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Mike Peters
Open Mike

So you want Mike Peters' job, but you can't draw?

Today, you'll get your chance anyway. We're starting a new feature on Saturdays called "Open Mike." Mike draws the cartoon, but you get to complete it.

How it works

  • Write your suggested caption in the textbox below the cartoon and submit it.
  • Use your full name and your screen name. Only online entries will be accepted, and entrants must identify themselves completely to be eligible to win.
  • Enter as often as you like each week until Tuesday at noon, when we'll stop taking contest entries.
  • Come back! Dayton Daily News editors will select a group of finalists and you can cast your vote Tuesday afternoon through noon Thursday. Even if you can't come up with a clever idea, vote for your favorite reader-supplied caption.
  • We'll contact the winner, and he or she will receive Mike Peters' original cartoon.
  • Look for the winner in the print edition of the Dayton Daily News next Saturday, as well as another opportunity to put words in someone's mouth.
  • Members of winning households may continue to submit entries, but are not eligible to win again for 90 days.


Ten most recent submissions

But I don't have any latex gloves.
Submitted by get it
But I don't have any latex gloves.
Submitted by
I don't have any latex gloves
Submitted by bad
You better let me in, or I'll blame you.
Submitted by dsw
'Sarah Palin resigned and it's all HIS fault!'
Submitted by Dr C
Haras Nilap to resign as governor of Aksala.
Submitted by You Betcha
Just tell me where the health care summit is, and I'll pull the truck around.
Submitted by j dubs
Take them all. There's no shortage in this town.
Submitted by big w
Some more congressional handouts, sir.
Submitted by dubs
Hey, there are worse fingers.
Submitted by I

Number of submissions this week: 35

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