Thursday, July 12, 2012

No, I Knew What You Meant...


   Wikipedia's disambiguation pages are pretty cool, especially for words with a lot of meanings, like bridge or jack. Sometimes you learn new things, new words, sometimes it inspires awesome ideas. For example:


   Haha, see that? Anthropomorphic webcomic! It's a webcomic shaped like a man. The very webcomic itself, in the form of a human being shape. Possible, maybe, through the form of a human statue made out of LEDs, projecting juxtaposed sequential art via the internet-- as a modern art project, perhaps. Call him Jack. That's what I think of.

   (Actually, that's an insanely good idea. I know what I'm doing later...)

   Right? So it would seem to someone who does not know exactly what is implied by the term "anthropomorphic" in this context. Which would be, anthropomorphized. Given human characteristics. Generally to animals. Sometimes, to other things. But, usually, furry. Given that, the rest of the definition falls into place.

   Anthropomorphic webcomic. Far from a cool idea for modern art, (unfortunately?); it means Sequential Art ("comic"), Online ("webcomic"), with Anthropomorphized Characters ("anthropomorphic.") Which is pretty much most to all of the webcomics. (Including Sequential Art, come to think of it... No word yet on whether Online or Anthropomorphized Characters are the names of webcomics. I could do a websearch, but those terms would be impossible to Google. "Online Webcomic?" Come on. Ca me branche. It out-Herods Herod. Still, I wouldn't put it above the internet.) Makes you wonder why they'd even have that term, if not to inspire wicked MoMA-level ideas.

   Which it did. Oh, lands, it did...

   Alternatively, the phrase could be seen as a reference to Spider Man, when he's in a particularly quippy mood.

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