THAT's what comprom-ice looks like."

"Guess how long you can bask in the inaugural glow?"

"I'll suppose you'll characterize this as a blizzard and demand millions in disaster relief."

"The debt ceiling's snow joke!"

"Time for another snow job on the debt ceiling!"

"Since when did anything become too big for us to ignore?"

Feel free to join a discussion about the winners, add more captions of your own, or let us know your favorites by clicking the 'Comments' link below.  Please join us again Monday, Jan. 21, for a new cartoon caption challenge. -- Kevin Siers

Your new challenge: Jan. 21, 2013

Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite readers to write one.  To learn more about our contest and see our caption writing guidelines, please click here.

Submissions must reach us by NOON, Wednesday, Jan. 23.

Enter as many times as you wish.  To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us. (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com) 

Please include your mailing address and daytime phone number.

  To mail your caption to the Observer, address it to You Write the Caption, Editorial Department, The Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308, Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.

The new winner: Jan. 18, 2013

The winner:

"The only thing that stops a hunter with an AR-15 is a deer with an AR-15."

-- Olin Sansbury of Tryon, N.C.

The runners-up:

"It's so much safer now in the forest."

-- Ross Levin, Charlotte

"It's not an assault weapon if you're the one being assaulted."

-- Mic Elvenstar, Charlotte

"Banning these could save a million bucks!"

-- Carolyn Hudson, Columbia, S.C.

"Nobody did a background check."

-- David W. White, Charlotte

"In D.C., whoever has the most bucks wins."

-- Bill McGloughlin, Charlotte

"A lot of bucks are used to stop gun control."

-- Bill Russo, South Plainfield, N.J.

"The Second Amendment is dear to me."

-- From several readers

"Gun control? I'm game!"

-- From several readers

Feel free to join a discussion about the winners, add more captions of your own, or let us know your favorites by clicking the 'Comments' link below.  Please join us again Monday, Jan. 21, for a new cartoon caption challenge. -- Kevin Siers

Your new challenge: Jan. 14, 2013

 

Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite readers to write one.  To learn more about our contest and see our caption writing guidelines, please click here.

Submissions must reach us by NOON, Wednesday, Jan. 16.

Enter as many times as you wish.  To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us. (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com) 

Please include your mailing address and daytime phone number.

  To mail your caption to the Observer, address it to You Write the Caption, Editorial Department, The Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308, Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.

The new winner (Jan. 11, 2013)

The winner:

"I only swear in private!"

-- Ross Levin of Charlotte

The runners-up:

"I know who my friends are."

-- David W. White

"I am matchless in my devotion to open government."

-- Bill Allen, Charlotte

"Where would I be without Duke Energy?"

-- Jibril Hough, Charlotte

"Some of us see a glimmer of hope and the rest are just in the dark."

-- Suzanne Estro, Charlotte

Thanks for all the great captions.  Here's just a few more of the many good ones we received this week:

"Why would I need a blind trust when I've committed to all this transparency?"

"Welcome back to the Dark Ages."

"Inauguration decision? Strike one."

"It's always darkest before the dawn."

"I just found Bev's Charlotte office."

Feel free to join a discussion about the winners, add more captions of your own, or let us know your favorites by clicking the 'Comments' link below.  Please join us again Monday, Jan. 14, for a new cartoon caption challenge. -- Kevin Siers

Your new challenge: Jan. 7, 2012

Welcome to You Write the Caption, the Charlotte Observer cartoon caption contest, an opportunity to test your wit and win a prize. Each Monday, Observer editorial cartoonist Kevin Siers will post a political cartoon that needs a caption and invite readers to write one.  To learn more about our contest and see our caption writing guidelines, please click here.

Submissions must reach us by NOON, Wednesday, Jan. 9.

Enter as many times as you wish.  To submit your caption on-line, just click here to e-mail us. (Or address your e-mail to caption@charlotteobserver.com) 

Please include your mailing address and daytime phone number.

  To mail your caption to the Observer, address it to You Write the Caption, Editorial Department, The Charlotte Observer, P.O. Box 30308, Charlotte, NC 28230-0308.

The new winner: Jan. 4, 2013

The winner:

"This . . . is Elvish!"

-- Bill Russo of South Plainfield, N.J.

The runners-up:

"A Blue Christmas? That's up to you."

-- Pam Irish, Charlotte

"I let it ring for a long, long spell . . . Money Honey!"

-- Carolyn Hudson, Columbia, S.C.

"They asked for a fat guy in a costume."

-- David W. White, Charlotte

"A red suit? Now, THAT'S tacky!"

-- Bill McGloughlin, Charlotte

"My Jingle Bell Rocks!"

-- Suzanne Estro, Charlotte

"I never expected to be anyone important."

-- Elvis Presley, submitted by Phil Clutts, Harrisburg

Thanks for all the great captions.  Here's a few more of the better lines we received:

"I'm dreaming of a wide Christmas."

"Whole lotta shakin' goin' on!"

"You're looking at the epitome of Elf-indulgence."

"I'm from the Island of Misfit Clothes."

"Not the King of Kings, just the 'King'!"

"King-a-ling-a-ding!"

"I just got tired of being seen only at filling stations."

"Thank you, Thank you very much."

"Santa has left the building." -- these last two from many readers

"Kevin created this crazy cartoon because the Mayans said the world would end before he had to pick a winner."

Feel free to join a discussion about the winners, add more captions of your own, or let us know your favorites by clicking the 'Comments' link below.  Please join us again Monday, Jan. 7, for a new cartoon caption challenge. -- Kevin Siers

New winner coming Friday, in the meantime . . .

Holiday Vacation

You Write the Caption is taking a break for the holidays.  We will return after the New Year.  Merry Christmas and all the best to you and yours in 2013.