History Webcomic / BrunoTheBandit

''Bruno the Bandit'' was a [[WebcomicsLongRunners long-running]] fantasy WebComic started in July 1998 by Canadian cartoonist Ian McDonald ([[Creator/IanMcDonald No, not that one]]). Most of its humor comes from being set in a standard medieval fantasy world, but with computers, TV home shopping and vacuum cleaners. The rest comes from the protagonist Bruno Bunkleyutz (a strong but somewhat dim bandit), his smart sidekick (Fiona the micro-dragon) and his wacky family: Eunyce, his former warrior hottie ActionMom; Ambrose, his [[StealthPun one-armed bandit]] father, and Elysia / Ella, his girlfriend, a fame vampire.

''Bruno the Bandit'' was a [[WebcomicsLongRunners long-running]] fantasy WebComic started in July 1998 by Canadian cartoonist Creator/IanMcDonald. Most of its humor comes from being set in a standard medieval fantasy world, but with computers, TV home shopping and vacuum cleaners. The rest comes from the protagonist Bruno Bunkleyutz (a strong but somewhat dim bandit), his smart sidekick (Fiona the micro-dragon) and his wacky family: Eunyce, his former warrior hottie ActionMom; Ambrose, his [[StealthPun one-armed bandit]] father, and Elysia / Ella, his girlfriend, a fame vampire.

''Bruno the Bandit'' was a [[WebcomicsLongRunners long-running]] fantasy WebComic started in July 1998 by Canadian cartoonist Ian [=McDonald=]. Most of its humor comes from being set in a standard medieval fantasy world, but with computers, TV home shopping and vacuum cleaners. The rest comes from the protagonist Bruno Bunkleyutz (a strong but somewhat dim bandit), his smart sidekick (Fiona the micro-dragon) and his wacky family: Eunyce, his former warrior hottie ActionMom; Ambrose, his [[StealthPun one-armed bandit]] father, and Elysia / Ella, his girlfriend, a fame vampire.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The local crime syndicate is obviously inpsired by newspaper comic syndicates (take most of the profits, won't let it's members try anything new and original, has the dead criminals be replaced by their childre, etc).

%%* SchizoTech

The site is [[http://www.brunothebandit.com here]]. Before, it was hosted on KeenSpot.

* ArchEnemy: Bruno and Maledict, though they occasionally work together when the situation calls for it, but will always be ready to backstab eachother.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Elysia the Fame Vampire is also the famous movie star [[LeonardoDiCaprio Capriardo DeLeono]]!

* CouldntFindAPen: In the ''TheDaVinciCode'' parody

* DyingClue: Parodies the scene from ''TheDaVinciCode''.

* TakeThat: Radical atheists, comic syndicates, organized religion, ''TheDaVinciCode'', and ''Literature/SwordOfTruth'' (and Creator/AynRand), among others.

* GoodIsNotNice: Parodied in the Good Guy arc, which made fun of the ridiculous extremes in Literature/TheSwordOfTruth.

* TakeThat: Radical atheists, comic syndicates, organized religion, ''TheDaVinciCode'', and ''SwordOfTruth'' (and Creator/AynRand), among others.

* GoodIsNotNice: Parodied in the Good Guy arc, which made fun of the ridiculous extremes in TheSwordOfTruth.

** The "Cat Burglar" storyline is a massive one to ''{{Garfield}}''.

* AffectionateParody: on ConanTheBarbarian, Creator/HPLovecraft's {{Cosmic Horror Stor|y}}ies, and so on
* AllJustADream

* AttractiveBentGender
* AuthorGuestSpot

* FatBastard: The fame vampires Cumbakh and Nosferatinx, atleast until a union strike forced Nosferatinx to limit the amount of fame he could draw from his subjects, causing him to become increasingly skeletal.
* FlatEarthAtheist: Minor character Dibunquor is this, belonging to a group of skeptics who, despite living in a fantasy world full of magic, gods and monsters, have developed the ability to "rationally" explain everything around them according to science, to the point where their power of disbelief can erase supernatural creatures and items from existance.
** Bruno and his father are this. Despite constantly being exposed to supernatural and fantastic things, the two dont belive in Ailix, even after meeting him.

* RoleCalled

* SchizoTech

* MoneyDearBoy: While certainly not ''as'' bad as the usual example of this trope, Ian made it clear from early on that his ultimate goal was to make a living off of the comic, first from syndication and then TheMerch. A lack of success on both counts was a contributing factor to the strip's sudden cancellation.

* TastesLikeDiabetes: Delorus became cuter once she [[spoiler:turned into a Fame Vampire]], but when she attained a "level of cuteness previously unimagined" after [[spoiler:being eaten by her monsterized father and breaking free]], she gained the appearance of a [[PowerPuffGirls Power Puff Girl]], and it was too cute for in-universe viewers to bear.

The site was [[http://www.brunothebandit.com here]], but is no longer up. Before, it was hosted on KeenSpot.

* OrphanedSeries: The comic ended abruptly in 2009 in the middle of a storyline, and has not been back since. As of early 2015, even the comic's site is no longer working.

''Bruno the Bandit'' is a [[WebcomicsLongRunners long-running]] fantasy WebComic started in July 1998 by Canadian cartoonist Ian [=McDonald=]. Most of its humor comes from being set in a standard medieval fantasy world, but with computers, TV home shopping and vacuum cleaners. The rest comes from the protagonist Bruno Bunkleyutz (a strong but somewhat dim bandit), his smart sidekick (Fiona the micro-dragon) and his wacky family: Eunyce, his former warrior hottie ActionMom; Ambrose, his [[StealthPun one-armed bandit]] father, and Elysia / Ella, his girlfriend, a fame vampire.

The site is [[http://www.brunothebandit.com here]]. Before, it was hosted on KeenSpot.

* VitrolicBestBuds: Bruno, Gort and Tyler One-Eye. Theyre friends and occasional allies, but will backstab eachother in a heartbeat if it means making it out with extra profit. Or a round of ale at the Belching Hydra. Or just for shits and giggles.

* OurVampiresAreDifferent: While Brunos world has regular vampires, there is a much more prevalent breed called Fame Vampires, who feed off the publics adoration and attention. Losing their status as celebrities is a death sentence, as this will lead to them either painfully dying and being reborn as normal humans, or being forced to subsist on any kind of fame or attention they can get as the miserable Häzbens.

* MrAltDisney: A fame vampire named Valdyzny. Complete with ShoutOut to [[http://www.brunothebandit.com/d/20030926.html Mickey Mouse]].

* ShoutOut: Many, to ''{{Garfield}}'', ''{{Peanuts}}'', ''CalvinAndHobbes'', ''ComicBook/TheSandman'', Creator/StephenKing, WaltDisney and so on (see also AffectionateParody, TakeThat). Also [[Creator/GeorgeCarlin Carlin]] [[Creator/FriedrichNietzsche Nietzsche]].