My own personal New Yorker cartoon caption #128 More: dannyashkenasi.com/2026/04/12/j...

NEW BLOG POST: CHERRY BLOSSOM EXPLOSION! #nature #BrooklynBotanicGarden #photography dannyashkenasi.com/2026/04/19/c...

My own personal New Yorker cartoon caption #127 More: dannyashkenasi.com/2026/04/12/j...

The streets of Budapest after Orban's resounding election defeat. I believe this may be a real turning point not only for far right autocracy and kleptocracy in Hungary, but for the whole sick disgusting "populist" movement of far right autocrats and kleptocrats worldwide. Here's hoping.

NEW BLOG POST: Judges of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions (And the series continues to mine the Old Testament for title inspiration, if not comical inspiration.) dannyashkenasi.com/2026/04/12/j...

NEW BLOG POST: Early Spring in Brooklyn #photography #cherry #magnolia #daffodil #blossoms dannyashkenasi.com/2026/04/06/e...

NEWBLOG POST: Artemis Launch Viewed from a Plane dannyashkenasi.com/2026/04/03/a...

NEW BLOG POST: NO KINGS 3/28/26 8-9 million in over 3000 #NoKings events protested across the USA. The #NYC protests had so many participants, two marches filled 7th avenue and Broadway side by side in midtown Manhattan. Here are some pics and vids. dannyashkenasi.com/2026/03/29/n...

NEW BLOG POST: CROCI! #photography #flowers #Spring dannyashkenasi.com/2026/03/26/c...

Sandra Hüller sings again! I'm loving her "Sign of the Times" karaoke in Project Hail Mary. And back in the day I wrote about how much I loved her "The Greatest Love of All" moment in "Toni Erdmann". Reread that here: dannyashkenasi.com/2017/01/07/t...

NEW BLOG POST: Stills from "Oh Jesse" Stills from the short film I acted in a few weeks ago #shortfilm #LGBTQ dannyashkenasi.com/2026/03/18/s...

NEW BLOG POST: Three Pieces at the Brooklyn Museum Some angles and details of works by Kehinde Wiley, Fred Wilson, and John Koch. dannyashkenasi.com/2026/03/14/t...

My own personal New Yorker cartoon caption #126 More: dannyashkenasi.com/2026/01/26/s...

My own personal New Yorker cartoon caption #125 More: dannyashkenasi.com/2026/01/26/s...

"(There’s one gasp-giggle moment that feels hilariously transgressive, for a children’s film or indeed any film.)" - I did something even louder than gasp and then guffawed lengthily at that moment (one that involves Meryl Streep no less!). www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/m...

NEW BLOG POST: Another Short Short Film Shoot Tuesday I traveled to Woodside, Queens, to shoot another short film in short order – all in an afternoon’s work. #shortfilm #LGBTQIA dannyashkenasi.com/2026/03/06/a...

Practicing one of my lines in “Sunset on Hudson” in triplicate. The dialogue was shot in Spanish, English and German. More at dannyashkenasi.com/2026/03/01/f...

NEW BLOG POST: Film Shoot and Ice Flows on the Hudson A Trilingual Short Film in a Winter Panorama #shortfilm #photography #winter dannyashkenasi.com/2026/03/01/f...

My own personal New Yorker cartoon caption #124 More: dannyashkenasi.com/2026/01/26/s...

NEW BLOG POST: Snow Storm on Our Street #photography #winter #blizzard dannyashkenasi.com/2026/02/23/s...

My own personal New Yorker cartoon caption #123 More: dannyashkenasi.com/2026/01/26/s...

NEW BLOG POST: Light Play on the Window Sill #photography dannyashkenasi.com/2026/02/16/l...

My own personal New Yorker cartoon caption #122 Definitely still the season/weather for this one... More: dannyashkenasi.com/2026/01/26/s...

They're turning the Justice Department into a shithouse - so all the decent attorneys are leaving, no one worthy is applying to fill the growing void, only barely qualified MAGA trollawyers are getting hired, but there are not even enough of those. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...

NEW BLOG POST: Solaris Film festival Awards "Prelude to a Death" dannyashkenasi.com/2026/02/08/s...

🤮 (But at least the NYTimes has stopped beating around the bush when it comes to Trump and this White House's obvious racism and white supremacy.)

NEW BLOG POST: Ian McKellen Performs Shakespeare's Immigrant Speech on the Late Show The whole interview is delightful but the definite highlight is McKellen's performance of the "Immigrant" speech Shakespeare contributed to the play “Thomas More”. dannyashkenasi.com/2026/02/05/i...

NEW BLOG POST: Vermont Winter Frozen waterfalls at dusk and snowy landscapes in the sun. dannyashkenasi.com/2026/02/04/v...

My own personal New Yorker cartoon caption #121 More: dannyashkenasi.com/2026/01/26/s...

Ethan cracks the whip ... and jumps rope... with fire! From "FIRE-SPINNING in the SNOW": dannyashkenasi.com/2026/01/17/f...

“It was self-defense. She had a weapon.” Cartoon in a German Newspaper

NEW BLOG POST: Song of Songs of my own personal NEW YORKER CARTOON captions Continuing to find installment titles in the Old Testament, one would think that, as a composer, I would have availed myself of “Song of Songs” sooner, no? dannyashkenasi.com/2026/01/26/s...

Fire-spinning with swords. More: dannyashkenasi.com/2026/01/17/f...

My own personal New Yorker cartoon caption #120 More: dannyashkenasi.com/2025/12/13/l...

Ethan spinning those fiery hoops. From "FIRE-SPINNING in the SNOW": dannyashkenasi.com/2026/01/17/f...

"You didn't give me the Peace trophy, so now I'm going to throw a big bad War tantrum! Waah! (tosses tariffs and/or gunships)" Madness. Trump Administration Live Updates: President Linked Greenland Push to Nobel Prize Snub, Officials Say www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

It’s been a Ralph Fiennes weekend. Two very contrasting performances in two extremely contrasting movies, and all - performances and movies - very very good!

NEW BLOG POST: FIRE-SPINNING in the SNOW Hoops and Swords and Whips, Oh My! dannyashkenasi.com/2026/01/17/f...

My own personal New Yorker cartoon caption #119 More: dannyashkenasi.com/2025/12/13/l...

More views from yesterday's NO ICE! NO KINGS! NO WAR! post: dannyashkenasi.com/2026/01/11/n...

NEW BLOG POST: NO ICE! NO KINGS! NO WAR! Photo/video diary from today's protest march in NYC #photography #ReneeGood #Protest #NYC dannyashkenasi.com/2026/01/11/n...

Sending a message from the golden Latrine on 5th ave to the gilded cesspool in DC:

Not necessarily first string, but certainly uni-string.

Some of the faces and words of WOE. From "Joining the Wall of Emotions":https://dannyashkenasi.com/2026/01/08/joining-the-wall-of-emotion/ #photography #resistance

NEW BLOG POST: Joining the Wall of Emotion Below is my contribution to WOE – Wall of Emotions, a project created by Eva Mueller as a response to the ’24 post-election reality. #art #resistance dannyashkenasi.com/2026/01/08/j...

My own personal New Yorker cartoon caption #118 More: dannyashkenasi.com/2025/12/13/l...

NEW BLOG POST: Texture and color dannyashkenasi.com/2026/01/03/t...