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** There is a strip where Garfield and Odie get into a squabble in the bedroom while Jon is trying to sleep. After Jon orders his pets to leave the room, he finishes his sentence once Garfield and Odie have left with "while I lay here quietly and bleed to death."
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** There is a strip where Garfield and Odie get into a squabble in the bedroom bedroom, on top of Jon, while Jon he is trying to sleep. After Jon orders his pets to leave the room, he finishes his sentence once Garfield and Odie have left with "while I lay here quietly and bleed to death."
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* The ''St. Trinians'' School is a BoardingSchoolOfHorrors where seemingly only the worst juvenile delinquents study, with a tendency to [[https://twitter.com/mrtimdunn/status/1402017787812450306 murder]], [[https://www.lambiek.net/artists/img/1021-78108-999-o2w.jpg torture]], and as the adaptations like to show, [[http://www.artnet.com/WebServices/images/ll01410lldkkOGFgbNECfDrCWvaHBOcKKEC/ronald-searle-st.-trinians:-jolly-hockey.jpg treat field hockey as]] [[UnnecessaryRoughness an excuse for violent beatdowns]].
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* The ''St. Trinians'' School is a BoardingSchoolOfHorrors where seemingly only the worst juvenile delinquents study, with a tendency to [[https://twitter.com/mrtimdunn/status/1402017787812450306 murder]], [[https://www.lambiek.net/artists/img/1021-78108-999-o2w.jpg torture]], and as the adaptations like to show, [[http://www.artnet.com/WebServices/images/ll01410lldkkOGFgbNECfDrCWvaHBOcKKEC/ronald-searle-st.-trinians:-jolly-hockey.jpg treat field hockey as]] [[UnnecessaryRoughness an excuse for violent beatdowns]].beatdowns]].
* While ''ComicStrip/MadamAndEve'' is usually family-friendly, it sometimes dips into some dark areas, such as [[http://www.madamandeve.co.za/cartoons/me001342.jpg this strip about childhood AIDS.]]
* While ''ComicStrip/MadamAndEve'' is usually family-friendly, it sometimes dips into some dark areas, such as [[http://www.madamandeve.co.za/cartoons/me001342.jpg this strip about childhood AIDS.]]
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* The Danish newspaper comic ''Homo Metropolis'' by Nikolie Werdelin mainly consists of story arcs about people put in extreme situations and their absurd attempts at coping, such as:
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* The Danish newspaper comic ''Homo Metropolis'' by Nikolie Nikoline Werdelin mainly consists derives much of story arcs about its humor from people put in really extreme situations and their absurd attempts at coping, such as:
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'''Bea:''' I'd really like to have a heart-to-heart with this Stopja person's mother.
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'''Bea:''' I'd really like to have a heart-to-heart talk with this Stopja person's mother.
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** There is a strip where Garfield and Odie get into a squabble in the bedroom while Jon is trying to sleep. After Jon orders his pets to leave the room, he finishes his sentence once Garfield and Odie have left with "while I lay here quietly and bleed to death."
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* ''Every single strip'' of the New York Daily News-exclusive comic ''ComicStrip/BetweenTheLines'' is this.
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* ''Every single strip'' of the New York Daily News-exclusive comic ''ComicStrip/BetweenTheLines'' ''ComicStrip/BetweenTheLines2011'' is this.
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'''Bea:''' I'd really like to have a heart-to-heart with this Stopja person's mother.
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'''Bea:''' I'd really like to have a heart-to-heart with this Stopja person's mother.mother.
* The ''St. Trinians'' School is a BoardingSchoolOfHorrors where seemingly only the worst juvenile delinquents study, with a tendency to [[https://twitter.com/mrtimdunn/status/1402017787812450306 murder]], [[https://www.lambiek.net/artists/img/1021-78108-999-o2w.jpg torture]], and as the adaptations like to show, [[http://www.artnet.com/WebServices/images/ll01410lldkkOGFgbNECfDrCWvaHBOcKKEC/ronald-searle-st.-trinians:-jolly-hockey.jpg treat field hockey as]] [[UnnecessaryRoughness an excuse for violent beatdowns]].
* The ''St. Trinians'' School is a BoardingSchoolOfHorrors where seemingly only the worst juvenile delinquents study, with a tendency to [[https://twitter.com/mrtimdunn/status/1402017787812450306 murder]], [[https://www.lambiek.net/artists/img/1021-78108-999-o2w.jpg torture]], and as the adaptations like to show, [[http://www.artnet.com/WebServices/images/ll01410lldkkOGFgbNECfDrCWvaHBOcKKEC/ronald-searle-st.-trinians:-jolly-hockey.jpg treat field hockey as]] [[UnnecessaryRoughness an excuse for violent beatdowns]].
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* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' at least skirted this trope at times. In the commemorative book ''A Prehistory of The Far Side'', Creator/GaryLarson printed some of the ones that got rejected by his editors because... they stopped skirting and plunged right in.
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* ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' at least skirted this trope at times. In the commemorative book ''A Prehistory of The Far Side'', Creator/GaryLarson Gary Larson printed some of the ones that got rejected by his editors because... they stopped skirting and plunged right in.
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** There was an arc which implied that Odie and Jon were figments of Garfield imagination, as he slowly starved to death.
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** There was an arc which implied that Odie and Jon were figments of Garfield Garfield's imagination, as he slowly starved to death.
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* Gary Larson's ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' comic strip at least skirted this trope at times. In one of his book-collections, he printed some of the ones that got rejected by his editors because... they stopped skirting and plunged right in.
** In one case, a snake was crawling through a crib, with a huge bulge in its center. Gary Larson commented, "No, you didn't see this. Turn the page." The real joke of the picture was that the snake became so enlarged by the bulk of the freshly consumed infant that it couldn't squeeze through the bars of the crib, and was trapped.
** Another strip that newspapers refused to publish concerned some cowboys who were so hungry they could eat a horse, and did so. (A good example of ValuesDissonance: in several European countries horse meat is openly sold in every butcher's shop.)
* ''The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn'', a spiritual successor of sorts to The Far Side (almost to the point of plagiarism), deals heavily in black comedy.
** The characters of Winnie the Pooh are gathering around to eat a meal. Pooh begins to speak to Piglet and then notices Piglet is missing, as Christopher Robin brings in a familiar-looking pink ham.
** In one case, a snake was crawling through a crib, with a huge bulge in its center. Gary Larson commented, "No, you didn't see this. Turn the page." The real joke of the picture was that the snake became so enlarged by the bulk of the freshly consumed infant that it couldn't squeeze through the bars of the crib, and was trapped.
** Another strip that newspapers refused to publish concerned some cowboys who were so hungry they could eat a horse, and did so. (A good example of ValuesDissonance: in several European countries horse meat is openly sold in every butcher's shop.)
* ''The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn'', a spiritual successor of sorts to The Far Side (almost to the point of plagiarism), deals heavily in black comedy.
** The characters of Winnie the Pooh are gathering around to eat a meal. Pooh begins to speak to Piglet and then notices Piglet is missing, as Christopher Robin brings in a familiar-looking pink ham.
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* Gary Larson's ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' comic strip at least skirted this trope at times. In one the commemorative book ''A Prehistory of his book-collections, he The Far Side'', Creator/GaryLarson printed some of the ones that got rejected by his editors because... they stopped skirting and plunged right in.
** In one case, a snake was crawling through a crib, with a huge bulge in its center.Gary Larson commented, The caption reads, "No, you didn't see this. Turn the page." The real joke of the picture was that the snake became so enlarged by the bulk of the freshly consumed infant that it couldn't squeeze through the bars of the crib, and was trapped.
** Another strip that newspapers refused to publish concerned some cowboys who were so hungry they could eat a horse, and did so. (A good example of ValuesDissonance:in In several European countries countries, horse meat is openly sold in every butcher's shop.)
* ''The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn'', aspiritual successor SpiritualSuccessor of sorts to The ''The Far Side Side'' (almost to the point of plagiarism), deals heavily in black comedy.
** The characters ofWinnie the Pooh ''Franchise/WinnieThePooh'' are gathering around to eat a meal. Pooh begins to speak to Piglet and then notices Piglet is missing, as Christopher Robin brings in a familiar-looking pink ham.
** In one case, a snake was crawling through a crib, with a huge bulge in its center.
** Another strip that newspapers refused to publish concerned some cowboys who were so hungry they could eat a horse, and did so. (A good example of ValuesDissonance:
* ''The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn'', a
** The characters of
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--->An awkward day at SeaworldRide/SeaWorld
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** Pig convinces a mallard to talk to a quiet duck on the pond that he's attracted to, but it's actually a decoy duck that leads to the mallard getting shot and killed.
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** Pig convinces a mallard to talk to a quiet duck on the pond that to whom he's attracted to, attracted, but it's actually a decoy duck that leads to the mallard getting shot and killed.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' is a [[KafkaKomedy death-free black comedy]] -- Charlie Brown's life is pathetic enough to be tragic, and humorous enough to be black comedy.
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* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' is a boasts [[KafkaKomedy death-free black comedy]] -- Charlie Brown's life is pathetic enough to be tragic, and humorous enough to be black comedy.
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** There an arc which implied that Odie and Jon were figments of Garfield imagination, as he slowly starved to death.
* There's a ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' strip where Calvin proposes a class debate on "whether cannibalism is grounds for leniency in murder, since it's less wasteful." No, really. Since it's a kid strip, Calvin ends up sitting in the corner, wondering why the teacher "would rather teach us stuff that any fool can look up in a book."
* There's a ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' strip where Calvin proposes a class debate on "whether cannibalism is grounds for leniency in murder, since it's less wasteful." No, really. Since it's a kid strip, Calvin ends up sitting in the corner, wondering why the teacher "would rather teach us stuff that any fool can look up in a book."
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** There was an arc which implied that Odie and Jon were figments of Garfield imagination, as he slowly starved to death.
* There's a ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' strip where Calvin proposes a class debate on "whether cannibalism is grounds for leniency in murder, since it's less wasteful." No, really. Since it's akid family-friendly strip, Calvin ends up sitting in the corner, wondering why the teacher "would rather teach us stuff that any fool can look up in a book."
* There's a ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' strip where Calvin proposes a class debate on "whether cannibalism is grounds for leniency in murder, since it's less wasteful." No, really. Since it's a
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* ''The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn'', a spiritual successor of sorts to The Far Side (almost to the point of plagiarism), deals heavily in black comedy.
** The characters of Winnie the Pooh are gathering around to eat a meal. Pooh begins to speak to Piglet and then notices Piglet is missing, as Christopher Robin brings in a familiar-looking pink ham.
** A hunter is taking aim at a deer in a theater. The deer is bending down to pick up a dropped gummy bear, and sitting next to him is Abraham Lincoln.
**A dolphin in a pool and a staff member is carrying a container of tartar sauce. Caption:
--->An awkward day at Seaworld
** The characters of Winnie the Pooh are gathering around to eat a meal. Pooh begins to speak to Piglet and then notices Piglet is missing, as Christopher Robin brings in a familiar-looking pink ham.
** A hunter is taking aim at a deer in a theater. The deer is bending down to pick up a dropped gummy bear, and sitting next to him is Abraham Lincoln.
**A dolphin in a pool and a staff member is carrying a container of tartar sauce. Caption:
--->An awkward day at Seaworld
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** One strip has Garfield kicking Odie off the table, then dropping a flowerpot on his head as a "get well soon" gift).
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** One strip has Garfield kicking Odie off the table, then dropping a flowerpot on his head as a "get well soon" gift).gift.
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* Gary Larson's ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide'' comic strip at least skirted this trope at times. In one of his book-collections, he printed some of the ones that got rejected by his editors because... they stopped skirting and plunged right in.
** In one case, a snake was crawling through a crib, with a huge bulge in its center. Gary Larson commented, "No, you didn't see this. Turn the page." The real joke of the picture was that the snake became so enlarged by the bulk of the freshly consumed infant that it couldn't squeeze through the bars of the crib, and was trapped.
** Another strip that newspapers refused to publish concerned some cowboys who were so hungry they could eat a horse, and did so. (A good example of ValuesDissonance: in several European countries horse meat is openly sold in every butcher's shop.)
* ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' takes delight in excessive Black Comedy with frequent jokes about death, and often killing off one-shot characters for the purpose of a joke.
** Pig convinces a mallard to talk to a quiet duck on the pond that he's attracted to, but it's actually a decoy duck that leads to the mallard getting shot and killed.
** Rat's "children's" stories. One of the milder ones involves an extended family throwing a member overboard because he overscheduled their vacation.
* Finnish newspaper comic B. Virtanen seems to fit the trope.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' is a [[KafkaKomedy death-free black comedy]] -- Charlie Brown's life is pathetic enough to be tragic, and humorous enough to be black comedy.
* In one ''ComicBook/AchilleTalon'' strip, the eponymous hero is demonstrating various classic gags to illustrate different types of humor. Getting to the step-on-the-rake-get-hit-in-the-face gag, he then proceeds to show BlackHumor when he stomps on the rake, impaling his foot.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' uses this trope quite often. One arc features the PointyHairedBoss's dead body getting stuffed by a "Libertarian Taxidermist" and being played with like a hand puppet.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' can engage in this from time to time:
** One strip has Garfield kicking Odie off the table, then dropping a flowerpot on his head as a "get well soon" gift).
** There an arc which implied that Odie and Jon were figments of Garfield imagination, as he slowly starved to death.
* There's a ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' strip where Calvin proposes a class debate on "whether cannibalism is grounds for leniency in murder, since it's less wasteful." No, really. Since it's a kid strip, Calvin ends up sitting in the corner, wondering why the teacher "would rather teach us stuff that any fool can look up in a book."
* ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'':
** Their strip ''Just Below the Surface'' frequently uses it, including an example in which a baby ''turns to dust when testing a super-absorbent diaper''.
** And also ''360 Degrees of Separation'': "Come on sweetie! Open up for the airplane... Open up for the..."
* ''Every single strip'' of the New York Daily News-exclusive comic ''ComicStrip/BetweenTheLines'' is this.
* The Danish newspaper comic ''Homo Metropolis'' by Nikolie Werdelin mainly consists of story arcs about people put in extreme situations and their absurd attempts at coping, such as:
** The suicidal psychiatrist who accidentally agrees with her patient:
--->'''Patient:''' And when Death finally comes, he is a friend... I will sail to the other side... There is peace and quiet... no pain ... just... quiet...\\
'''Dr. Kleist:''' That sounds wonderful!\\
'''Patient:''' [[FlatWhat What?]]\\
'''Dr. Kleist:''' Erm, no, I mean, you must remember your ressources, that life is unique and...
** The terminally ill man who dresses up:
--->"Yay! My old tux fits again! ''[beat]'' Yay..."
** Bea, whose son, Jan, owes money to drug dealers:
--->'''Jan:''' There's a guy, Stopja, who says that he wants the money before Christmas, or I'll get whacked.\\
''[beat]''\\
'''Bea:''' I'd really like to have a heart-to-heart with this Stopja person's mother.
** In one case, a snake was crawling through a crib, with a huge bulge in its center. Gary Larson commented, "No, you didn't see this. Turn the page." The real joke of the picture was that the snake became so enlarged by the bulk of the freshly consumed infant that it couldn't squeeze through the bars of the crib, and was trapped.
** Another strip that newspapers refused to publish concerned some cowboys who were so hungry they could eat a horse, and did so. (A good example of ValuesDissonance: in several European countries horse meat is openly sold in every butcher's shop.)
* ''ComicStrip/PearlsBeforeSwine'' takes delight in excessive Black Comedy with frequent jokes about death, and often killing off one-shot characters for the purpose of a joke.
** Pig convinces a mallard to talk to a quiet duck on the pond that he's attracted to, but it's actually a decoy duck that leads to the mallard getting shot and killed.
** Rat's "children's" stories. One of the milder ones involves an extended family throwing a member overboard because he overscheduled their vacation.
* Finnish newspaper comic B. Virtanen seems to fit the trope.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' is a [[KafkaKomedy death-free black comedy]] -- Charlie Brown's life is pathetic enough to be tragic, and humorous enough to be black comedy.
* In one ''ComicBook/AchilleTalon'' strip, the eponymous hero is demonstrating various classic gags to illustrate different types of humor. Getting to the step-on-the-rake-get-hit-in-the-face gag, he then proceeds to show BlackHumor when he stomps on the rake, impaling his foot.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}}'' uses this trope quite often. One arc features the PointyHairedBoss's dead body getting stuffed by a "Libertarian Taxidermist" and being played with like a hand puppet.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'' can engage in this from time to time:
** One strip has Garfield kicking Odie off the table, then dropping a flowerpot on his head as a "get well soon" gift).
** There an arc which implied that Odie and Jon were figments of Garfield imagination, as he slowly starved to death.
* There's a ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' strip where Calvin proposes a class debate on "whether cannibalism is grounds for leniency in murder, since it's less wasteful." No, really. Since it's a kid strip, Calvin ends up sitting in the corner, wondering why the teacher "would rather teach us stuff that any fool can look up in a book."
* ''Magazine/{{Mad}}'':
** Their strip ''Just Below the Surface'' frequently uses it, including an example in which a baby ''turns to dust when testing a super-absorbent diaper''.
** And also ''360 Degrees of Separation'': "Come on sweetie! Open up for the airplane... Open up for the..."
* ''Every single strip'' of the New York Daily News-exclusive comic ''ComicStrip/BetweenTheLines'' is this.
* The Danish newspaper comic ''Homo Metropolis'' by Nikolie Werdelin mainly consists of story arcs about people put in extreme situations and their absurd attempts at coping, such as:
** The suicidal psychiatrist who accidentally agrees with her patient:
--->'''Patient:''' And when Death finally comes, he is a friend... I will sail to the other side... There is peace and quiet... no pain ... just... quiet...\\
'''Dr. Kleist:''' That sounds wonderful!\\
'''Patient:''' [[FlatWhat What?]]\\
'''Dr. Kleist:''' Erm, no, I mean, you must remember your ressources, that life is unique and...
** The terminally ill man who dresses up:
--->"Yay! My old tux fits again! ''[beat]'' Yay..."
** Bea, whose son, Jan, owes money to drug dealers:
--->'''Jan:''' There's a guy, Stopja, who says that he wants the money before Christmas, or I'll get whacked.\\
''[beat]''\\
'''Bea:''' I'd really like to have a heart-to-heart with this Stopja person's mother.
