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“Reaper Baby” Cartoon Caption Contest
Anyone care to join me in Hell?
This is the extremely famous, highly excellent Splendid Marbles Cartoon Caption Contest.
- Type a clever caption and place it in the comments section, along with a valid email address, and you could win a signed copy of the cartoon, with your caption and name attached (and you’ll be added to the Splendid Marbles gallery of caption contest winners.) (Check out all the winners of the caption contest.)
- You are allowed FIVE submissions.
- I will accept entries until midnight, Sunday, February 28th 2010.
- I’ll select five finalists, which will be voted on starting noon Monday, March 1st, 2010.
- That’s it!
First, a few words about this cartoon:
This is one of my more controversial cartoons. I created it last year, and once the ink had dried, I knew that it was more than just a bit off. So, before posting it, I decided to conduct a poll among loyal contest participants. The result was a tie. Half of the respondents said I should seek counseling or make arrangements to leave the country. The other half thought it was perfectly fine for me to express myself creatively and that I should not censor my own material.
Contrary to public opinion, I am a sensitive soul. I waited before putting it up on the contest page (I posted it last year with one of my own captions). But I can wait no longer. You see, in my world, Grim Reapers have their own bars and they marry and have children – and they may even have to resort to adoption or fertility drugs to get them. In short, they’re just like us. So, please keep in mind that this loving couple are walking out of the maternity ward with their new baby – who just happens to be a clown. Have fun!
Here’s your opportunity to vote on last week’s “The Lineup” contest:
I hope you had a lot of fun with this one!
Time to vote for your favorite "Lineup" caption.
- “Yes officer, those are all cute, but I’m here to pay a parking ticket!” - Kenneth Treacher (44%, 28 Votes)
- "Are you sure this is one way glass?" - Russ (25%, 16 Votes)
- "For crying out loud…Take the police hat off and turn off the flat screen TV Morty, this role play has gone too far!" - Scott (14%, 9 Votes)
- “By the way, I think your sketch artist is overpaid.” - Keith in Dallas (9%, 6 Votes)
- “Forget these guys, what are you doing for dinner tonight?” - Bill Rabello (8%, 5 Votes)
Total Voters: 64
Loading ...And here’s the winner of the “Frankenatra” caption contest:
Congratulations, Jeffrey M.!
And, check out more cartoons and the winners of the caption contest in the Splendid Marbles Cartoon Gallery.
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Please note: I will send out an email on Mondays to remind you about the contest. I will NOT pester you at any other time during the week, and I will NOT share your email with another living soul – or organization run by the living. AND, I will take you off of the list as soon as you request to be removed – just send a reply email with “UNSUBSCRIBE” in the subject line. Thank you, and have fun with this week’s cartoon. (Please be advised: I reserve the right to remove comments that contain foul language.)
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Look, i’m really am glad we finally did it, i just still think we should’ve gotten a dog first!
It’s a big commitment and your mother better help us out since we both work all day everyday for eternity…
Let’s get out of here, this place reeks of life.
What do you mean, he looks exactly like you?!?!?
Look at that smile. What do we call him, the Grin Reaper?
I can’t wait ’til he grows up and I can teach him the facts of death.
He looks so happy. Can’t you do anything to bring him down?
Deep down Judd knew he wasn’t this babies father, but he didn’t know how to break the news to his wife.
Graham quickly realized he wasn’t at the morgue once he saw the baby.
“I just don’t understand what I’m going to do with a clown baby Margaret … he can show me how to shoot water out of a flower and I can show him … what, how to die?”
SNIFF SNIFF
“Don’t look at me. I would totally claim that one.”
“Can we give him back?”
“Yep, one hell of an accident there.”
“I was counting on a stork to do this.”
“For devil’s sake, wipe that silly grin off his face.”
“The grands are gonna be surprised aren’t they?”
The other kids will never accept him.
He’s so young. What would it hurt to let him live awhile?
Maybe the Addams family will adopt little Fester.
Yeah, he’s perfectly healthy now, but if we give him plenty of neglect he could take a turn for the worse.
“Hey!! I’m just saying you DID date that other clown right before me”
“Whaat?? Come On…it’s a valid question!!”
“YOU go talk to her about our insurance!! I happen to think she’s the devil!!”
“Wow!! She’s a piece of work!! And they call ME grim!!”
Oh Greg, don’t worry, he will look much better once he is dead.
Quit worrying Mildred, they all have that ugly clown face when they are newborns!
So it is true! I knew that clown college was a bad idea!
The impropriety of moonlighting as storks was lost to Mildred and Greg Reaper.
Patricia, the maternity ward nurse, never told a soul what she saw and chalked it up to the enchiladas she had a lunch.
I thought we agreed we wern’t going to adopt a live child!
And you said your past would never come back to haunt us.
My boss is going to kill me if I tell him I’m want to be a stay home dad!
At least we have someone to carry on the family business.
This baby almost killed me!
I told you they don’t issue Death Certificates here.”
Wow, that was easy. Do you think it would have been harder for us to get a baby if we were gay?
That baby has Ronald’s eyes. No more Happy Meals for you!
Do you not see the irony in this?
Don’t look at me like that. Can’t we just enjoy this moment? I’ll come back and kill that nurse later.
“What color should we paint the nursery?
maury polvich. . . ..Here we come!
Wow! There really is an after life!
I guess this is as close as we get to heaven!
I wonder how long before they notice the switch?
“Admit it! You had an affair with Glen Beck!”
I told you I needed a crown!
Did you sleep with that clown next door?
“Honey, the living see it as a compliment when I say he gets his smile from you!”
I’m still hoping this is all a dream!
I thought you said it was the milkman’s baby?
“What? All I said was I would have named her Leukemia instead of Cancer!”
“I wasn’t looking at her chest! The cross on the necklace had me freaked out!”
” I don’t mean to upset you, but can I stop by the 3rd floor real quick while we are here?”
Just get him a scythe and you’ll love him.
let’s get out of here before they switch him for a live one.
I told them we spend all day around death and that it makes us sad. They said they’ll give us something full of life and that it would make us happy… How was I to know it was a clown baby!?
What!? I’m sorry. I just think that Bozo is too common of a clown’s name.
You shouldn’t let Doink watch wrestling at such a young age… He was trying to get that nurse in a headlock!
I couldn’t whack the nurse as she handed you the baby! I’ll have to come back for her tomorrow.
I thought it was the Storks job to deliver babies!
It’s not MY mess on the floor! Get someone else to clean it up.
Are you sure I’m the child’s father? If you ask me he looks an awful lot like that McDonald fellow.
He’s not alright, he looks unnatually healthy to me.
He’s sick, I tell you; he looks way too healthy to me.
It’s a ghoul!!!
This is certinly going to put a dampener on us collecting the dead.
This proves it – I knew you were clowning around!
A little bundle of joy, how are we going to explain this to the boss.
Don’t blame me, it takes two to tango!
I told you not to paint the cave pink, its a boy.
You idiot, I told you to make a pick-up at the prison ward, not the maternity ward.
…I would have but you were the one who claimed to be ” POST, post menopausal!
So its agreed, John for his first name and Wayne for his middle name.
“I’m just saying, in the future he’s gonna have greater peer pressure to join the Insane Clown Posse than the others in the ward.”
I’m going to file a wrongful birth suit.
“Is it just me or does he look like that guy you reaped about 9 months ago?”
“I can’t believe that lady thought we were part of the KKK.”
Relex. It’s just a phase that all babies go through. He’ll stop smiling in about 5 months.
Mr and Mrs Grimm Reaper enjoy their new family addition….Ronald Mcdonald Grimm Reaper
This is terrific…now we can join the circus.
“Let’s experiment you said. Let’s bring that guy home from the bar to spice things up you said.”
“Daddy is never going to let you live this down. You know how he feels about clowns.”
“The good news is I just saved money on my car insurance.”
She says they don’t make grim reaper uniforms in his size. We’ll just have to wrap him up in a death shroud until he’s bigger.
The table is finally turned for the GRIM REAPER.
“I told you this artificial insemination thing was a bad idea.”
“I told you not to smoke while you were pregnant.”
“Apparently God has a sense of humor.”
“Don’t worry. The stigma of growing up with two daddies will be enough to wipe that smile off his face.”
“Do you think anyone noticed us?”
“At least they’ll die laughing…”
“I KNEW artificial insemination was a bad idea. Just look at him, Doris!”
She said he looks like death warmed over. Is that a good thing?
The Big Guy is going to be pissed when he realizes you cut a deal with Myrtle for THIS.
I admit it Marge, you were right… He IS scarier than both of us combined.
To the birthday party! Lets see those damned kids laugh at us now.
Now, we open a burger resteraunt, serve billions, and we don’t have to go house to house anymore to kill people?
I told you they didn’t give refunds.
We just became the perfect example of an oxymoron.
what do you mean we have have hit a all time low going into a hospital nursery.
wow he kind of looks like that clown you use to date
Why SHOULDN’T they let us have one? Look at all the ones they let Madonna have!
STOP! I’m sorry, but I can’t do this. Clowns scare the crap out of me!
Did you have to name it Pennywise?
“It’s a good news bad news scenario. Yes, no one saw you, but that’s a doll.”
“What? All I said was he looks like your side of the family.”
“No way thats my kid! He’s got a face.”
The next Grim Reaper, or should I say Grin Reaper.
The happy event has gotten us kicked out of the Grim Reapers Guild.
The storks have complained about us butting into their business.
Just because we came and took his parents doesn’t mean we have to adopt the kid
She said the delivery was free but to please leave quickly.
hey, what are they gonna do with the other 23 that came out of you?
“honey, let’s just R.I.P his face off”
“honey, let’s just R.I.P his face off”
“let’s just R.I.P his face off”
“Couldnt we have han an alive day that lasted for more than 20 min?”
” I’m not paying child support for some clown baby.” ” What else did you do at the circus last month?”
” I’m just saying honey i’m not the clown i think she takes after you.”
” I see nobody wanted to clean up after you had that baby on the floor behind us.”
i think the one last week should be ” to protect and serve, weve done a nice job.” ” well i gotta flush
we’ll put him in the circus!
Hurry up and let’s get out of here before they notice the mess on the floor.
Smile. You’re on Candid Camera!
Yeah, I’ll get the car and meet you out front.
Hey, look on the bright side. It’s only really 18 years.Right?
Barnum and Bailey’s is in town. What do ya think? Maybe a little barter? It’s worth a try!
how was i to know the guy in that car wreck yesterday was your pediatrician
hey i am into death control not birth control
I always wondered why you spent so much time at the circus.
“This Insane Clown Posse baby was to look like a Hatchet Man. Something went wrong!”
“I can’t believe it. She didn’t even check to make sure my hospital band matched this baby before sending us on our way!”
“I guess that’s what we get for having a baby on Halloween!”
“Clean up in isle 9!”
“Did you hear that lady? She suggested breastfeeding until this little one is . . .!”
“Wait till she realizes she can be no longer the famous “Ventriliquist Nurse!”"
“You spelled it Bozzo on the birth certificate ?!?!”
I said ‘the little Bozo’ affectionately…really!
“I am really not looking forward to the first parent-teacher conference.”
“Next time let me do the talking.”
“OK, but when the time comes, you tell him the facts of death.”
“I think we can make a good case for home schooling here.”
So much for in-vitro sterilization.
what!!! it has a pulse
“No, we cannot call IT Pennywise in honor of Stephen King!”
“Look at the grim side, this new Jack-in-the-box will scare the hell into everyone.”
“Just accept the next reaper generation, after all, who is going to suspect he is hiding a sickle under that clown suite?”
“I tried to tell you that our clowning around had deadly consequences.”
“She said Death Valley called, we were supposed to take the boy, not the toy!”
“Yes he’s very ugly. Upside is all I have to do is touch him…?”
“I thought the bill was going to cost me the shirt off my back, but jeez!”
It was a rite of passage — Lil’ Bozo would be ushered away to the training ground for all new members of the clown family.
You forgot to order the fries. You always forget the fries.
i did not know the little guy was on AMBIEN!!!
The Grim Reaper uncovers his mailman’s true identity- Pennywise.
“…I would have but which one of us said they were POST, post menopausal!!”
No, really? What’s wrong with “Gacey”?
I assumed “clowning around” meant having fun at work!
I thought you said knock up not nock off.
Well He should at least be good with kids…
Well they probably wont always run from Him…
“The never of those people” “Throwing our still born in the dumpster like that”
“The nerve of those people” Throwing our stillborn in the dumpster like that”
mispelled before, sorry
“Did you see the look on that nurse’s face when I told her We hacked up the intern?”
“Heads we fry it, tails we boil it”
“Heads, we kill em, Tails…we..a..a… kill em”
“Heads, we kill him. Tails we..a..a kill him”.
The Reaper:”Ummm I think that they gave us the wrong kid Gloria.”
Gloria:”What are you talking about he looks just like you!”