Arsenic Lullaby
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Arsenic Lullaby is a comic book
series written and illustrated by Douglas Paszkiewicz, proclaimed "King of Dark Humor" by Previews magazine. Arsenic Lullaby has dark humor, an extremely bleak outlook on life, and patronizes Middle America. Its original run of 18 issues garnered Paszkiewicz a Harvey Award
nomination in the Best New Talent category in 2000.
Paszkiewicz continues to publish Arsenic Lullaby sporadically while working on cartoon storyboards and contributing to Mad
magazine, Mad Kids, and other publications. This magazine has been reprinted and circulated by Greek publisher Jemma Press.
Paszkiewicz often uses phonetic spelling in his dialogue to convey the flavor of different regional colloquialisms, eras, and nationalities.
Arsenic Lullaby has also been nominated for the top honor in the comic book industry, the 2009 EISNER AWARD for "Best Humor Publication"
Paszkiewicz has gone on to work on a reprint of The Gift #1, in which there is an Arsenic Lullaby-like story in the last seven pages, and Pete the P.O.'d postal worker.
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
series written and illustrated by Douglas Paszkiewicz, proclaimed "King of Dark Humor" by Previews magazine. Arsenic Lullaby has dark humor, an extremely bleak outlook on life, and patronizes Middle America. Its original run of 18 issues garnered Paszkiewicz a Harvey Award
Harvey Award
The Harvey Awards, named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman and founded by Gary Groth, President of the publisher Fantagraphics, are given for achievement in comic books. The Harveys were created as part of a successor to the Kirby Awards which were discontinued after 1987.The Harvey Awards are...
nomination in the Best New Talent category in 2000.
Paszkiewicz continues to publish Arsenic Lullaby sporadically while working on cartoon storyboards and contributing to Mad
Mad (magazine)
Mad is an American humor magazine founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952. Launched as a comic book before it became a magazine, it was widely imitated and influential, impacting not only satirical media but the entire cultural landscape of the 20th century.The last...
magazine, Mad Kids, and other publications. This magazine has been reprinted and circulated by Greek publisher Jemma Press.
Paszkiewicz often uses phonetic spelling in his dialogue to convey the flavor of different regional colloquialisms, eras, and nationalities.
Arsenic Lullaby has also been nominated for the top honor in the comic book industry, the 2009 EISNER AWARD for "Best Humor Publication"
Characters
- Voodoo Joe, a man cursed to help ordinary people get revenge
- The Clot, a man who was diagnosed with a deadly skin bacteria and had to have all of his skin removed
- Baron Von Donut, an immortal alcoholic mascot whose magical powers bring him back to life to give donuts to children, no matter what happens to him the previous day.
- a dozen zombie fetuses that Voodoo Joe liberated from an abortion clinic dumpster
Related works
Arsenic Lullaby sparked four spin off series by Paszkiewicz: Laughter of the Damned (3 issues), Misery A Go Go (1 issue), Arsenic Lullabies (2 issues), The Thousand Deaths of Baron Von Donut (1 issue), and Arsenic Lullaby Pulp Edition (Magazine size)-Summer 2007.Paszkiewicz has gone on to work on a reprint of The Gift #1, in which there is an Arsenic Lullaby-like story in the last seven pages, and Pete the P.O.'d postal worker.
Publication
Arsenic Lullaby is available digitally exclusively through Devil's Due DigitalDevil's Due Digital
Devil’s Due Digital Inc. is an American digital publishing company established in 2010 by cofounders Mark Thompson of Checker Book Publishing Group and Josh Blaylock of Devil’s Due Publishing.-History:...