The New Yorker makes it hard even when you want to send readers to their website, as I did. I had to open the picture in a separate page to get a URL, where it appeared without the caption. And on the page with the caption, the caption could not be copied for pasting. I had to type it out.
But I think the cartoon is very important. You'll have to do the hard work of reading the caption and clicking to see the picture.
I believe it is worth it, and I've been using the caption myself in conversations in real life.
gspencer I want you to know that that is EXACTLY what I was thinking as well...
The New Yorker has for some years run a regular back-page feature showing provocative little cartoon pictures, with no captions. Readers are invited to fill in their own captions.
I'd love to see it flipped around with this caption -- "We've given it a great deal of thought and we decided we're going to give in to everything you want at all times." -- and readers (well, the ones talented in drawing) invited to draw the picture.
Fernandistein refers to "Newy Orker". I recall staring puzzled at a sign on a door in a store that said "Cow Orkers Only" So maybe Newy Orkers are Cow Orkers in training?
Cartoon and caption copy separately? No problem. Put the magazine page on the screen. Ctrl-plus-'+' to suitably enlarge; Ctrl+C to copy. Paste to your favorite image manager (e.g. Irfanview). Crop image. Now you have a .jpg of cartoon w/ caption.
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I didn't know David Hogg wore dresses too.
"Perfect."
A caption might lead to perfection.
But "The Newy Orker" separates the captions from their cartoons, no doubt to make it much harder to "share them with your friends".
The New Yorker makes it hard even when you want to send readers to their website, as I did. I had to open the picture in a separate page to get a URL, where it appeared without the caption. And on the page with the caption, the caption could not be copied for pasting. I had to type it out.
But I think the cartoon is very important. You'll have to do the hard work of reading the caption and clicking to see the picture.
I believe it is worth it, and I've been using the caption myself in conversations in real life.
gspencer I want you to know that that is EXACTLY what I was thinking as well...
The New Yorker has for some years run a regular back-page feature showing provocative little cartoon pictures, with no captions. Readers are invited to fill in their own captions.
I'd love to see it flipped around with this caption -- "We've given it a great deal of thought and we decided we're going to give in to everything you want at all times." -- and readers (well, the ones talented in drawing) invited to draw the picture.
But "The Newy Orker" separates the captions from their cartoons, no doubt to make it much harder to "share them with your friends".
Not a problem if all New Yorker cartoons could be captioned "I want to kill myself".
That's a pretty good caption but it's not funny.
Want one that's funny? Okay.
"Get angry all you want but you're still going to menstruate."
Now that's funny.
And on the page with the caption, the caption could not be copied for pasting. I had to type it out.
You went with the .jpg, which is missing the caption.
But, this shows a big cartoon with the text caption included. (not funny, though).
So it's possible to show the 'toon with the text caption, but they made it difficult to email the pic to other people. (screen-cap w/caption, etc).
The reader-contributed captions on the last page are often funnier than the professional ones inside.
Not a problem if all New Yorker cartoons could be captioned "I want to kill myself".
That's "I'm thinking of killing myself." Iowahawk.
That's "I'm thinking of killing myself." Iowahawk.
Never mind.
"We've given it a great deal of thought and we decided we're going to give in to everything you want at all times."
College administrators answering one angry freshman who doesn't want Condi Rice to speak on campus?
What is the Obama Doctrine? Alex
Fernandistein refers to "Newy Orker". I recall staring puzzled at a sign on a door in a store that said "Cow Orkers Only" So maybe Newy Orkers are Cow Orkers in training?
"Eric's caption is funnier, by far."
Nah. Sexist. That's not funny.
She saw the way the Deep State gets its way within the political class?
"I learned it by watching you!"
Ah! Evergreen College.
"Peterson says I shouldn't let you make me dislike you"
This comic is perfect given current events.
The student thing seems to have been a high production value tantrum.
SDaly: Oh, I see you're in "education," that explains your knee-jerk, bizarre world view.
Any regular here is familiar with Sebastian and therefore knows that Sebastian was being sarcastic.
Cartoon and caption copy separately? No problem. Put the magazine page on the screen. Ctrl-plus-'+' to suitably enlarge; Ctrl+C to copy. Paste to your favorite image manager (e.g. Irfanview). Crop image. Now you have a .jpg of cartoon w/ caption.
@hammond
I know how to do a screen grab, and my method is even easier, but I was sensitive about just displaying their cartoon on my site.
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