Jantmanuary—a playful challenge with a decade-long tradition—revolves around photographing an Ant-Man [or Wasp] figure among real-life objects. Over the years, it has become a permanent fixture in our little corner of the toy photography world. It’s a refreshing change of pace, especially since we usually focus on creating entire toy worlds that aim to convincingly mimic reality.

The Six Image Narrative below is a small game. Take a look at the photos and try to come up with captions for each one, building a short story along the way. I’ll share my own version at the end. I’m really curious to see what ideas you come up with!

My captions:

1 – “You do know there’s a gigantic chip in that blade, right?

2- “Something’s burned out here. Weird you didn’t notice…”

3 – “You pull the trigger. I supply the brains. Fair division, really.”

4 – “Just got back from the Quantum Realm. Your watch is off by 3.14 picoseconds. You didn’t notice? Of course you didn’t.”

5 – “Look at that snowflake. Absolutely flawless. You can see it… right? …Right?”

6. – “Hey, that’s not fair! My suit battery just died!”

What are yours?

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