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Caption The Cartoon

 
 
panzade
 
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Sat 28 May, 2011 08:54 am
@ossobuco,
Thanks for the post. The universal caption is a great concept.
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panzade
 
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Sat 28 May, 2011 08:55 am
@DrewDad,
Very Happy
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panzade
 
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Mon 30 May, 2011 06:27 pm
http://www.newyorker.com/images/2011/06/06/p465/110606_contest_p465.jpg
George
 
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Mon 30 May, 2011 06:40 pm
http://www.newyorker.com/images/2011/06/06/p465/110606_contest_p465.jpg
As you are aware, Ms. O'Brien's plan proved sub-optimal.
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hingehead
 
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Mon 30 May, 2011 07:09 pm
@panzade,
http://www.newyorker.com/images/2011/06/06/p465/110606_contest_p465.jpg

Dropping the soap in the shower is decreasing....
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DrewDad
 
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Mon 30 May, 2011 11:58 pm
@panzade,
http://www.newyorker.com/images/2011/06/06/p465/110606_contest_p465.jpg
"I've been asked to avoid bar graphs."
eurocelticyankee
 
  1  
Tue 31 May, 2011 06:19 am
http://www.newyorker.com/images/2011/06/06/p465/110606_contest_p465.jpg
Once a banker, always a banker.
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eurocelticyankee
 
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Tue 31 May, 2011 06:23 am
http://www.newyorker.com/images/2011/06/06/p465/110606_contest_p465.jpg
"OK board, it looks like a life sentence because we're not getting out of here till we recoup the tax-payers money"
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eurocelticyankee
 
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Tue 31 May, 2011 06:24 am
http://www.newyorker.com/images/2011/06/06/p465/110606_contest_p465.jpg
What a wonderful image, if only it were true!
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eurocelticyankee
 
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Tue 31 May, 2011 06:32 am
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"People we've seen a sharp drop in profits!, our shares have gone up in smoke, literally!"
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eurocelticyankee
 
  1  
Tue 31 May, 2011 06:41 am
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"I believe if you grant me parole, well the chances of me re-offending, as the chart shows,
have dropped considerably as I am no longer a member of the infamous Wall St. Gang"
jespah
 
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Tue 31 May, 2011 06:52 am
@eurocelticyankee,
http://www.newyorker.com/images/2011/06/06/p465/110606_contest_p465.jpg
As you can see, productivity at the prison laundry has taken a nosedive ever since Rico and the Guadalajara Kid escaped.
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hingehead
 
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Tue 31 May, 2011 06:58 am
@DrewDad,
http://www.newyorker.com/images/2011/06/06/p465/110606_contest_p465.jpg
Quote:
"I've been asked to avoid bar graphs."

And pie charts may conceal files.
panzade
 
  2  
Tue 31 May, 2011 02:14 pm
@hingehead,
And pie charts may conceal files.
clever sod
laughoutlood
 
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Tue 31 May, 2011 10:44 pm
@panzade,
http://www.newyorker.com/images/2011/06/06/p465/110606_contest_p465.jpg

We're going down.
ossobuco
 
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Tue 31 May, 2011 10:59 pm
@laughoutlood,
I didn't link a Mankoff post on the nature of good cartoons - well, I could.

But one of his takes was in simplicity of line, and this last one does that.
laughoutlood
 
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Tue 31 May, 2011 11:23 pm
@ossobuco,
Quote:
I didn't link a Mankoff post on the nature of good cartoons - well, I could. But one of his takes was in simplicity of line, and this last one does that.


You're a comedian.
Ionus
 
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Wed 1 Jun, 2011 12:04 am
http://www.newyorker.com/images/2011/06/06/p465/110606_contest_p465.jpg
Since the new Warden and his hostile takeover, all sales are down, especially shanks and drugs....
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George
 
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Wed 1 Jun, 2011 08:35 am
http://www.newyorker.com/images/2011/06/06/p465/110606_contest_p465.jpg
Incarceration will continue until morale improves.
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ossobuco
 
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Wed 1 Jun, 2011 09:06 am
@laughoutlood,
Once in a while that's true.

Here's Mankoff on his view of what makes a good caption ..

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/05/02/050502on_onlineonly01
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