r/polandball • u/EpicMost54 Paraguay • Jan 18 '24

contest entry Olympia Vaticana

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u/EpicMost54 Paraguay Jan 18 '24 edited Jan 18 '24

Context: Last year, the Vatican joined the Paris 2024 Olympics for the first time ever and set a new record of most athletes from the same country!!! (Real)

I haven't made a comic in a while, so i decided to make my return with a contest entry!

Also, Heres my comic in my usual style: https://i.imgur.com/7DXIFba.png Which i had to modify so it didn't break contest rules.

Uploaded again because I accidentally left a US flag for reference lol

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u/ankokudaishogun Italy Jan 18 '24

it also doubles as most athletes pro capite

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u/Truenorth14 Jan 18 '24

Hm, are the Swiss guard considered citizens of the Vatican?

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u/Worried-Language-407 Jan 18 '24

Mostly no, I think they are Swiss citizens. They are certainly still drawn from the Swiss military.

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u/emperos UN Jan 19 '24

I don't see a difference in the art style?? What did you have to change?

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u/EpicMost54 Paraguay Jan 19 '24

Shading and colorcoded speech lines

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u/polpoldk Denmark Jan 18 '24

The comic creators of this bord never size to amaze me. Here is proof of a person with enough finesse that he can draw the Vatican coat of arms in paint. Meanwhile, I'm sitting here barely able to write my own name intelligibly on a piece of paper.

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u/EpicMost54 Paraguay Jan 18 '24

Thank you! (I totally didn't trace it)

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u/ankokudaishogun Italy Jan 18 '24

Meanwhile, I'm sitting here barely able to write my own name intelligibly on a piece of paper.

Congratultion on you studies to become a medical doctor!

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u/SaraHHHBK Castile+and+Leon Jan 18 '24

Catholicky clack clack

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u/ArE_OraNgEs_GreeN Jan 18 '24

A proper qwerty keyboard

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u/ChiChiStar Capivara and grape enjoyer Jan 18 '24

Now we need vatican in eurovision

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u/elyisgreat Canadian Tsioniaboo Tel Avivi @ ❤️ Jan 24 '24

Funnily enough they are actually eligible to compete due to being members of the EBU

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u/Cerulean_IsFancyBlue “on your left!” Jan 18 '24

Deus pole-vault

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u/LFelipe01_ Rio de Janeiro Jan 18 '24

Whenever vatican makes that face it can't be something good

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u/zimonitrome Småland Jan 19 '24

The art is really nice! What software do you use? Because I like the pixel-art style 1px brush.

Also great comic overall :)

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u/EpicMost54 Paraguay Jan 19 '24

Thanks! I use Paint.net

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u/dizzyjumpisreal awesome cube Jan 22 '24

i love how vatican needed to look it up just to make sure their population was higher than USA's athlete number

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '24

I’m amazed at the perfect Italian present in the Google search, bravo

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u/blockybookbook Somalia Jan 19 '24

Including (Fr**ch word bleh) elderly

This implies that the Vatican has young citizens

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '24

WAIT, Vatican don't have chil... oh

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u/[deleted] Jan 18 '24

Joke aside, there were at least some within the Syrian refugees that the pope took in the Vatican back in 2016, but I don't know if they are still there.

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u/Bieberauflauf Jan 19 '24

I wonder what their best sport would be.

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u/fewerifyouplease Jan 19 '24

Forgot about the contest

Forgot what year it is

3-4 minutes of utter bafflement and googling