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It seemed a natural topic for a cartoon caption contest, the Muslim outrage over the Muhammad cartoons published in a Danish newspaper, so with a bit of trepidation, I tossed it out there. Click on the image to see Sam Knecht’s winning caption. Apparently many readers were anxious to enter that frey, as we had over a hundred entries this time. I am happy to report that as of this writing, no riots have ensued. Well, there was that one opinion line comment today which called for my head, but that was in reference to my cartoon last week depicting Vice-President Cheney as our "Gangsta Veep." And that’s a whole other issue which I may address later with a separate post. Let’s get to some of the other contest entries which were pretty dang good.
Local comedian extraordinaire Bucky Walters weighed in, I believe for the first time in the history of our little contest with a snappy reference to the aforementioned Cheney issue: "Should we make their V. P. look like Freddy Fudd, Barney Fife or Quickdraw McGraw?" Previous winner Roger Neugent got a little violent this time. His caption: "Infidel cartoonist! ‘From ear to ear" did not refer to ‘grinning!’" Retired printmaker Peter Johnson, now residing in Leon, sent in "Umm…expressive line, correct perspective, incisive wit…now try a headless self portrait!" That last part hits a little too close to home, Peter! Another former multiple winner, Bernie Lantz, sent in "You, ink mongrel, are a Weapon of Muslim Disruption." Tom Borrego of Wichita submitted "Color within the lines, if you know what I mean!" All-time champion multiple winner Bruce Cole said "Is your health insurance paid up?" Then he also sent "Do you seriously think Prophet Muhammad would be out hunting quail with Dick Cheney?" Yet another multiple winner, Karen Wallace’s husband, Ken, sent in "Leave it blank. We’ll riot over that tomorrow." Oh, and her own entry: "Lose the uni-brow." From out of left field came this one from Brian Eslick: "We are all anxious to see the design for the new arena! You are working on the design for the new arena, AREN’T YOU???" I sort of like this one from Neil Evans: "I’m worried about your Family Circus cartoon, Mr. Keane…that dashed line that little Billy leaves in his tracks appears to form the face of Muhammad." And going out into another topic, Bill Papineau said "Mocking Muhammad will get our special agent Phill Kline to monitor your sexual activity (and that’s no joking matter!) Well, actually, Bill, I have reason to suspect that most cartoonists’ sexual activity is indeed a joking matter, but let’s not go there. Lastly, but dear to my heart: "Crowson, I watch you and my brother watches your little dog-in-the-corner." That came from Bruce Cole. And that explains why Al, my dog-in-the-corner, refused to make an appearance in a cartoon or two last week.