Big Vern is a character in the British adult-comedy comic Viz. Big Vern is a parody of London mobsters such as the Kray twins. He is a heavily built, square-jawed man with very short hair, sunglasses, a heavy trench coat and a grizzled look. He is referred to in at least one story as Mr Dakin, a nod to the character Vic Dakin played by Richard Burton in the 1971 gangster film Villain. The humor of the strip centres around Vern mistaking normal and innocent activities (such as a trip to the supermarket) for criminal escapades, such as armed robberies or kidnappings. He always hangs around with his friend Ernie, an easy-going and normal man who is perplexed by Vern's conviction that he and Ernie are both mobsters. Vern speaks with a strong cockney accent, and his speech is phonetic (for exam
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