Also all that crap about ink based illustration and the availability of paper type: bollocks. People have always used different media. He may have been an O' Donnel, but that doesn't mean he was wealthy or moved in upper circles in Donegal. He was unlikely to have been able to afford inks, and given his prolificacy it wouldn't have been economical anyway. Soot and animal based adhesive would have been readily available, so why not avail??
Jesus! I'm so fucking sick of people claiming this to be a conspiracy! If it were a propaganda drive by the Irish government or some state funded media body, don't you think they would have targeted a more mainstream audience?! Oh yeah, I can imagine a bunch of smelly comic basement geeks really holding heavy sway in public debate and popular opinion. Can't people just find this interesting without attaching a national identity to it? For crying out loud!
Also all that crap about ink based illustration and the availability of paper type: bollocks. People have always used different media. He may have been an O' Donnel, but that doesn't mean he was wealthy or moved in upper circles in Donegal. He was unlikely to have been able to afford inks, and given his prolificacy it wouldn't have been economical anyway. Soot and animal based adhesive would have been readily available, so why not avail??
kickofighto 9 months ago
Jesus! I'm so fucking sick of people claiming this to be a conspiracy! If it were a propaganda drive by the Irish government or some state funded media body, don't you think they would have targeted a more mainstream audience?! Oh yeah, I can imagine a bunch of smelly comic basement geeks really holding heavy sway in public debate and popular opinion. Can't people just find this interesting without attaching a national identity to it? For crying out loud!
kickofighto 9 months ago