Hoping to avoid disaster here at Chemical Processing, we chose the latest Comical Processing cartoon caption winner wisely.

Congratulations to Kevin A. Wilke for submitting the winning caption to the latest cartoon from award-winning cartoonist Jerry King.

It's time once again to announce the Comical Processing cartoon caption winner. This cartoon was the catalyst for myriad funny responses. Everything from the H1N1 virus to world domination and poking fun at Speedo underwear.

The winning response tickled the funny bone of many judges. I wonder if those same judges have first-hand experience with the topic of Wayne Maceyka's caption?

I find it interesting how social media has taken a firm hold on society. Even my 72-year-old mother knows about Twitter and Tweets – which is saying a lot because she doesn't usually care much about technology. And popular culture confuses her. Case in point:  Regarding last season's "Dancing With The Stars," she told me the reason 83-year-old actress Cloris Leachman looks so good for her age is because she does pilots every day.

When I post a new cartoon I always think of one or two captions that I would submit if I were able to partake in the Comical Processing Cartoon Caption contest. I suppose I could submit my captions, but I have a lot more fun reading the ones submitted by visitors to ChemicalProcessing.com.

Picking a winner for the latest cartoon caption contest was a challenge. So many great entries landed in my e-mail box that each of the judges had their own set of favorites. Ultimately, we did decide on a winning entry. In this case, short and sweet was a good complement to the long and arduous equation our cartoon characters encountered in the latest installment of Comical Processing.

For the first time since Chemical Processing introduced Comical Processing, the winner of the cartoon caption contest won by unanimous vote.

A new winner for the Comical Processing cartoon caption contest has been announced.

There were so many great submissions that it was really a difficult decision to pick the winner. But one caption kept landing in the top picks of our judges (Putman editors and marketing gurus).