Cartoons provide the visual representation of a good sentence, a juxtaposition, a pun, a witty interpretation. A cartoon is a good use of Multiple Intelligences. Using a cartoon format so that the scholars can extrapolate the meaning of a poem, a short story, a play, a novel is just one more way we can help our scholars express themselves. A cartoon can augment the essay or other method we ask our scholars use to demonstrate their learning.
I agree! You can try it with short poems, with lists of words -basically any kind of text but the site says it seems to work better with shorter texts. At the time I tried it there was no saving option; on the other hand, each photo is linked to its original source so it leads to a very nice tour and could possibly be turned into something else, like a game