Did people/artists a long time ago ever draw 'cartoony' things?

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ahalenia

Absolutely. Maybe not incredibly cute, but very funny. European medieval manuscripts often have crazy doodles in the margins, called "marginalia." Here's some great examples of marginalia and simply enigmatic illustrations from medieval texts.

Meanwhile in Japan, he-gassen is a genre of ink-brush painting dedicated to fart battles. Many examples date from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries.

Georgy_K_Zhukov

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