{"id":2336,"date":"2017-11-03T19:47:48","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T19:47:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2017\/11\/03\/watch-the-cartoon-that-started-internet-animation\/"},"modified":"2017-11-03T19:47:48","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T19:47:48","slug":"watch-the-cartoon-that-started-internet-animation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2017\/11\/03\/watch-the-cartoon-that-started-internet-animation\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: The Cartoon That Started Internet Animation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nofilmschool.com\/2017\/10\/watch-cartoon-started-internet-animation\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/nofilmschool.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/article_medium\/public\/homestar.png?itok=BMN9jQBv\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\nSometimes, a simple idea can start an entire movement.&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\nWhy do certain things have staying power, while others do not? In some cases, it&#8217;s because of their simplicity. If an idea is smart enough, it doesn&#8217;t have to be super-complicated or have lots of bells and whistles to gain popularity. Internet animation, by now an entertainment staple, is a good example. Its beginnings were modest indeed, but clever.&#013;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\nIf you don&#8217;t like the rules, make your own game. &#013;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThis new video essay by Alex Myers tells the story of the roots of phenomena like <em>Bojack Horseman<\/em>\u2014which lie with a simple cartoon called <em>Homestar Runner<\/em>. Check out the video, and our takeaways about the keys to the cartoon&#8217;s success, below.&#013;\n<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/nofilmschool.com\/2017\/10\/watch-cartoon-started-internet-animation\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: NoFilmSchool<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Sometimes, a simple idea can start an entire movement.&#013; &#013; &#013; &#013; Why do certain things have staying power, while&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":245,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-2336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-camera"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paqOTj-BG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/245"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2336\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}