How this works: Each Wednesday we'll publish an Alaska-themed political cartoon that's begging for a caption. Drawings appear in Wednesday's Opinion section and Tuesday evening online at adn.com.
Your mission: Supply a fitting punch line via the Web page at adn.com/opinion. Just follow the Name That 'Toon link in the online opinion section. Deadline for captions is 4 p.m. Friday following each new drawing's publication. Daily News cartoonist Peter Dunlap-Shohl will select three captions to feature in Sunday's paper along with comments on the captions that will appear on Sunday on the Name that 'toon Web Page. (Sorry, Daily News employees and relations, you're ineligible.)
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WAIT, WAIT, my witty remarks, my spontaneous replies, my top of the head comments and my glass slippers are all in the coach! - 9/30/2008 2:28 pm
Winning caption appears below - 9/23/2008 3:35 pm
After our makeover with Sarah, we head over to the McCain's for flying lessons. - 9/16/2008 4:37 pm
Winning caption appears below - 9/9/2008 6:11 pm
Chck out the winner below - 8/24/2008 8:51 am
With photo radar, IM testing, and parking space boondoggles, transportation seems to be a roadblock to Begich's campaign. - 8/19/2008 5:10 pm
Political Dinosaurs- Fuel of the future - 8/12/2008 5:34 pm
It's not the heat, it's the cupidity. - 8/12/2008 5:32 pm
With falling oil production, what will they do for an encore? - 8/5/2008 5:58 pm
"There's been a mistake. Only the leaves have been rustling." - 7/29/2008 5:09 pm
Sarah, that is not a black eye and I will only hug myself! - 7/22/2008 2:41 pm
$586,000...I spend more than that in 6 months on attorney fees! - 7/15/2008 4:45 pm
Mothers train AFD responders in wooded rescue techniques - 7/8/2008 6:46 pm
Taking on the Hulk would be a stretch for anyone. - 7/1/2008 6:51 pm
Clean air? Clean water? Where do you think you live... Alaska? - 6/24/2008 6:36 pm
OMG! I thought God was my copilot! - 6/17/2008 4:31 pm
Big oil hires Jack's giant in response to Alaska's new negotiator Friar Tuck of Locksley - 6/10/2008 4:12 pm
I see a gas line if only you'll give me $500 million. - 6/3/2008 2:34 pm
I'd take you out right now but a mime is a terrible thing to waste. - 5/27/2008 3:57 pm
*COUGH!* Do you have that in unleaded?. - 5/20/2008 6:03 pm
Congratulations, Class of 2008! All three of you! - 5/13/2008 5:01 pm
Our leaders speak their minds. - 5/6/2008 4:43 pm
Posted: September 30, 2008 - 2:28 pm
STOWELL JOHNSTONE, take a bow. This caption neatly encapsulates the sad packaging and scripting of Governor Palin by the McCain campaign, and the sense one has of desperate vertigo underlying her rote responses to questions. If and when she responds.
As we draw the curtain closed on Name That 'Toon, I wish to thank all of you again for making this such a great ride. One of the biggest joys for me in working on this project was tapping a peculiar well of creativity and talent in people that never would have found an outlet otherwise. A talent that I'll bet many of the contributors never knew they had until suddenly there was a venue for it. Thanks to all for your passion, engagement and the gift of your humor.
Horace Walpole wrote that "The world is a comedy to those who think; a tragedy to those who feel" You all showed it is only human to do both.
As for me, I've got many projects backed up that I am eager to work on. Those who wish to keep up are invited to stop by my blog, where I will keep you posted.
And now, Mr. Thompson, strike up the Name That 'Toon theme song, "Jerusalem on the Jukebox" and take us home!
Pete
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44 October 3, 2008 - 7:19pm | prjasper
Move to the Slow Lane U DC RV, Main street is 1800 miles South!
PS: Pete you are one greatest expressionist to have graced Alaska with your whit & decorum with Toons & Editorial expso`e.
Wish you only the best [in] (so called retirement), God Bless. Some how though don't believe that we won't meet sometime soon in a peaceful place. Like the warmer areas of the planet.
PSS: You are Awarded "The Order of The Silent Choir" KRB
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October 3, 2008 - 8:48pm | prjasper
"Ministry of Silly Walks K R B" seems much more appropriate. Fair winds calm seas...Sua Sponte!!
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43 October 3, 2008 - 2:05pm | sacmatthews
a national candidate named Palin
soon found out she was trailin'
she called out to McCain
Who said "just a little pain and a lot to gain"
but all that was left was the failin'
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42 October 3, 2008 - 1:44pm | sacmatthews
Wait driver! Wait! I promise I won't call you Joe 6 pack again!
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41 October 3, 2008 - 1:42pm | sacmatthews
Old time folksiness from the good old days
Watch your step Sarah! There's road apples ahead!
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40 October 3, 2008 - 1:39pm | sacmatthews
I do want a free ride Uncle Sam
Wait! When I said "thanks, but no thanks" to the free ride I didn't really mean it!
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39 October 2, 2008 - 9:08pm | rbr1999
Sarah, keen on her foreign policy credentials, keeps an eye on the invading foreign dignitary from 1860.
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38 October 2, 2008 - 3:56pm | Maryann_Kniffen
Sararella's not so enchanting run to the White Castle Brawl.
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37 October 2, 2008 - 12:55pm | chjr67
"Get back here Biden! Don't make me go Popeye on you, Ted gave me a can of Whoop Ass!"
(Had to bring up the W.A. one last time...fade to grey)
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36 October 2, 2008 - 12:52pm | chjr67
Moments after giving birth Super Sarah gives up her seat to a wounded eagle and runs from Wasilla to Haines for the King Salmon Derby!
Fade out while the U.S. Marine Corps Marching Band plays
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35 October 2, 2008 - 12:20pm | dollerhide2
Behold sweet Governor Palin,
behind Joe she found herself trailin'
But through the last half,
he said gaffe after gaffe,
and soon found his chances derailin'!
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34 October 3, 2008 - 3:09pm | ultimatecowboysfan
You must hurry! Don't be biding your time or we'll become an Obama Nation!
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33 October 1, 2008 - 9:51pm | SCGruhn
The voters in coach flee Palin's
The voters in coach flee Palin's "word avalanche" in the nick of time.
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32 October 1, 2008 - 6:27pm | chjr67
"First stop, small town Alaskah, whoops we already passed it!"
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31 October 1, 2008 - 5:58pm | chjr67
"Hey wait! I'm hotter than Jennifer Aniston Right Now!"
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30 October 1, 2008 - 4:17pm | thomrichards
"Charlie... Katie... this isn't funny..."
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29 October 1, 2008 - 4:12pm | thomrichards
"Wear the glass slippers, they said... you'll do just fine...
they won't leave you behind."
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28 October 1, 2008 - 4:06pm | thomrichards
"I might be behind, but this ends with she lived happily ever after."
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27 October 1, 2008 - 2:56pm | milt
Sorry Sarah, it wasn't you, it's me !
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October 1, 2008 - 6:23pm | chjr67
"Get back here! You haven't gotten my hair right yet!"
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26 October 1, 2008 - 12:22pm | SCGruhn
Those who value substance are leaving Palin and her style in their dust.
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25 October 1, 2008 - 12:19pm | SCGruhn
That's why I say I, like every American I'm speaking with, we're ill about this position that we have been put in. Where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy. Um, helping, oh, it's got to be about job creation, too. Shoring up our economy, and getting it back on the right track. So health care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions, and tax relief for Americans, and trade -- we have got to see trade as opportunity, not as, uh, competitive, um, scary thing, but one in five jobs created in the trade sector today. We've got to look at that as more opportunity. All of those things under the umbrella of job creation.
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October 1, 2008 - 2:54pm | mminor
For your sake Steve, let's hope that you aren't applying for any state jobs after November 4th ;-)
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October 1, 2008 - 9:43pm | SCGruhn
I'm truly hoping there won't be any vacancies in the state administration that might need filling.
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24 October 1, 2008 - 11:32am | TWGeorge
From the Road to Nowhere he was high-tailin', tryin' to lose Governor Palin. Faster he did whip, but away he could not slip. Now his campaign is a'failin'!
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23 October 1, 2008 - 11:24am | aweha
Sarah finds the campaign trail and steps into some carbon foot prints.
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22 October 1, 2008 - 11:20am | dollerhide2
"Run all you want! When I catch you, that coach is going on eBay too!"
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21 October 1, 2008 - 11:19am | dollerhide2
January 21, 2009 - Fresh from the oven, a pumpkin pie cools on a White House windowsill.
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20 October 1, 2008 - 11:17am | aweha
Joe Biden hops on his VP chariot and leaves poor Sarah in his dust.
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19 October 1, 2008 - 11:08am | aweha
Hey! I'm supposed to go first class not coach!
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18 October 1, 2008 - 11:05am | aweha
STOP! STOP! You're headed for the bridge to nowhere!
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17 October 1, 2008 - 10:58am | SCGruhn
The trip home from the ball was the longest time that Sarah traveled in a straight line.
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16 October 1, 2008 - 10:57am | SCGruhn
Palin's trying "to get back to ya."
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15 October 1, 2008 - 10:48am | ultimatecowboysfan
"Hey, that's Senator Obama...didn't I just see him on the last lap?"
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14 October 1, 2008 - 10:47am | Stowell
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, my whitty remarks, my spontaneous replys, my top of the head comments and my glass slippers are all in the coach!
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October 1, 2008 - 10:51am | ultimatecowboysfan
Maybe, but they would definitely be going down the road less travelled.
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13 October 1, 2008 - 10:43am | ultimatecowboysfan
"Gosh, you know...there's really no point in asking directions. It's either clockwise or counterclockwise!"
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12 October 1, 2008 - 9:02am | jessak
Faster Sarah, faster.
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11 October 1, 2008 - 7:49am | ultimatecowboysfan
Will she have a ball but wind up going down in defeat?
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10 October 1, 2008 - 7:43am | ultimatecowboysfan
She'll have to come up with another catch phrase.
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9 October 1, 2008 - 7:39am | ultimatecowboysfan
She will always be in the running and will never skip out.
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8 October 1, 2008 - 7:20am | ultimatecowboysfan
Thar she goes...faster than a speeding demo rat...sharper than a republic con!
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7 October 1, 2008 - 12:22am | Quilver
Thank goodness Alaskan princesses wear steel toe boots!
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6 September 30, 2008 - 11:31pm | mminor
Rats! I guess Todd will just have to take me to the Congressional "Let Them Eat Cake" Ball by snowmachine.
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5 September 30, 2008 - 9:52pm | thomrichards
"Bippity-Boppity-Oops!"
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4 October 1, 2008 - 7:51am | ultimatecowboysfan
Every angry sprinter makes a mad dash.
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3 September 30, 2008 - 7:48pm | ultimatecowboysfan
Everyone has their good and bad stages.
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2 September 30, 2008 - 7:44pm | ultimatecowboysfan
Until now, everything was going off without a hitch.
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45 October 4, 2008 - 3:18pm | ultimatecowboysfan
But the again...
But then again...there is always the "Name That Toon" featured within the Denver Post at denverpost.com
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