[FANCOMIC] Greece’s Marble Fragments

[arashiyukawa.livejournal.com]

Hey everyone! I have a comic I made based on a news article I read last Thursday. When I read this in the newspaper, I just HAVE to make it a comic. Damn this fandom for making me unable to read international news with a straight face anymore! XDD This is probably quite OOC, and bad scanner killed the quality a bit, but anyway. Enjoy! ;D

Title: Greece’s Marble Fragments
Author/Artist: arashiyukawa
Character(s) or Pairing(s): Greece, Austria, Germany, and a bit of USA and UK.
Rating: G
Warnings: nope.
Summary: Marble fragments from the temples in Athens were taken by other countries, and Greece do NOT appreciate that.

 

 

On February 16, 1943 -- in the midst of the three-year occupation of Greece by the Axis powers, led by Germany -- an Austrian soldier removed a marble fragment, measuring 7-by-30 cm (2.8 by 12 inches), from the Parthenon temple in Athens.

Tuesday, 02 Dec 2008, Greece welcomed back the marble fragment, which was passed from the soldier to his relatives, until the granddaughter decided to return the marble to Greece.
 

(Now that I’ve researched a bit more on the internet, it turned out that England and Italy also has Parthenon marble pieces. Oh well, let’s just say they -conveniently- missed the conference XD; )

 

The Parthenon Marbles, also known as the Elgin Marbles, were bought by the British Museum in 1816 and are exhibited as a prized part of its collection in London. The British Museum repeatedly has rejected Greek calls for the return of the 2,500-year-old frieze on the ground that its statutes would not allow it to do so.

Source: Kompas 04 Dec 2008, http://news.stv.tv/entertainment/55033-greece-gets-back-acropolis-marble-taken-by-soldier/

  

 

Hope you guys like it! Sorry if my writing is hard to read ^^;

Comments

[ban-set-turkiye.livejournal.com]

This is so adorable! I was reading yesterday about this return of the marble and the whole idea of it is so -- endearing. XD You portrayed this awesomely, fo' sho'. ♥ Not to mention your art style is so simple and awesome. Greece's cats oh god. XD

[tailor3141.livejournal.com]

i love your art XDD so cute~~~ aww greece is sooooo <3 kitties get that marble back XD
and england haha so mean XD
thanks for sharing~~

[chopinston.livejournal.com]

WHAT? THERE WAS NEWS LIKE THIS IS KOMPAS!? I HAVE TO READ MORE NEWSPAPER THESE DAYS orz;

This is awesome and i love how you portray each of the characters, especially how Greece is being bullied like that ROFL. And your drawing style is also cute and Hetalia-ish, good work! 8D OH MY, CAT RAMPAGE LMAO

[sasorion.livejournal.com]

Ah, provenance. What a history fraught with high emotion and controversy! *used to work in a museum caught in its own lawsuit over certain objects*
The Elgin marbles are so beautiful, and while I so doubt the British will be returning any of them soon, I do wish someday people can see them back in Greece under the sun and not in a gloomy gallery! UK is spot on there, lol.

[kyo-starr.livejournal.com]

Haha, this is awesome, I love the way you illustrated this event. Great expressions! Hay gaiz, just give Greece back his marble already, it was never yours to begin with! >:V

[moronokimi.livejournal.com]

Ahhhhh oh my. Man, seeing the world through Hetalia tinted lenses is so awesome.



(You might want to tag this for all the characters it includes too--Greece, England, etc)

[griffith.livejournal.com]

Aw, this makes me sad. Stealing art and treasures from another culture disgusts me. Especially when it comes to things of historical relevance. Throwing it into museums doesn't make it any better.

At least it has a happy ending? Very cute comic.

[spazzimidori.livejournal.com]

Haha. This is awesome. XD Love the last panel.

[feuillu.livejournal.com]

LOL. Poor Greece, losing his marbles.

[lulutiffany.livejournal.com]

OMG IT'S ART HISTORY!! *dorks out*

Wonderful job. ♥

[mirfara.livejournal.com]

Aww, I'm glad they got it back! The kittens are so happy for Greece. :3

[slickdbackburns.livejournal.com]

The whole comic just made me d'aww~ Poor adorable little Greece <3

[lynn-stardragon.livejournal.com]

This was incredibly cute. I loved how after you found out more, you put the extra panel at the end. Does that mean Italy is asleep on Germany's/Spain's couch whenever Greece calls him/them?

And the kittehs . . . . the kittehs were epic. Just, so cute. ^_^

[modorenai.livejournal.com]

Awww, happy Greece with the explosion of kitties was so cute. *melts*

And I like how UK is just ignoring Greece's phonecalls in your omake. :D (<--- *is a complete UK fangirl*)

[delcirose.livejournal.com]

Aw, so cute. I love Greece and his cats~ That bit at the end with England and America was good! It's a wonderfully drawn comic.

[synzunea.livejournal.com]

I like how you phrased that 8D

[synzunea.livejournal.com]

Poor Greece. Ugh, D: They should really give the marble fragments back 3>

[mithrigil.livejournal.com]

So cute! I love the jubilation with the cats and the deathglare moment~

[parzi.livejournal.com]

Where I live, we love the Parthenon too! But we didn't steal bits, we just made our own (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon_(Nashville)). I wonder what Greece would think of that.

(Probably not much. It's made of concrete, not marble. And there are no cats! But the giant Athena is pretty hot.)

[parzi.livejournal.com]

Oh, and I was so busy chatting about my hometown that I neglected to compliment your comic. It's hilarious! I especially like Germany and Austria in the first few panels. They're such elegant thugs.

[bipolarbliss.livejournal.com]

Kompas had this?
I'd so ttly read that!

_{If I could understand it... the words are so tiny...it's intimidating... -fails-}

Heheheh, England should just disconnect the phone xD

Awesome comic kk!

[madhatterarashi.livejournal.com]

That was very funny, I liked it! You're style is so cute!
The question about the Parthenon's marble is quite famous and is similar to the one that sometimes pops back between Italy and the others countries' museums! So maybe Feli tought it was best to miss the conference because otherwise it would end into a GIANT and very troublesome fight about stealed paints? XD Something on the line "If I go, then Greece-san would ask for the marble, and the Nii-san would start a fight with France-nii-san and England-nii-san and...it would be too troublesome. Let's stay at home, it's almost 3 and it's SIESTA time" XD

[fayeredgrave.livejournal.com]

This one was really cute, and interesting indeed! I love how your draw Greece-tan, he looks so expressive in the first and last panel of the second strip <3

[fliegerhorst]

Awwwwww~ That last panel with Greece and all the cats is too cute. *__* Awwwww... they look so happy! ;o;

I hope Greece will get back all the other missing pieces, too!

[puzzle-dust.livejournal.com]

Love that last panel! I'm so glad you realised this story as a strip, it works so well. (btw I really like how you draw Austria) ^-^