Revenge Is Best Left Unserved: My Short Comic About Assuming Stereotypes And The Bitter Taste Of Revenge Gone Wrong

This was a long comic I had the idea for when I started making Bonebag Comics, but at the time my skills using digital media were very inexperienced. So I shelved the story.

Many years later, I was digging through my old stuff and found this story: WORKER’S COMP. It was still a little rough but my skills in writing and art helped me punch it up to be what we see before us.

The character Pablo seemed like a perfect opportunity for me to do two things:

1.) Practice my Spanish.

2.) And work around assumed stereotypes.

Plus, there was the added bonus of having a poop joke in one of my comics.

One of the greatest joys as a comic creator is showing a comic to a friend and watching their face make a sound of disgust while simultaneously smiling. That’s when you know that you have made something truly great.

Part way through the comic, I decided to have the main characters have a quick chat, while in the background, an absurd amount of action was taking place. I learned this technique while watching old Leslie Neilson movies (The Naked Gun Series, Airplane, Wrongfully Accused, etc.).Bonebag assumes that Pablo is just a landscaper who was wronged by his employer. This is a stereotype that was hard to navigate – I wanted my comic to be funny but also show a twist in people’s perceptions. Doing it well was a difficult ‘TYPE-ROPE’ I had to walk (pun intended).

All in all, I think this comic turned out well. Okay, not so well for the main characters but you get the idea. I hope you enjoy reading my comic as much as I liked making it.

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