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The turnout was down a bit for this week’s cartoon contest. I’m not sure if that’s a reflection of readers’ disinterest in the subject, early summer lackadaisical-ness or a lame drawing on my part. At any rate, the entries we did have were up-to-par in quality if not quantity. I wish I had bothered to check the calendar when I drew the cartoon. If I had, I would have realized that the captioned version of it would be running on Memorial Day and I would have tried to devise a drawing more appropriate to the somberness of that occasion. Wu is many things, but he’s not exactly reverential of our fallen heroes.
Click on the image to see this week’s winner. One reason we chose Carol Herter’s caption was because she took the opportunity to make a point about another WSU-related issue rather than just sticking to the subject of Wu’s makeover. And she did it in a clever way. Venettia Maddux of El Dorado came close to winning with her caption: "Maybe we should consult with the arena designers." Peck’s Richard Julius was in a similar mode with his entry: "Is this option A, B or C?" He also hit on a good one-word caption: "Frankenshock!" The "Frankenshock" line was also used by Les Taylor of Wichita. Bruce Cole of Wichita submitted: "I’ll be adding a Turgeon crewcut and a Stephenson mustache. What else?" Then Bruce got classical with this twist: "Alas, poor Wu! I knew him well." Wichita’s Jan Nyberg sent in, "How about just using Botox injections?" Interesting twist from Robert J. Jones of Pratt: "I’m not sure if proving he’s been here over 5 years, that he does a job most Americans wouldn’t do and calling him "El Wushock" would be enough to save him." Jeffrey Love of Hutch said, "What the hell…nobody knows what a real wheatshocker looks like anyway!" Todd Mitchell of Wichita sent, "Let’s see…the Tar Heels have a goat mascot, The Auburn Tigers’ mascot is an eagle and Gonzaga’s the Zags (whatever that is). Hmmm…maybe ours isn’t so dumb after all!" Then, going back to the Frankenshock idea, or perhaps Young Frankenshock, Jimbo Kipcak of Lajitas, Texas sent this: "I only agreed to do this because they promised me Teri Garr as an assistant."