Sunday, August 20, 2006
Worlds oldest comic?
This image is reputed by bugpowder.com to be a contender for the world's oldest comic. Etched in copper, it's called Lenardo and Blandine and it's a melodrama, in 160 soulful ('leidenschaftlich') sketches. The date? 1781. The inspiration? A poem by the poet A. Bürger.
