I think this is more a B (sometimes bordering on a B+) than a B-. I do wish he had spent a little more time telling us who Bill Watterson is (he shows us his early cartoons but doesn't give us any context for them) and a little less talking about how great the strip is (though I understand it's basically also a love…

I would have read that paper. Also kind of want to write it now too. Is that Jenkins you referenced Henry Jenkins who's most well known for writing about participatory culture?

This really feels like a joke come to life. Like something that Awesome-O would dream up. All I can hear in my head is something similar to the fake Rob Schneider trailers from South Park. "Adam Sandler is… the cobbler. Rated PG-13."

The ding-ding-ding-ding part reminds me a lot of the part in the Yes dance where they imitate a fork stuck in the garbage disposal.

I guess I'm in the minority here because I generally like it. There's not supposed to be a lot of meaning behind it, it's just some fun catchy pop music, and it succeeds at that. Saying it takes itself too seriously seems as off base to me as demanding that M.I.A. write a dissertation with her music.

I never rented from Blockbuster so all the nostalgia everyone else has for that, I have for West Coast Video.

I registered just to thank you for posting that article.