I'm 25 years old and my initials are U.F (thus the name of my blog). I'm Austrian (not German, not Australian !!) so that's why some posts will be in German. I know, my comics are very sketchy, but I think my art style is improving ;) Named "Verbindungsfehle" almost everywhere else.
Well, since I started growing a beard my old profile pic wasn‘t really accurate anymore and you know.. since I‘ve drawn this picture as part of a friend’s birthday gift, I might as well be using it.
Von Sündenböcken und Amokläufen (About scapegoats and rampages)
Quite some while ago, decided to try on poetry so I wrote a poem about rampage in context with first person shooters.
(In German, I added a translaton though, just keep scrolling)
German version
War mal wieder irgendwo ein Amoklauf,
und viele Leute gingen drauf.
Ja, dann muss ein Südenböckchen her,
und die Entscheidung fällt den Medien gar nicht schwer!
Ja denn da gibt’s doch was,
was dazu passt.
Denn die Täter werden immer jünger,
und die Psychen immer ungesünder.
Und auf was trifft das denn zu?
Was stiehlt den Teenagern die Ruh?
Womit vertreiben sie sich die Zeit?
Was führt zu diesem Streit?
Die Spiele sind's, die bitterbösen,
die machen die Jugendlichen zu nervösen!
Die sind's sicher, das ist doch klar
in denen ist zu viel Gewalt 'drin da!
Doch was fällt denn auf,
in diesem Sündenbock-Suchverlauf?
Richtig, ja, das stimmt genau!
Da ist was übersehen worden - in dem Radau!
Denn das Problem sind nicht die Spiele selbst,
sondern an andr'en Dingen mangelt's; an denen du zerfällst!
Wie kommt's denn überhaupt,
dass man die Psyche nicht durchschaut?
Ich mein das ist ja nicht normal,
doch das ist den Medien offenbar egal.
Ein Mensch, wenn er sich fühlt recht wohl,
würde niemanden töten, selbst, wenn man es ihm 'befohl.
Ja vom Real- und Virtuellen,
ist ein Gehirn durchaus in der Lage, dies zu trennen!
Ja ist die Psyche rein und fein,
kann ein Teenager ruhig am Spielen sein!
Doch kommt noch etwas hinzu,
ja, ich gebe keine 'Ruh.
Wieso kommt denn schon jeder dumme Affe,
sofort zu irgendeiner Waffe?
English Translation:
(this translation does sound a ‘lil weird, I know, it’s because I tried to make it as literal as possible,without carying for ryhmes. I also ignored that you would formulate some sentences completely different in English)
Well, then there is something,
that fits to that,
'cause the committer becomes always younger,
and the psyches (becomes) always unhealthier.
And on what can that be applied? (word-for-word literal: And on what does this hit to?)
What does steal the calmness of the teenagers?
With what do they leisure their time?
What causes this conflict?
The games are it, the vicious (bitterböse = literally „bitter evil“)
they make the youthful to nervous ones (in German you can pretty much use every adjective as a noun very easily so a „Nervöser“ would be someone who is nervous as simple as that)
They are it, that is for sure
in these there is too much violence!
But what does stand out,
in this scapegoat-search-history? (even in the original poem it‘s a made up word, thanks to the basically endless compound words that you can create in German)
That‘s right, yes, that adds up precisely
There was something overlooked - in this shindy!
Because the problems are not the games themselves,
but it‘s lacking on other things; on which you crumble (I don‘t think that in English people can crumble, I‘m not even sure if that‘s entirely possible in German, but you know.. the freedom of poetry..)
How does it even come,
that you don‘t look through the psyche?
I mean that is not really normal,
but the media obviously doesn‘t mind.
A human, if it does feel well,
wouldn‘t kill anyone, even, if somebody‘d order it.
Yes the real- and virtual (life), (in German you don‘t nessesarily need to write nouns, if they are clear from context you can just leave them out – you don‘t need „one“ in German.)
a brain is quite capable, to seperate these!
Yes, if the psyche is pure and fine,
a teenager may well be playing! (word-for-word literal: a teenager may calmly be on playing)
But another thing is added too,
yes, I won‘t leave any peace. (word-for-word literal: I don‘t give any calm)
Why does already every stupid ape,
gets immediately to a weapon?
“A defense of feminism pt 1” (c) ufcartoons.tumblr.com
Because there are far too many feminism-bashing posts on the internet, I felt this was necassary. Also, because people who actually visit my blog regulary know, that English is not my native language, again, there probably are some mistakes in this comic, and I don’t mind if you go ahead and point them out for me. I also greet constructive ciritism.
This was probably the most elaborate comic I’ve ever done, I worked like 2 - 3 hours on this thing and didn’t spent an unessential part on the text only.
“A Gamer’s marriage advice” (c) ufcartoons.tumblr.com
WARNING: Contains traces of meanness and probably a little bit of sexism too
Btw yeah it’s still me, just tried to change my art style a bit and tried to give it more detail - I’m still constantly learning ;)
PS: I was wondering if the sentence “Dude, if there’s..” also needs another comma after the be from “then it’d be” but I wasn’t quite sure. It sounds right, but also wrong - do you understand my struggle?
Noticed that the Baltic Sea looks like - even with just a little power of imagination - a guitarist. Decided to create the rest of the band and to put them into the correct setting.
Though I’m pretty proud of the result, I’m a little dissapointed that I didn’t manage the other band member’s to completely fit together with the style of the “guitarist-I-spotted-in-the-European-map” ’s shape.
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