Cartoons

September 2026 Caption Contest!

Have a creative name for the cartoon in The Vanguard’s September 2026 issue?

Fill out this form or email your caption to us at vanguard@bbns.org to enter our Caption Contest!

We will publish the top three titles in our next issue, and there will be a $15 Dunkin Giftcard for the Winner!

 

 

 

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Past Cartoons

 

 

Drawing by Christine Tao

 

 

 

                                                                                   Drawing by Marin MacDonald

December 2025 

Winning Caption: “Geez! They know I’m afraid! They see right through me.”- Upper School Math Teacher Mark Fidler

Runner Up: “This ghost town ain’t big enough for the two of us.”-Henry Kirk ’24                                                                                                                                           

Drawing by Marin MacDonald

September 2025

Winning Caption: “What do you mean I can’t ride my unicorn in the Dunkin’ drive thru??” —Upper School English Teacher Talayah Hudson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 2025

Winning Caption: “Escarg-NO!!!” —Stuart Ablon ’88

Second Place: “Take your time studying, they said. Summer will be here before you know it, they said. Carry your house and all your school stuff on your back, they said. Exams are here … and I can’t even reach my apple!” —Director of Advancement Services and Campaign Operations Evan Greene

Third Place: “Only slime months to go!” —Parent ’26 ’30

 

May 2025

Winning Caption: “The recipe says, ‘Let cookies rest for 10 minutes before serving.’ Time’s up. Sorry!” – Upper School English Teacher Wes Williams

Second Place: “Feeling crumby” – Alix Wozniak ’10

Third Place: “I said cookies BEFORE bed, not IN bed. Prepositions matter.” – Upper School English Teacher Talayah Hudson