Ladies and Gentlemen...the envelope please!

Yes, we have a winner in the Official Lowe-Down Design Your Own Cartoon Contest. The challenge: to come up with the most imaginative secondary use for America's favorite gas-guzzling behemoth, the Hummer. Back in May, I drew a cartoon containing four of my own ideas, and we used this as a springboard to launch your imaginations into flight.

After scores of entries came in, a panel of experts consisting of Opinion Page Editor Tony Fins, Senior Editorial Writer Gary Stein, and yours truly, whittled the submissions down to three finalists. Three hundred of you voted, and the winner is:

BOB PROKOPCZYK OF WESTON, FLORIDA!!! Congratulations, Bob!

As promised, I turned his winning idea into an editorial cartoon, which you now see depicted at right.

Bob was kind enough to send his photo, which I have included below. Hopefully, the next time you see him he will be wearing his new Official Lowe-Down Blog t-shirt.

Bob Prokopczyk of Weston, winner of the
first Official Lowe-Down Design Your Own
Cartoon Contest.

Stay tuned for future contests!