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Red Russia (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 42 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.05 — 9,517 ratings — published 2017
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 29 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.99 — 906,282 ratings — published 1961
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 28 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,531,767 ratings — published 1969
American Psycho (Paperback)
by (shelved 26 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.80 — 383,693 ratings — published 1991
Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade (ebook)
by (shelved 16 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.66 — 26,736 ratings — published 2014
A Clockwork Orange (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.00 — 794,296 ratings — published 1962
As I Lay Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.72 — 195,269 ratings — published 1930
The Sisters Brothers (Hardcover)
by (shelved 11 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.85 — 105,874 ratings — published 2011
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.06 — 389,687 ratings — published 1971
The Miserable Mill (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #4)
by (shelved 10 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.86 — 189,541 ratings — published 2000
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by (shelved 10 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.03 — 587,944 ratings — published 1999
Haunted (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.59 — 113,499 ratings — published 2005
Choke (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.71 — 224,988 ratings — published 2001
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.25 — 848,624 ratings — published 1990
The Austere Academy (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #5)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.02 — 178,562 ratings — published 2000
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #2)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.03 — 252,091 ratings — published 1999
The Casual Vacancy (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.31 — 339,651 ratings — published 2012
Cat’s Cradle (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.15 — 450,353 ratings — published 1963
The Corrections (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.85 — 204,581 ratings — published 2001
The Craziest Book Ever Written (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.55 — 152 ratings — published
My Sister, the Serial Killer (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.63 — 383,200 ratings — published 2018
The Ersatz Elevator (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #6)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.06 — 163,826 ratings — published 2001
The Wide Window (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #3)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.95 — 216,796 ratings — published 2000
White Noise (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.86 — 132,180 ratings — published 1985
The Suicide Shop (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.46 — 26,380 ratings — published 2007
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.46 — 101,039 ratings — published 1959
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.87 — 982,067 ratings — published 1955
Survivor (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.92 — 126,099 ratings — published 1999
The Loved One (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.75 — 14,101 ratings — published 1948
The Third Policeman (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.96 — 24,302 ratings — published 1967
Trainspotting (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.12 — 186,678 ratings — published 1993
The Pillowman (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.29 — 18,726 ratings — published 2003
The Metamorphosis (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.91 — 1,571,193 ratings — published 1915
Deadeye Dick (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.84 — 32,649 ratings — published 1982
The Vile Village (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #7)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.97 — 157,690 ratings — published 2001
The Radleys (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.56 — 31,367 ratings — published 2010
Hocus Pocus (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.83 — 36,568 ratings — published 1990
Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.76 — 311,182 ratings — published 1759
Vernon God Little (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.62 — 34,253 ratings — published 2003
Breakfast of Champions (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.06 — 286,823 ratings — published 1973
Fight Club (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.18 — 665,832 ratings — published 1996
Horns (Hardcover)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.93 — 122,763 ratings — published 2010
Filth (Paperback)
by (shelved 5 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.82 — 32,978 ratings — published 1998
My Year of Rest and Relaxation (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.59 — 626,786 ratings — published 2018
Sweetpea (Sweetpea, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.81 — 22,135 ratings — published 2017
Goodnight Punpun Omnibus, Vol. 1 (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.26 — 26,596 ratings — published 2006
A Fraction of the Whole (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.14 — 25,303 ratings — published 2008
The Slippery Slope (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #10)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.05 — 138,912 ratings — published 2003
Undermajordomo Minor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 3.75 — 16,382 ratings — published 2015
A Dirty Job (Grim Reaper, #1)
by (shelved 4 times as black-comedy)
avg rating 4.03 — 125,772 ratings — published 2006
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― Homey Don't Play That!: The Story of In Living Color and the Black Comedy Revolution
During the first month the Comedy Act Theatre was open, Damon Wayans and Robert Townsend came in together. Club emcee, Robin Harris brought Damon onstage to do a set, and Damon made the mistake of dissing Harris in his own house, asking the audience, “Doesn’t that guy look like a black, ugly Eddie Murphy?” Harris heard the comment and returned to the stage.
“They played ‘the Dozens’ and Robin destroyed Damon,” says club owner, Michael Williams. “Damon just stepped into something he couldn’t get out of. By the time Robin was finished with him, he was dumbfounded. He didn’t know what to do but stand there, hold the mic, and listen.”
”― Homey Don't Play That!: The Story of In Living Color and the Black Comedy Revolution
“Social media is basically standing at a bucket filled with other people’s vomit and you suck the vomit through a straw, and gag and wince at the unbearable taste of other people’s vomit. Yet strangely we continue to suck through the straw as if we’ve never tasted such lovely vomit. And then before you know it you’re old and you’re grey. And that’s the end of you. A lonely death. Your gravestone is marked with the six saddest words:
Social Media Drained My Soul Away
And they all mourn your loss at a budget funeral service while updating their social media statuses on mobile phones apps. And in years to come nobody remembers any of your updates; even those updates that you deep-down believed were going to bring about world peace. The Digital Age is more disposable than nappies and just as full of shit.”
― The Rebel's Sketchbook
Social Media Drained My Soul Away
And they all mourn your loss at a budget funeral service while updating their social media statuses on mobile phones apps. And in years to come nobody remembers any of your updates; even those updates that you deep-down believed were going to bring about world peace. The Digital Age is more disposable than nappies and just as full of shit.”
― The Rebel's Sketchbook
