We told our cartoonist we were “sort of” basing the second contest on the old Princess and the Pea fairytale. Just as we were about to explain the super-detector business, he said, “You mean the stories are about delicate women who can’t sleep? Great!” Then he hung up and locked himself in a bank vault until weeks later, when he handed us these cartoons.
We liked them so much we didn’t have the heart to tell him he’d missed the point of our contest. Then again, our premise confused other entrants too. So, what the heck. Scroll on down and you can see Francis Heaney’s compendium of...