Mark Millar's The Unfunnies

The Unfunnies, a four-issue series from Avatar Press launched in 2004, is a brutal deconstruction of the funny-animal genre by writer Mark Millar and artist Anthony Williams. In this world, beloved cartoon characters from a classic comic strip are revealed to be real, violent, and deeply depraved beings, turning their wholesome image into a savage satire. It matters as a transgressive, cult-favorite example of Millar's early-2000s penchant for shock-value storytelling, pushing the boundaries of what a licensed-style universe could be.