Tag: comics

nonbinarist:

explainingthejoke:

prplzorua:

aceofstars:

I HAVE BEEN LAUGHING AT THIS FOR LIKE 10 MINUTES STRAIGHT OH MY GODD

@explainingthejoke um halp?

The image above is a comic panel set in ancient Egypt.

Traditionally, ancient Egyptian art featured stylized people standing in profile. Ancient Greek art discovered and then focused on contrapposto, or a pose where, as described in the comic, a person places all their weight on one leg. It is considered an important phase in art history. 

In the comic, a bunch of people are looking at one person who is leaning against a pillar. They are saying:

“Wow! Is that Heptup?”
“He looks amazing.”
“How was Greece, Heptup? You look really relaxed.”

Heptup, the person leaning on the pillar, says, “Yeah. I got into contrapposto over there. It’s where you put all your weight on one leg. I feel really dynamic.”

Two people on Heptup’s other side say:

“I love how his hips and shoulders aren’t parallel. He just looks so… alive.”
“And so graceful.”

A final person speaks in two symbols placed vertically, which is a reference to Egyptian hieroglyphics, their writing system. The symbols he is saying are of a donkey, and of a person digging a hole with a shovel. It can be inferred he is saying something akin to “Bullshit.”

The joke scenario in the comic is one where ancient Egyptian people really did all stand rigidly like that, but one of the Egyptian people who traveled to Greece discovered contrapposto and now he leans on stuff and looks really cool. But the last guy isn’t impressed. It’s poking fun at art history.

slight alteration: the last person’s hieroglyphics say asshole (donkey + hole)