No, There's No Nobel in Math
Five math and computing prizes with honest inscriptions: the Fields Medal ('You did a cool math thing before turning 40'), the Abel Prize (10⁶ high-fives), the Turing Award bowl for tears of joy, and more.
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-10-04-no-there-s-no-nobel-in-math/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
[1] FIELDS MEDAL: front, a face ringed by "RISE ABOVE ONESELF AND GRASP THE WORLD"; back: "Wow! You did a cool math thing before turning 40"
[2] ABEL PRIZE: front, "NIELS HENRIK ABEL · OUR COLLEAGUE" around a curly-haired portrait; back: "CONGRATULATIONS: this medal entitles you to 10⁶ high-fives"
[3] TURING AWARD: a bowl engraved "ACM A.M. TURING AWARD", labeled "bowl to collect the tears of joy at your beautiful contribution to computer science"
[4] NEVANLINNA PRIZE: front, "ROLF NEVANLINNA 4 EVA"; back: "WOW — GREAT COMPUTER WORK, YOUNG SCHOLAR"
[5] ACM PRIZE IN COMPUTING: a plaque reading "WHOA THAT COMPUTING YOU DID BLEW OUR MINDS"