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davodonnell:
A new contender for the title of the first comic ever has emerged from Donegal, Ireland. It's been called the J O'Donnell Faustus and dates from 1683. The Images themselves as well as videos about them can be found here http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-J-ODonnell-Faustus/108567245898513. What do you think?

Yoc:
Very interesting!
Thanks davo  :)

Roygbiv666:

--- Quote from: davodonnell on May 11, 2011, 08:05:13 AM ---A new contender for the title of the first comic ever has emerged from Donegal, Ireland. It's been called the J O'Donnell Faustus and dates from 1683. The Images themselves as well as videos about them can be found here http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-J-ODonnell-Faustus/108567245898513. What do you think?

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At first glance, and based on my massive knowledge of 17th Century drawing (i.e. none), I'd say they look fake. But that's just me.

davodonnell:
To be honest i just read about this in an Irish Newspaper and thought it was interesting. I dont't know what to think about it being genuine or not, from what i can remember reading tests were being done on the images to exactly prove their date, preliminary tests said it would be somewhere between 150-300 years old.

What about it looks fake? I really am not familiar with iillustration from that time either

Roygbiv666:

--- Quote from: davodonnell on May 12, 2011, 03:20:35 PM ---To be honest i just read about this in an Irish Newspaper and thought it was interesting. I dont't know what to think about it being genuine or not, from what i can remember reading tests were being done on the images to exactly prove their date, preliminary tests said it would be somewhere between 150-300 years old.

What about it looks fake? I really am not familiar with iillustration from that time either

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I'm mainly just kidding around. Something about the style of the art strikes me as more of an amateur, rather than the kinds of drawings I'd expect from 16-whatever. Look modern, but simplistic. But, again, I know nuh-thing.

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