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Rise of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on April 18, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

This is the seventh installment. I’m beginning to run out of obvious sequel titles. Time to go the Planet of the Apes route. That should do me for the next four or five… Contest #892 Yes, it’s called Thesaurus. But … Continue reading →

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Attack of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on March 10, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

The 6th installment of my submissions to the New Yorker Magazine cartoon captioning contest. My streak of not being chosen as a finalist continues unabated! … got a little political with that one.

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Revenge of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on January 15, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

And we’re back, for a fifth installment of my never-a-finalist New Yorker cartoon caption contest submissions. Well, the jury is still out on finalist status of my last two submissions. I’ll update if one of them gets chosen. But don’t hold your … Continue reading →

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Bride of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on November 21, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

I know I only just posted the third installment of my New Yorker Cartoon caption entries, but I already have six more lined up, having been submitting much more regularly lately, and not being chosen as a finalist just as … Continue reading →

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Son of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on November 1, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

Well you know what they say about trilogies: the third installment is always the best in the series, right? Look up the first and second installments of my unselected New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest submissions here and here. I had … Continue reading →

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Return of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on August 8, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

And we’re back! The New Yorker chose not to include any of my first six suggestions as a finalist in their “make up your own cartoon caption” contest. And they haven’t chosen any of these either. So the sequel apparently … Continue reading →

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My own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on May 18, 2023 by dannyashkenasi

The New Yorker magazine features a cartoon caption competition, where they print a captionless cartoon image and invite their readers to submit caption suggestions. Three submissions are then put up for a public vote to determine the final winner. Every … Continue reading →

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PAPA BIDEN

Posted on March 12, 2021 by dannyashkenasi

After watching President Biden’s speech on the one year anniversary of the Covid pandemic, this classic Peanuts cartoon panel, one of my personal favorites, came to my mind, yet with a slight modification… So in light of my love of … Continue reading →

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TELL-TALE OMENS

Posted on October 14, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

  What is this about? Have I decided to add cartoonist to my jack-of-the-arts-box?     No.  I am quite aware that my drawing skills are more on the feeble side. These sketches are for practical reasons, which however are … Continue reading →

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Celebrity Sightings at ART NY 2018

Posted on May 13, 2018 by dannyashkenasi

The large Yigal Ozeri portrait of Whoopi Goldberg behind the information desk by the entrance into ART NY 2018 was a hint that this year’s exhibition would have more than its fair share of celebrity sightings.  Not only celebrities being … Continue reading →

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