Arsenic Lullaby

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Arsenic Lullaby is a sporadically produced, self-published comic book series, written and illustrated by Douglas Paszkiewicz. The writing style combines horror and taboo subjects with humor and satire.

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Arsenic Lullaby was translated by Greek publisher, Jemma Press where it was nominated for the Comicdom Award. [1] The illustrated work was also nominated for the 2009, Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication, as well as, the Harvey Award.

There have been five spin-off series written: 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, in magazine-sized format.

A 2014, Kickstarter campaign raised money for a collection; it has yet to be fulfilled. [2]

Arsenic Lullaby also had a story animated in Comedy Central's, TripTank.

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  1. "arseniclullaby". arseniclullabies.com. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
  2. The devils only friend graphic novel kickstarter.com