This next one, however, comes from another old comic on the site. I think maybe Ahab didn't see all the possibilities that his peg leg could gain! It could have been like one of The Penguin's umbrellas! 
Friday, July 30, 2010
Moby Dick maps
A website I found on July 26, 2010, is showing some old comic book maps. These came from Classic Comics' version of Moby Dick.
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Dicky Moe
I completely forgot about this old Tom & Jerry cartoon called "Dicky Moe." I found it on Youtube. It is amazing what you can find on Youtube.
Tom and Jerry get shanghaied after Ahab's crew, seemingly having all their wits, actually abandon him before they set sail. The name of the ship, hilariously, is the Komquot.
I like how the Ahab captain is constantly muttering the name of Dicky Moe.
It takes a while for it to get moving, a whole heck of a lot like the book. Tom chases Jerry for a while when the setting has nothing to do with their chases for the most part.
The ending, with Tom wrapped in the ropes around the whale, is eerily reminiscent of the best scene in the book, where Ahab is about to hurl the harpoon and sees Fedallah, dead with eyes still open, tied up on Moby Dick's back. So that part of this cartoon is super cool.
Again, I wonder how much the audience already knows of what the whole reference is for this cartoon. It would be interesting to show it unannounced to a bunch of people and see what they know before and after.
Tom and Jerry get shanghaied after Ahab's crew, seemingly having all their wits, actually abandon him before they set sail. The name of the ship, hilariously, is the Komquot.
I like how the Ahab captain is constantly muttering the name of Dicky Moe.
It takes a while for it to get moving, a whole heck of a lot like the book. Tom chases Jerry for a while when the setting has nothing to do with their chases for the most part.
The ending, with Tom wrapped in the ropes around the whale, is eerily reminiscent of the best scene in the book, where Ahab is about to hurl the harpoon and sees Fedallah, dead with eyes still open, tied up on Moby Dick's back. So that part of this cartoon is super cool.
Again, I wonder how much the audience already knows of what the whole reference is for this cartoon. It would be interesting to show it unannounced to a bunch of people and see what they know before and after.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Joke
I found this joke at the Boys' Life website:
Jokes
Moby Dick’s favorite dinner
Chad: What’s Moby Dick’s favorite dinner?
Brad: Tell me.
Chad: Fish ’n’ ships!
Submitted by Chad N. , Firestone, Colo.
Jokes
Moby Dick’s favorite dinner
Chad: What’s Moby Dick’s favorite dinner?
Brad: Tell me.
Chad: Fish ’n’ ships!
Submitted by Chad N. , Firestone, Colo.
Team Moby t-shirts
Morgan created a Team Moby t-shirt through a website in honor of my finishing the book.
It all started when Amy and Morgan came up with the reference to the "Team Edward" and "Team Jacob" thing about the Twilight saga. Amy had just read those books. We discussed making t-shirts for Team Ahab or Team Moby. Team Moby won--everyone was for the whale. We ordered two t-shirts, one for me, one for Morgan.
They cost a little change but they are worth it for this milestone event!
The back was actually the result of Amy mis-hearing Morgan saying the standard phrase, "Where there's a will, there's a way." Amy and I both heard "whale." It stuck.
We'll have these t-shirts by August 10th.
Monday, July 26, 2010
Moby Dick comes out all the time
This is what I am talking about. Unless you are looking for it, these Moby Dick references just go right past you.
Whoever shot that pic of the whale breaching, about to hit the boat, was sensational.
TAKE THAT! It's a whale of a tale as modern-day Moby Dick attacks a yacht!
The other night I was watching the O'Reilly Factor and his last story, you know how they always finish with some fluff little news piece, was about a whale ripping a yacht apart. Of course, Bill O'Reilly kept calling him Moby Dick. I'm sitting there watching it, just itching to ask Bill if he ever read the book--well, with the nuns, he was probably made to). However, even in just referencing it to his very literate audience, we are all supposed to know what he is referring to! That is the amazing bit.
The images are quite dramatic. (Images copyright capetownsailing.co.za and taken from
Whoever shot that pic of the whale breaching, about to hit the boat, was sensational.TAKE THAT! It's a whale of a tale as modern-day Moby Dick attacks a yacht!
Another link to the same story: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/878089/sperm_whale_attack/
I heard on a news program the other day (this is unsubstantiated, by the way) that the boat was apparently harassing the whale, which is why it attacked. They are currently under charges, supposedly, or being investigated. Now, a yacht is a lot of money--will that guy want revenge??
Cake
I baked a cake in celebration of defeating Moby Dick.
Ahab and Fedallah are made from muffin mix and the whale is of course a white cake with vanilla frosting. Marshmallows to represent the blowhole (of course, not anatomically correct but the pan was only so big).
I made it and cut it out all by myself. Horrible, isn't it?
But it was delicious, as I imagine Ahab felt at that last second that the rope around his neck ripped him from his feet.
Ahab and Fedallah are made from muffin mix and the whale is of course a white cake with vanilla frosting. Marshmallows to represent the blowhole (of course, not anatomically correct but the pan was only so big).
I made it and cut it out all by myself. Horrible, isn't it?
But it was delicious, as I imagine Ahab felt at that last second that the rope around his neck ripped him from his feet.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Hast seen the white whale?
Yes, and I have beaten it!
I finished. Just now. I finished reading Moby Dick. I did it.
After lying about it in the seventh grade to my teacher who made me read it--as a seventh grader!--I finished the book that has dogged me.
There was always a sense in me of something unaccomplished. Now, that whale has been killed. I did it.
Admittedly, the last 30 or so chapters, of course with some that could be deleted with extreme prejudice, were actually quite good. Lots of formal speeches, I like those. And action, real action, near the end. When Ahab looks up into the rigging that is still hanging on Moby from the days of chasing and sees the crewmember they thought lost at sea still tied into the rigging, still looking open-eyed at Ahab, that was a really cool scene. When Ahab spits out his famous "To the last I grapple with thee!" and then gets a noose of rigging around his own neck and yanked off the boat, that was a really cool scene.
I did it.
I finished. Just now. I finished reading Moby Dick. I did it.
After lying about it in the seventh grade to my teacher who made me read it--as a seventh grader!--I finished the book that has dogged me.
There was always a sense in me of something unaccomplished. Now, that whale has been killed. I did it.
Admittedly, the last 30 or so chapters, of course with some that could be deleted with extreme prejudice, were actually quite good. Lots of formal speeches, I like those. And action, real action, near the end. When Ahab looks up into the rigging that is still hanging on Moby from the days of chasing and sees the crewmember they thought lost at sea still tied into the rigging, still looking open-eyed at Ahab, that was a really cool scene. When Ahab spits out his famous "To the last I grapple with thee!" and then gets a noose of rigging around his own neck and yanked off the boat, that was a really cool scene.
I did it.
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