The Seven Deadly Sins For Kids
Posted by Ross Rosenberg
This old, presumably Spanish, children’s book entitled Los Siete Vicios Capitales details the seven deadly sins, well known to Catholics — both current and former — and David Fincher enthusiasts. It was with a morbid curiosity that I immediately sought out the least child friendly sin of the septet, i.e. Lust. How does one illustrate such a concept for a young child?
Having stared at the above illustration for a time I remain confused as to what, exactly, has transpired here. If I were to hazard a guess I would suppose that the boy in this illustration, with the urging of Satan, has exposed himself to some awful Rule 34 type illustrations, probably featuring his favorite cartoon strip. This, in turn, has caused an angel to weep, because — as I am sure you are all aware — whenever you look at something that meets the requirements of Rule 34 an angel gets cancer.
Other interpretations are welcome in the comments section, as always.
Lust [Flickr] uploaded by Rev Guzman : Hugo Strikes Back!
Categories: Children's Books, Rail, Illustration, WTF, Small Children, Smut, Religion
Posted at 10:49 am on November 10, 2008
19 Comments -
He’s being lazy! Wait… is that a sin? Christened C of E and with new-age parents, I have no fucking idea.
Comment by Dr Nautilus — November 10, 2008 @ 3:27 pm
And Rule 34 is…?
Comment by Call me confused — November 10, 2008 @ 3:53 pm
I added a link to the definition but, in brief, Rule 34 of the Internet states:
“If it exists, there is porn of it. No exceptions.”
Comment by Ross Rosenberg — November 10, 2008 @ 4:02 pm
Yes, that is Spanish.
I am led to assume that what the young boy is looking at is some king of pornography, but I find it far more entertaining to assume that he is looking at the angel with his lustful thoughts. Call me a horrible person, but I think it’s funnier that way.
Comment by Dr Squid — November 10, 2008 @ 6:14 pm
If he’s looking at the king of pornography, that kid is looking at ME!
Comment by KoP — November 10, 2008 @ 7:38 pm
Aren’t angels supposed to be asexual? Then what the hell is this kids fetish? I’m interested…
Comment by Epheros — November 10, 2008 @ 11:33 pm
I think he lusting at his own meaty hand. what a tease that pink voluptuous mitt is. heck, his whole forearm is. he’s blushing just thinking about it.
Comment by malpertuis — November 11, 2008 @ 12:14 am
To Dr Nautilus: Yes, it is a sin. Traditionally called “Sloth.”
Comment by Eric — November 11, 2008 @ 1:56 am
LOL. I guess you’ve never heard of hentai manga.
Comment by Melody — November 11, 2008 @ 3:50 am
rule 34 on Ross… GO!
Comment by zanbowser — November 11, 2008 @ 6:14 am
OH GOD! I HAVE THAT BOOK!!!
Comment by nephilim — November 11, 2008 @ 7:23 am
They’re obviously making fun of the angel for having such pitifully useless, tiny wings. It must have fallen off of its cloud and is now stuck roaming the earth in an ugly white nightgown.
Comment by Harbinger of Distraction — November 11, 2008 @ 3:30 pm
maybe they found some embarrassing pictures of the angle from high school and are laughing at her.
Comment by that guy — November 11, 2008 @ 7:19 pm
He is obviously looking at pictures of (starting in the upper left hand corner): a boy giving a blow job to Santa, a dinosaur drinking from a water fountain, a naked lady, a naked lady with one really large boob.
Comment by tweety — November 11, 2008 @ 11:26 pm
That’s the AFTER panel. Yo don’t want to see the BEFORE one, where it’s shown, in graphic detail, the lecherous, base things that red-cheeked horny bastard did to his no-longer chaste guardian angel.
No, really, you don’t want to see it. Imagine something as horrific as City of Angels’ coochy-coochy scenes.
Comment by Optical — November 12, 2008 @ 4:12 am
This is a tasteful and restrained depiction of lust, but it’s clear what has occurred. The angel is wiping her face. Obviously, the child and his Satanic friend have just subjected her to Bukkake.
Comment by Julian Mentat — November 12, 2008 @ 11:05 am
i believe this jumped way past Rule 34 and landed firmly into the realm of Rule 36 for that lad.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Rule+36
Comment by groonk — November 12, 2008 @ 6:33 pm
The rest of the book is pretty cool. But mostly because it shows the difficulty of illustrating the seven deadly sins in picture-book-form. I’m pretty sure that the pictures of pride, greed, jealousy gluttony are all pretty damned (sic) interchangeable. Somebody has something. Somebody else does not have it. WHAT IS THE PROPER RESPONSE? I mean, is life really that simple that more than half of the seven DEADLY sins relate to one person having stuff that somebody else doesn’t have?
Comment by Brendan Mackie — November 13, 2008 @ 6:39 am
he’s looking at titties lol
Comment by Joe Blo — November 18, 2008 @ 1:16 am