This comic was drawn by a russian child in the Middle Ages while he was bored during a lesson.
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onfim
Thoughts?
It looks like he was doing loss edits before loss was even a thing.
>>66602600
Jesus Christ, it knows no bounds.
>>66602575
>Loss
>>66602575
that stylization in the first panel's actually pretty interesting, with a single line and stub hands representing the whole body. He might've turned out to be a pretty good comic artist if the time had been right.
This is the first time I hear of this, and I'm already fascinated.
>>66602624
>single line
two lines
>>66602623
>>66602600
These four drawings are from separate pieces. Each "panel" is actually a piece of wood with a drawing on it, they are not part of the same "comic".
>>66602600
interesting
in old cultures there was probably things people did just for shits and giglles and we probably find these relics and think they were some important shit
i mean what happen if in 700 years people discover some retarded posts about chris chan or ron paul and think that they were gods among men
>>66602637
Did people have rakes for hands in 13th century Russia?
Onfim:TAS when?
>>66602654
Slavs were basically a cyborg slave caste in the olden times. This is clearly a child who was spared so he could tell the tale of his people.
>a portrait of himself, disguised as a fantastic animal
so he's a furry
>>66602667
man riding...horse?
carryin person by head?
why
>>66602678
It's probably a lance and he's probably lancing that man
>>66602678
feudal children who want to be knights aint nothing to fuck with.
>>66602654
>Expecting a 6y/o with no art formation to draw realistic
>>66602678
It's apparently himself as a knight, riding a horse and stabbing someone on the ground.
>>66602667
The text reads:
>fuk u fgt
>out of mi way
>onfim cmin thru
>>66602671
oh god you're right
>>66602671
Why do you have to sexualize everything. All children wished they were some animal somewhen in their life. The difference for internet furries is that they never grew out of it and turned it into a fetish
I love the faces in these.
>>66602684
>>66602686
>>66602692
interesting how he can draw discernable people and animals, but not swords
>>66602720
Yeah, it looks more like a club.
>the person who made these goofy doodles is fucking dead
>he's been dead for a really long time
I don't know why, but that seems kinda harrowing to me, it hits closer than a skilled artist's craft outliving him. This was just shit some kid made and eventually forgot, but the attitude's preserved perfectly
>you will never hang out with Onfim
>never
>never ever
>>66602671
>>66602720
Meh he probably thought a stick would be ebough to recognize. Plus do not forget that he was carving his lines on birch peels, which was not the most confortable support to draw.
>>66602727
He also probably died at 40, or earlier because of disease or just general medieval tomfoolery, like war, intrigues, dragon attack.
christ
what if someone from the far future finds my drawings i did during class and makes a wiki about it
fuck me
>>66602727
>you will never travel back in time and hang out with serfs, peons, and the common folk
>you'll never learn about what their hopes and dreams were
>you'll never see some of the ancient abandoned texts and stories lost to time, you'll never hear forgotten oral tales from people
>you'll never see ancient extinct animals
>you'll never make deep friendships with herofriends from the past
>you will never be the avatar and save britannia
>>66602762
>Archeologists dig up middle-school desks covered in graffiti from bored students
They'll thought the third Reich won WWII
>>66602762
Unless you wrote on cardboard all your drawings will be lost because paper decays fast.
Your desk carvings on the other side...
>>66602762
I wonder how much shit you could find if you went dumpster diving for old notebooks
Reminds me of another classic
>>66602802
School doodles thread?
>>66602841
>the eyes in the third panel
you're a real human bean, anon.
>>66602841
still funny.
It's a good reminder that people throughout the ages have been just the same as we are -- as intelligent, dumb, petty, prone to boredom, etc as us.
>>66602841
Fake. The real drawings have a lump below the head, either shoulders or a scarf or something.
>>66602644
This what I always wonder.
How do archaeologists know that what they found is significant and not just somebody making something to wack off to? Like the statue of Venus, that fat woman rock that is supposedly some sort of "idol" representing fertility in that cultures people thousands of years ago. Yet it was found near some river. What if it was just some chubby chaser with the capacity for stonework and he wanted something good to look at because all the hoes in his village were skinny and ugly?
>>66602778
I understand life was probably nothing but hard work and then you died after like 40 years usually unless you were nobility, but fuck this makes me sad.
>>66602746
>dragon attacks
Makin me giggle mate.
>>66602727
>be bored onfim
>have just finished alphabetic wood carving schoolwork , but nicolai and vlad are busy doing chores
>no one to play with
>i'll just draw to pass the time
>"haha, look i am knight, look im killing invader"
>"in this one me, nicolai, vlad and sergey are racing horses in the forest, mine isnt the fastest, but we win anyway"
>eventually free time wanes as more and more responsibilities are heaped on young onfim
>he grows up fast as one does in medieval russia
>one day meets girl he thinks is pretty
>draws her a pretty picture showing the man he is becoming to impress her, sign it Greetings from Onfim to Danil
>she sees this and laughs, a boy has never given her anything like this before
>hay fall in love
>they have children, who they love dearly and try to raise them as best as they can
>sees some of his old friends from school now and again around town, and they reminisce about their childhoods
>armies from other lands are suddenly near their region and soldiers are needed
>onfim and most all able bodied non nobles are need, including some of onfim old and new friends
>fight invading german tribes, swedes and balts from the west and mongols from the east, defending novograd over the years
>onfim sees many a brother in arms fall to these barbarians, but novograd is safe, so is his family, so is his life
>his family waits huddled by the fire praying for there daddy, for there husband, to make it back home
>he returns from the battles each time happier to see the smiles of his children, the laughter of his son, a crackling fire and a hot meal, but mos of all his Danil
>we know only of a few drawing he made when he was not even 8 years old
>>66602912
Would you burn crop and sacrifice animals for your favorite drawing?
Would you build a whole temple full of priests just to store it?
>>66602912
Trust me, archaeologists have thought of that interpretation. There's still debate on that statue and others.
It's been a while since I was in school, but I had an archaeology professor who used to joke/talk shit about the conclusions some academics come to. She noted that if an object's use wasn't obvious, scholars would just chalk it up to religion.
>>66602637
>you will never have rakes for hands
>>66602841
>4 fingers
Try harder
>>66602934
>Would you go to ridiculous lengths to appease your fictional crush?
Have you not been to /a/ or something?
>>66602912
They certainly do know about the possibility. That's why archeological finds that are similiar to others are such a big deal and interesting to them. Of the Venus idols you mentioned exist several examples from all kinds of different places so that we definitely can establish a cultural connection. Now the real question is what these were good for:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_dodecahedron
Were they just for decoration? Some practical purpose? Or just the Roman version of the pet rock?
>>66603069
Let me tell you something. When these folks will be on the verge of death it is not their waifus they will think of
>>66602946
Remember: If it's longer than wide it's phallic.
>>66603121
That just shows how much of a casual you are
>>66603117
>Still not knowing about Pythagorician secret societies
>>66603125
Thanks Freud, now back back to jerking
![1024px-Bb199[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/1klcW1y.gif "1024px-Bb199[1].gif")
>>66602575
"I am a beast"
cute
>One of the drawings features a knight on a horse, stabbing someone on the ground
cuter
>>66603165
Man, that alphabet looks a lot more badass that the one we're writing in here.
>>66602928
Danil is a man's name, bro
>>66602862
Anyone up for some Pompeij feels?
http://www.pompeiana.org/resources/ancient/graffiti%20from%20pompeii.htm
>>66602928
Fuck man, don't do this to me
>>66603190
Hey man, I'm not gonna judge who Onfim likes
>Onfim being killed for liking dudes
>>66603209
>Liking
What if he was just a friend, just as every kid has
>>66603191
Holy shit, and people say OUR generation is depraved.
>>66603191
Pompeii looks like some kind of Las Vegas or Thailand
>>66603139
>"And we welcome our newest member, Grog, to our secret fat lover club!"
>"Wait, this is not the bat lover club?"
>"Oh, that's just next door."
>>66603336
There is a reason we associate the Romans with decadence.
>you will never partake at a Roman feast
>>66602654
Yes. Yes they did.
![onfim9[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/uNwLtHT.jpg "onfim9[1].jpg")
This is my Dad! He is a warrior. When I grow up, I want to be a warrior just like him!
>>66602667
>look up this image on the wiki page to see what the characters mean
>turns out it's the first 12 characters of the Cyrillic alphabet and his name
>tfw he writes his "s" backwards like preschoolers still do today
>like I used to
>>66603191
>Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men’s behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!
>To the one defecating here. Beware of the curse. If you look down on this curse, may you have an angry Jupiter for an enemy.
>Theophilus, don’t perform oral sex on girls against the city wall like a dog
It makes me happy to see that humans never change
>>66603537
>Weep, you girls. My penis has given you up. Now it penetrates men’s behinds. Goodbye, wondrous femininity!
/co/.jpg
>>66603537
Yeah, it really makes you feel as if you could be bros with these people if you just could jump back in time and learn their language
>On April 19th, I made bread
Good for you, man
>>66603574
>On April 19th, I made bread
Roman hipster? Hope he drew a picture of it, too
>>66603602
those eyebrows, that expression is perfect
>>66603191
>VII.12.35 (Vico d’ Eumachia, small room of a possible brothel); 2146: Vibius Restitutus slept here alone and missed his darling Urbana
>The one who buggers a fire burns his penis
That's... deep, man.
>>66603602
WHAT DOES IT MEAN
>>66603191
>Cruel Lalagus, why do you not love me?
;__;
>VIII.2 (in the basilica); 1904: O walls, you have held up so much tedious graffiti that I am amazed that you have not already collapsed in ruin.
4chan.webm
>If anyone does not believe in Venus, they should gaze at my girl friend
Someone got mad pussy later that day
>>66603628
It's the roman equivalent of "don't stick it in the crazy".
>>66603629
Checking with google, it tells me this one might be easier to decipher.
>>66603602
>>66603654
ЭТО ЧУВСТВО
>>66603191
>VIII.2 (in the basilica); 1864: Samius to Cornelius: go hang yourself!
Good to see people told each other to kill themselves before the internet.
>>66603574
This is a poor translation lacking in cultural subtlety. On April 19th, he pinched a loaf.
>Chie, I hope your hemorrhoids rub together so much that they hurt worse than when they every have before!
Fuck you, Chie.
>>66603191
We aint changed a god-damn bit.
>Let everyone one in love come and see. I want to break Venus’ ribs with clubs and cripple the goddess’ loins. If she can strike through my soft chest, then why can’t I smash her head with a club?
>>66603685
That makes sense
>>66603683
Don't tell Tumblr, they'd just go into a triggering loop.
>>66603695
>ye olde /r9k/
>>66603695
That's some angsty shit.
>>66603705
>VIII.2 (in the basilica); 1863: Take hold of your servant girl whenever you want to; it’s your right
The good thing about Ancient Rome is there was no Tumblr.
>>66603668
I'll assume this is the less froth inducing way to say that for native speakers, so I'll go with it.
Thanks for you help, anon.
>>66603686
Roman /a/ or /v/?
>>66603574
>>66603594
I'm pretty sure it's a euphemism for something lewd.
>>66603602
You sly motherfucker
>>66603722
One more, tweaked version, because why not?
>>66603722
Yep, that's about right.З =/= Э. It's a common mistake that's repeated everywhere in Western media, from movies to comics.
>wo friends were here. While they were, they had bad service in every way from a guy named Epaphroditus. They threw him out and spent 105 and half sestertii most agreeably on whores.
>>66603745Yeah, noticed I hadn't gotten the back quite right there. Tried to fix it up a bit.
