Cyanide & Happiness

A long-running webcomic that found its way to print, Cyanide & Happiness collects the darkly absurd, stick-figure humor of its four creators in two volumes from HarperCollins. Known for its minimalist art and shockingly bleak punchlines, the series distills the internet-era comic strip into a raw, frequently offensive, and surprisingly enduring format. Its significance lies in how it pioneered a new wave of web-first gag comics, proving that crudely drawn nihilism could build a massive, dedicated following.