June 2013 Winners of the Fill In the Phil Cartoon Contest

Jun 20, 2013

cartoon of Phil The Pool Man - first place winner

1st place - Ken Holmes | Leak-Tech| Dallas/Fort Worth

Ken Holmes from DFW brought the house down with a typical customer’s reaction to seeing a dinosaur rise out of his swimming pool. We actually got so many great lines for this comic strip we’ll be running them for months!

Meantime, try this one...

cartoon of Phil The Pool Man

Take a crack at the blank Phil below. If your lines are chosen you will receive a fancy, classy AQUA T-shirt and national trade magazine immortality. We’ll print anything that makes us laugh! Just send your captions to [email protected].

Jack Albanese

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