Comments on: American Poetry & The Contemporary Cartoon: From Robert Pinsky to Patrick the Starfish http://bigother.com/2009/10/19/american-poetry-the-contemporary-cartoon-from-robert-pinsky-to-patrick-the-starfish/ Tue, 29 May 2012 23:21:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Michael Leong http://bigother.com/2009/10/19/american-poetry-the-contemporary-cartoon-from-robert-pinsky-to-patrick-the-starfish/#comment-204 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:46:25 +0000 http://bigother.com/?p=202#comment-204 That’s good stuff! I found a compressed episode of “Pun Times” on Youtube. Thanks for the heads up on this, Keith.

]]> By: keith n b http://bigother.com/2009/10/19/american-poetry-the-contemporary-cartoon-from-robert-pinsky-to-patrick-the-starfish/#comment-69 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:18:32 +0000 http://bigother.com/?p=202#comment-69 regarding poetry in cartoon, i just remembered the flapjack episode where there’s a slam-style pun-off with this crazy-grinning character named ‘punsy mckale’ that is just off-the-wall wonderful. might be to your critical commentary above. here’s a link to punsy

http://flapjack.wikia.com/wiki/Punsy_McKale

]]> By: Michael Leong http://bigother.com/2009/10/19/american-poetry-the-contemporary-cartoon-from-robert-pinsky-to-patrick-the-starfish/#comment-66 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:05:01 +0000 http://bigother.com/?p=202#comment-66 Glad you liked the post, John. Well, this is definitely an interest of mine– I’ll try to brew some more for Big Other. Stay tuned!

]]> By: Michael Leong http://bigother.com/2009/10/19/american-poetry-the-contemporary-cartoon-from-robert-pinsky-to-patrick-the-starfish/#comment-65 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:03:23 +0000 http://bigother.com/?p=202#comment-65 Hi Sean. I hope so! I’d love to organize a SpongeBob conference.

BTW, in the Simpsons episode, Lisa sits in on a “Passive Analysis of Visual Iconography” class where they analyze Itchy and Scratchy episodes… hopefully, future treatments of SpongeBob will be less “passive”

]]> By: Michael Leong http://bigother.com/2009/10/19/american-poetry-the-contemporary-cartoon-from-robert-pinsky-to-patrick-the-starfish/#comment-64 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:58:48 +0000 http://bigother.com/?p=202#comment-64 Thanks for the tip, Keith! Flapjack is new to me– I’ll check it out right away.

And I’m always taking mental notes when watching SpongeBob…

]]> By: keith n b http://bigother.com/2009/10/19/american-poetry-the-contemporary-cartoon-from-robert-pinsky-to-patrick-the-starfish/#comment-62 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:48:16 +0000 http://bigother.com/?p=202#comment-62 ‘the marvelous misadventures of flapjack’ is the most intelligent use of surrealism as a consistently employed and framing device i’ve yet seen in a cartoon (although i’m pretty impressed by some commercials out there, which i feel i could be extended into something much larger than themselves). i actually take mental notes while watching flapjacking and cower before its writerly brilliance. cartoons are fucking awesome.

]]> By: Sean Lovelace http://bigother.com/2009/10/19/american-poetry-the-contemporary-cartoon-from-robert-pinsky-to-patrick-the-starfish/#comment-56 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:02:44 +0000 http://bigother.com/?p=202#comment-56 Jesus. Awesome post. And I do see academics of the future studying Sponge Bob.

]]> By: John Madera http://bigother.com/2009/10/19/american-poetry-the-contemporary-cartoon-from-robert-pinsky-to-patrick-the-starfish/#comment-47 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:59:28 +0000 http://bigother.com/?p=202#comment-47 Fantastic post! I’d love to see/hear more on how poetry is framed by cartoons and television/movies in general.

]]> By: Big Other! « Stalactite Chandelier http://bigother.com/2009/10/19/american-poetry-the-contemporary-cartoon-from-robert-pinsky-to-patrick-the-starfish/#comment-41 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:13:08 +0000 http://bigother.com/?p=202#comment-41 [...] just posted my first entry called “American Poetry & The Contemporary Cartoon: From Robert Pinsky to Patrick the Starfish&#8… which contextualizes my previous post “SpongeBob SquarePants and the Value of Bad [...]

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