Webcomics: Vincent Bell-Robertson

The Man the Earth Spat Back

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Inspiration

Vincent had a number of things in mind when doing this comic. One of them was Looney Tunes along with a handful of other cartoons and comics in a similar vein.

The violence, along with the story and artwork, was a nod to them. However, when you shoot someone, it doesn't end with a face full of soot and a backwards beak: it ends with their beak hitting the wall behind them. This approach is depicted a couple of times in this webcomic.

Vincent doesn't want to over-inflate the purpose of the gory bits and there's no gun safety message. In Vincent's own words, "It's in the comic because it's funny, or at least I find it funny. Excessive violence against cartoon characters doesn't need a finer point on it in my opinion. If it's not your thing, I hope this serves as a decent disclaimer."

Biography

Vincent Bell-Robertson is a Scottish illustrator and comic creator. He mostly writes and draws his own stuff and graduated from DJCAD in 2018 with a degree in Illustration.

The webcomics published across our digital channels have been created by University of Dundee’s Masters in Comics and Graphic Novels students.

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