Tag Archives: New Yorker

Ecclesiastes of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on November 8, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

You do you, but I ain’t callin’ no king’s horses or men or 911 this time! After exhausting movie sequel options in general and the Planet of the Apes movies in particular, the Old Testament continues to be a deep … Continue reading →

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Proverbs of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on September 27, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

It’s been renamed Rathattan, and they’re celebrating. Continuing to mine the Old Testament for sequel titles, this is the 18th installment in the personal cartoon caption series. You can find the 17 previous installments in the Literary Lyricism archives. As well … Continue reading →

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Psalms of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on July 29, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Trust me! We got no where to go but up! Episode 17 of the ongoing series. The New Yorker keeps making the cartoons available, and I just keep cranking out my captions. And then sharing the latest batch of six. … Continue reading →

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Chronicles of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on June 23, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

This is from our high end “Me? not Me!” collection. Book 16 of the cartoon caption collections. Find all others here. It appears the blot would beg to differ. And now a word from our sponsor, Dixie Cups. I thought … Continue reading →

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Exodus of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on May 5, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

Alas, poor Yorick, I know you well. Installment #15 of my ongoing series. All other personal New Yorker Cartoon captions can be most easily found in the literary lyricism archives. Who’s a good board? Who’s a good board? You are! … Continue reading →

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Genesis of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on March 23, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

I lost this hand in a whirlpool, so this seemed appropriate. And we are back for another installment of my own personal (non-contest-winning) New Yorker Cartoon captions. Number 14 in the seemingly indefatigable series. Find all others via the literary … Continue reading →

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Battle for my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on January 25, 2025 by dannyashkenasi

You’re now in the very contemporary art section of the museum… And we’re back with another installment of my un-winning entries for the New Yorker cartoon caption entries. Well, un-winning according to the contest, but my husband chuckles at them. … Continue reading →

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Conquest of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on December 16, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

A mustang in a Mustang? The 12th installment of the series, continuing to lift its titles from the Planet of the Apes movies. You can find links to the other 11 in Literary Lyricism category. The vegetarian tofu meatballs option … Continue reading →

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Escape from my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on October 18, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

Cy was a bit of a bore, and Rothko rather withholding, but that Jackson, now he had a mind, he was fascinating, if out of his gourd… The 11th installment in the cartoon caption series (find all the others here). … Continue reading →

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Kingdom of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on September 6, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

Well, that’s one way to spin the data… This is the 10th installment of my own personal New Yorker Cartoon captions (easiest way to find all the others is to click on the Literary Lyricism category). It’s also the fourth … Continue reading →

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War of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on July 29, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

We’re testing Schrödinger’s Waffles The ninth installment of my ongoing series of New Yorker Cartoon caption hopefuls. The third in which I mine the Planet of the Apes movies for post sequel titles… … and how does THIS make you … Continue reading →

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Dawn of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions

Posted on June 15, 2024 by dannyashkenasi

Looks like the food court is far far away … I keep trying… (More here, here, here, here, here, here and here) The elephant in the room went into early retirement. Get back to me when it flies.

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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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