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.
See more of Vincent's work on Instagram.
The webcomics published across our digital channels have been created by University of Dundee’s Masters in Comics and Graphic Novels students.