Comics and the dialogue of civilisations

Document Type : scientific articles

Authors

1 Master s student at the Faculty of Archeology, Cairo University

2 Professor of Archeology and Islamic Arts

3 Lecturer, Department of Egyptian Antiquities

Abstract

Satirical comic drawings have spread throughout the human ages . They appeared with the appearance of the first human . They are present in all those civilisations and were not intended to make us laugh only but were somethings intended to send critical messages by insinuation or statement. The laughter resulting from humor is pleasant and cheerful laughter. But the laughter resulting from humor is pleasant and cheerful laughter. But the laughter resulting from sarcasm is somethings painful and painful. Therefore, dealing with this type of art is fraught with dangers and it is never easy to deal with or delve into it, because it was a means of discharging that inner charge in the artist, and a mirror that reflected the image of society and what it was suffering from of anger discontent, oppression and desire for change. The research dealt with the development of this comic concept of satirical drawing across different civilisation, starting from prehistoric times and the beginnings of this art, which is considered the first written, non-spoken alphabet. At that stage,

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