In a future animal society, fear tactics have forced a state of hatred and suspicion. A lone rat covets the heavily pregnant Melissa, whilst the sinister Raven Squad casts their violent black shadow from above.
I have an indefinate soft spot for Raven Squad. My first graphic short, it’s a rich and poetic love story with immense attention to detail.
I began work on it when the Met Police anti-terrorism campaigns came out in force, December 2010; suggesting I start watching my neighbours, and checking what they were putting in their bins.
The piece started out as a much longer text, with multiple animal characters, but over the next few months I pared it right down to just one solitary rat and his tragic dream.
Illustrated by Perry Van Zandt