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Cyanide & Happiness has been a staple of online humor for years, instantly recognizable for its simple stick figures and relentlessly dark punchlines. Even the title – pairing a lethal toxin with pure joy – perfectly sums up the comic’s signature blend of cheerful absurdity and bleak, boundary-pushing jokes. 

The strip was launched by Kris Wilson, Rob DenBleyker, and Dave McElfatrick, and despite co-founder Matt Melvin’s departure in 2014, the team hasn’t slowed down for a second. Alongside publishing a new comic every single day, they’ve continued expanding into animated shorts on YouTube, party games, and even released a mobile app version of the game. 

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#1

Dark comic by Cyanide & Happiness shows a father telling his son that his dreams will never come true in a humorous way.

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BeesEelsAndPups
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10 months ago

Sad, but true 😭

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    #2

    Two characters in a dark comic by Cyanide & Happiness humorously discuss doing nothing this weekend.

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    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    I would make an exception for a barbecue

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    #3

    Two characters in a Cyanide & Happiness comic discuss being afraid of monsters, revealing corporations as the real monsters.

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    WindySwede
    Community Member
    10 months ago

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    Google search "Many people think these words mean the same thing, but they don't. Incorporation is the legal process of starting a business. A corporation is the name of the business that comes out of that process."

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    #4

    Dark Cyanide & Happiness comic showing a man using a fake doctor’s note with a secret romantic message.

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    BeesEelsAndPups
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Aww

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    #5

    Cyanide & Happiness comic depicting a man crowned king of atheists with dark humor about society today.

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    Lotekguy
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    10 months ago

    Some folks takes things way too literal.

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    #6

    Dark comic panels by Cyanide & Happiness depicting a tragic love story with themes of marriage, loss, and divorce in today’s society.

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    Roger9er
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Well, that went dark real quick.

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    #7

    Two people arguing over a Ouija board while a woman asks a child if they said something in a dark comic about society.

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    Roger9er
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Ahh nice one

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    #8

    Dark comic by Cyanide & Happiness depicts a man facing a depressing future revealed through a psychic reading mirror.

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    Niels AirMax
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Thanks! 🫡

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    #9

    Dark comic by Cyanide & Happiness showing a child asking a deceased mother for a cookie in a haunting scene.

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    Linda van A.
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    There is black and pitch black.

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    #10

    Dark comic strip by Cyanide & Happiness showing a customer defying gravity in a store setting with humor about society.

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    Tiggy Darling
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    The full quote is "The customer is always right in matters of taste". Although the existence of Crocs disproves that.

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    #11

    Dark comic by Cyanide & Happiness showing a sinister guardian angel watching a person in daily life moments.

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    Austzn
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    I'd welcome it.

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    #12

    Two stick figures in a dark comics style argue over a horse-drawn carriage drawing while a sad horse looks on.

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    Jaron Wright
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Poor horse. he tried!

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    #13

    Dark comic by Cyanide & Happiness showing a fortune cookie message saying you are not alone in today's society.

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    Jaron Wright
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Yes, I am alone with no friends. Reading that, I would grab my Airsoft gear and sweep my house. As for that guy, sorry.

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    #14

    Dark comic from Cyanide & Happiness showing a doctor advising a smoker with humor about extending life in today’s society.

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    Deta Rossiter
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    not saying he is right or wrong, but the point, is valid

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    #15

    Dark comic panel by Cyanide & Happiness showing girl threatening Santa by the fireplace with a present in a modern society satire.

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    Paul C.
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    I'm sure we can all guess which "naughty list".

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    #16

    Comic strip from Cyanide and Happiness showing a dark, humorous take on a child's turkey drawing and adult reaction.

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    Corvus
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    (gasp) This was allowed on BP?

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    #17

    Comic from Cyanide & Happiness showing online dating ads with contrasting reactions from a man and a woman about society today.

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    Made You Look
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Sad yet true

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    #18

    Stick figure in a pumpkin costume upset after Halloween party where everyone dressed as ghosts in dark comic about society.

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    Jaron Wright
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Same with my parties :(

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    #19

    Dark comic by Cyanide & Happiness shows a couple reacting humorously to laundry stained with red spots in a washing machine.

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    Lotekguy
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    10 months ago (edited)

    So does this mean he's habitually clumsy, or a serial killer?

    #20

    Dark comic by Cyanide and Happiness depicting a ghost mom saying a mother’s job is never finished in society today.

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    Jaron Wright
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    True

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    #21

    Dark comic by Cyanide & Happiness showing a man told his wife d**d of a broken heart in a humorous medical scene.

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    Lotekguy
    Community Member
    Premium
    10 months ago

    What? No 5 second rule?

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    #22

    Dark comic from Cyanide & Happiness showing a funny Halloween costume reveal with an unsettling face close-up.

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    Gary Wulf
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    If Annoying Orange, was hooman.

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    #23

    Dark comic by Cyanide and Happiness showing a mother questioning her son about uranium exposure in a humorous style.

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    Made You Look
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    I’m no scientist but I think he’s lying

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    #24

    Comic scene from Cyanide and Happiness showing a man humorously dedicating an award to his late father in today's society.

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    Did I say that out loud?
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    "Even as I speak, I know my father is looking down on me. He's not dead,just very condescending." - Jack Whitehall.

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    #25

    Comic from Cyanide and Happiness showing characters transforming into a giant mech suit in a dark society-themed comic.

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    Made You Look
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    So green is bottom

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    #26

    Dark Cyanide and Happiness comic strip with humor about society featuring grandpa cremation twist.

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    Made You Look
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Grandpanado 🌪️

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    #27

    Father calmly interacts with a monster under the bed in a hilariously dark comic about today’s society.

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    Niels AirMax
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Very close to peeing my pants! Absolutely hilarious!

    #28

    Comic strip from Cyanide & Happiness depicting a dark humor scene about a character losing control of a unicycle.

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    Lynn Gardenhire
    Community Member
    10 months ago

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    #29

    Dark comic showing a job interview with a man rejected after failing a background check, a Cyanide & Happiness comic.

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    LinkTheHylian
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Almost as bad as not proofeading you're comets.

    #30

    Comic strip from Cyanide and Happiness humorously depicting a biblical scene with dark societal satire.

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    Lotekguy
    Community Member
    Premium
    10 months ago

    Apparently, sometimes God works in not so mysterious ways, providing another bit of support for our being made in his image.

    #31

    Two stick figures in a fire, discussing not calling firefighters in a dark comedy about today’s society by Cyanide & Happiness.

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    Chich the witch
    Community Member
    Premium
    10 months ago

    We had a call where the husband started a fire in the kitchen, ran out of the house and to his wife's work several blocks away to tell her. They hopped in her car to race back to the house where she asks why the FD was not there yet. "I didn't call them".

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    #32

    Comic strip by Cyanide & Happiness showing two characters discussing abstract art with a dark humor twist on society.

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    Jaron Wright
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    You have poor taste!

    #33

    Dark comic strip by Cyanide & Happiness showing a child scared of a monster and a humorous parenting response at night.

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    ROB
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Oof darkest yet! 💀

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    #35

    Comic strip by Cyanide & Happiness featuring a talking tomato facing boos, illustrating dark humor about society today.

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    Austzn
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    I actually laughed out loud to this one.

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    #36

    A dark Cyanide & Happiness comic showing a misunderstanding about renting two pairs of roller skates.

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    Jaron Wright
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Ooh! A Rodeo! And who said it was boring F)

    #37

    Dark comic strip from Cyanide and Happiness showing characters accusing someone of crossing the line in a conga line.

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    Jaron Wright
    Community Member
    9 months ago

    My new battle cry. thanks BP

    #38

    Dark comic by Cyanide and Happiness showing a father correcting his son's typo in a humorous way.

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    Lotekguy
    Community Member
    Premium
    10 months ago

    A bowled disciplinary measure.

    #39

    Comic strip showing a character with glasses getting punched in the eye, illustrating dark humor in today's society.

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    Jaron Wright
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    You wouldn't hit a guy with glasses NOW, would you?

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    #40

    Two stick figures in a Cyanide & Happiness comic, one holding flowers and the other holding a bucket by a door.

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    Beady El
    Community Member
    Premium
    10 months ago

    Ahh. Cat flap

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    #41

    Comic strip from Cyanide & Happiness depicting a humorous dark take on society with a mermaid and ship passengers.

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    Niels AirMax
    Community Member
    10 months ago

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    Boys will be boys... 😂

    #42

    Dark comic by Cyanide & Happiness shows a skeleton patient in a hospital bed with doctors discussing how to tell him bad news.

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    Made You Look
    Community Member
    10 months ago (edited)

    How is he speaking without a voice box… or a tongue… or lungs for that matter… /s

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    #43

    Comic strip from Cyanide & Happiness showing a sun with sunglasses and a frustrated person arguing in a dark humor style.

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    David Beth
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Fair point, actually

    #44

    Two simple characters in a dark comic by Cyanide & Happiness discussing noisy ramen eating in a humorous society sketch.

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    Jnausicaa
    Community Member
    Premium
    10 months ago

    RAMEN!!!!

    #45

    Dark comic by Cyanide & Happiness showing a doctor squeezing a patient’s face in a funny and exaggerated way.

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    Lotekguy
    Community Member
    Premium
    10 months ago

    Irresistible force versus immovable object.

    #46

    Dark comic by Cyanide & Happiness showing kids trick-or-treating with a map of the s*x offender registry.

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    Lotekguy
    Community Member
    Premium
    10 months ago

    This reduces their carbon footprint by not forcing them to put extra mileage on the windowless vans.

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    #47

    Four-panel dark comic by Cyanide & Happiness showing characters joking about getting rich quick and failing humorously.

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    Brain-In-A-Vat
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Obviously not Richie Rich . . .

    #48

    Dark comic by Cyanide & Happiness showing a couple arguing about body count and a mountain of stolen hoodies.

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    Lotekguy
    Community Member
    Premium
    10 months ago

    Perhaps they weren't all from guys.

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    #49

    Comic strip by Cyanide & Happiness featuring a dark humor deal about becoming a wealthy cartoonist in today’s society.

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    Rick Murray
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    It's better than a car I could draw...

    #50

    Hilariously dark comic about couples costume assumptions illustrating social humor by Cyanide & Happiness.

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    Stardust she/her
    Community Member
    Premium
    10 months ago

    You make an a*s out of u and ming

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    #51

    Comic showing an ant dressed for work becoming part of a human centipede at the office in a dark societal satire.

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    BeesEelsAndPups
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    It's still probably better than the one you expected

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    #53

    Dark comic by Cyanide & Happiness showing a character refusing to invent, then eating an apple under a tree.

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    M. Evripidou
    Community Member
    9 months ago

    well invention =/= discovery

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    #54

    Four-panel Cyanide & Happiness comic depicting characters arguing and humorously illustrating opinions in today’s society.

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    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Stealing that

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    #55

    Comic strip from Cyanide & Happiness showing a child wanting to be an astronaut practicing by drinking urine humorously.

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    Jaron Wright
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    I'm sorry, what?

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    #56

    Dark comedy comic strip by Cyanide & Happiness showing stressed pirates in a humorous take on today's society.

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    Lotekguy
    Community Member
    Premium
    10 months ago

    More rum for the rest of the crew!

    #57

    Two characters in a dark comic by Cyanide & Happiness discussing feelings of worthlessness in a humorous way.

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    Tiggy Darling
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    “If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning.” ― Catherine Aird

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    #58

    Dark comic by Cyanide & Happiness showing a character warning Pac-Man about being visited by three ghosts.

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    LinkTheHylian
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Clyde is always the one left out...

    #60

    Comic strip from Cyanide & Happiness showing astronauts on the moon with dark humor about society and family tensions.

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    LinkTheHylian
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Cousins Billie Joe and Tim are pretty successful too, Neil.

    #61

    Courtroom scene comic from Cyanide & Happiness showing a humorous dark twist on stabbing accusations in modern society.

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    Socrates
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Hey, totally fine as long as it’s not one less. That would be sinful.

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    #63

    Two stick-figure characters from Cyanide & Happiness engage in a darkly humorous comic about society’s harsh insults.

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    Jaron Wright
    Community Member
    9 months ago

    That means they have kid sleeves and stuff. my goodness...

    #64

    Dark comedy comic about society, showing a warning sign and a car accident involving children playing in the street.

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    Jaron Wright
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    The Birth of Headhunting

    #65

    Dark comic by Cyanide & Happiness showing a police lineup with surreal characters and dark humor about today’s society.

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    Lotekguy
    Community Member
    Premium
    10 months ago

    I can't tell. Have each one put an apple in front of his face.

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    #66

    Comic strip featuring a dark humor tombstone joke illustrating society in Cynide & Happiness style.

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    Jaron Wright
    Community Member
    9 months ago

    Ahh, Poetry

    #68

    Comic from Cyanide Happiness showing dark humor about society through a joke with a pet parrot as a girlfriend.

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    Starbug
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Poor parrot shouldn't be the one who gets decked!

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    #69

    Dark comic strip by Cyanide & Happiness depicting awkward Thanksgiving with open family dynamics and social discomfort.

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    Gary Wulf
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    Punch line is wrong.

    #70

    Comic strip about social media green line cropping, illustrating dark humor in today’s society by Cyanide & Happiness.

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    Panda McPandaface
    Community Member
    10 months ago

    ?

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    #71

    Two characters in a Cyanide and Happiness comic discussing distraction with humor in a dark society comic style.

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    Lotekguy
    Community Member
    Premium
    10 months ago

    Really old reference coming... George and Marion Kirby? (Ask your grandparents, kids.)

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