
Zoink!
Usually medieval illustrations look quite different from those in modern comic books. This one, however, breaks with that rule: it is almost 600 years old, yet it looks like it was drawn yesterday. It shows a stereotypical comic book expression, of a pseudo-offended person. The spiky hairdo adds to the eerily-modern look of this funny face. Zoink!
Pic: Angers, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 263 (15th century).
Published on December 08, 2014 12:19