kirabug’s idea files

If any of you are still in touch with your high school English teachers (or mine) it might be worthwhile to pass on a link to Websnark.com: The Podcast and the Examiner: on the nature of Webcomics Criticism.

I say that because, in English class through high school and even through college, I often heard people ask when they would possibly ever use the literary criticism skills they were stubbornly digesting at the time.

Well, if your interests lie in creation of things - art, fiction, comics, pretty much anything - you might find that literary skills come in handy sometime much later, when you’re participating in the creative community.

And no, I don’t expect my English teachers (or anyone else) to understand all of this comic criticism, this is more to say, “Look! I’m still using the skills you taught me! Thank you!”

Sit back with a cup of a tea and a bedtime story.

Wednesday pointed out this comic on Websnark and I found it so wonderful I had to point it out to you as well

“How We Got Engaged!”

As long as i’m posting like a madwoman today, here’s a link to a fun set of comments on Websnark. What made it especially fun was siwangmu’s poetry.

See, we were having a discussion on words and fun words to say and of course I mentioned my favorite words are moose, bucket, thusly, and weasel. Somehow we got on a discussion of poetry which resulted in a sestina of weird words for 32_footsteps by siwangmu, as well as a limerick for me:

There once was a moose from Nantucket
who wanted to live in a bucket
but he soon realized
it was more weasel-sized
and, thusly defeated, said “F*** it.”

i don’t think one could write a better poem for my favorite words