09/02 Cartoon- Wagnerian November?

The latest Gallup poll has the fat lady tuning up for the November elections. With a 10-point lead, Republicans are very likely to score big by taking plenty of Congressional seats in the fall due to continued high joblessness and a largely lackluster economy, despite all the federal spending.

Can the party of NO do anything more/better to get people working and heal the recession? IMO, doubtful. But waiting out the worst and playing a brilliant game of blame will no doubt pay off for them on election day.

Here's the sketch.

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09/01 Cartoon- The Great Amtrak Holdup

The trip between Jacksonville and Miami just got a little longer.

Here's the sketch.

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Caption Contest 08/31

Versus... Come up with a snarky caption for this cartoon, e-mail it to us, and we'll sort the best and funniest punchlines from the rest. Then, on the following Monday, we'll post the winner's name and caption along with two runners-up here at JPTI as well as in the print edition of FLORIDA TODAY.

Since you'll be writing for a cartoon, we've added the professional feel by setting a deadline for you -- please e-mail your entries to us by 4pm Thursday.

In your e-mail message, be sure to include your name and where you live. E-mail: jparker@floridatoday.com

Challenge your office co-workers, friends and families.

Captions submitted as comments will be disqualified.

A few guidelines:

-Please keep your captions clean and libelous-free. Remember, we're a family newspaper.
-Keep it brief. I know it's difficult, but bear in mind the funniest cartoons depend on brevity for maximum effect. And since these are editorial cartoons, don't spare the vinegar.
-Don't go for an obvious gag line that 20 other people will come up with. Be original.

Most of all, have fun!

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Caption Contest Winners!

This Week's Winner:

Alec Russell, Indialantic

Runners Up:
"You say there are more trucks coming!?"
Woody Stevens, Port St John

"Now I see the real reason we need "Heavy Lift!"
Paul D. Spudis, Houston

Thanks for all the great captions! Toon in again tomorrow for another wordless cartoon for you to fill in.

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08/29 Cartoon- Halfway Through Hurricane Season

Hard to be optimistic about hurricane season being half over when we still have SepTEMPER to contend with...

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08/27 Cartoon- Cabin Pressure

Continuous news of falling home prices has a lot of us breathing into a bag.

This was the thought that set up today's cartoon.

I noodled around for awhile with little drawings of people hyperventilating into paper sacks, which lead to little drawings of barf bags, and barf bags eventually brought to mind those oxygen masks on airlines and the safety instructions that nobody seems to listen to.

I realize it's a crazy way to get to a crazy notion -- having oxygen masks drop from panels in the ceiling -- but it's my job, dagnabbit. All in all, I think the elements compressed into a pretty good cartoon about home price decompression...

Here's the sketch.

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