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Cartoonist

(7,563 posts) Wed Mar 6, 2019, 08:45 AM Mar 2019

Sorry, I have no idea what this is about. It's from a book of drawings, sans text.

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Les Reliques (Original Post) Cartoonist Mar 2019 OP

It's a Catholic thing. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2019 #1

Yeah, but Cartoonist Mar 2019 #2

The artist is JJ Grandville. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2019 #3

Calisse!! guillaumeb Mar 2019 #4

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1. It's a Catholic thing.

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 08:50 AM

Mar 2019

It's tradition for Catholic churches to house relics of the saints for which they are named. In ye olde times, these relics were often bones.

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2. Yeah, but

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 09:11 AM

Mar 2019

There's a story behind this particular illustration. The tongue suggests irreverence.

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3. The artist is JJ Grandville.

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 09:20 AM

Mar 2019

A noted satirist. Whatever the specific meaning of the illustration, it is likely mocking in tone.

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4. Calisse!!

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 06:41 PM

Mar 2019