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The Perry Bible Fellowship is the perfect middle between the whimsical and the dark humor. And it has been since 2001 when its creator Nicholas Gurewitch drew the first dark comics. Nicholas describes his style as "the clarity of obscurity," and his work is a real treat to all the twisted humor aficionados.

Usually consisting of three or four panels, the webcomics have originated in the Syracuse University newspaper The Daily Orange. The darkly funny drawings tackle difficult topics head-on, and some of the most common themes include irony, religion, sexuality, war, science fiction, suicide, violence, and death.

"Sometimes I look at my work and think that it shows the idealism of my Dad colliding with the realism of my Mom," Gurewitch told Things In Squares. "Or, I see the idealism of my Mom colliding with the realism of my Dad. The idea of the "real" colliding with the “ideal” in these plot twists have been suggested to me by many artists."

Now, scroll down below to feed your weird sense of humor with these superbly cool drawings by Nicholas!

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Suddenly Its now one of the ever growing number of creatures that kill for fun. 😞

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John L
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Enjoy every new day like there is no tomorrow, because the 'countdown' has already begun. 😉

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Pattie Kelly
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OK I have the straight jacket who wants to help and where is that damn dolphin?

RedPanda
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just a heads up if you don't like morbid and dark humor, don't read these, they won't get any less dark.

Lasse Jensen
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's actually called "Stereograms" and it's really fascinating!

Tanya Pakutz
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The catch was that after these books came out people started complaining that even after they were done looking they could still see the image in front of them. They had eye doctors come out on talk shows to reassure people that the public hadn't done permanent damage to their eyes by studying the images.

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John L
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just goes to show you that as a driving force in nature, sex is hard to beat. 😉

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John L
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Suddenly the middle leg kicks into action, and the ball goes flying. 😜

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John L
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She's about to discover that the good doctor does everything by the numbers. 😉

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Zori the degu
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And that's the reason why you should never judge someone, defending his own property.

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SomeGuy
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oops! Beach.exe has stopped responding. Would you like to close the program?

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is stark and jarring! Every time I see a stupid lill food fight scene in a movie, my mind always thinks of all the wastage!

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John L
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When granted the most precious gift, some still can't be satisfied.

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John L
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Obviously Julio not only sees fruit, but he may be one as well. 😉

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I actaully feel bad for the kid. The kid above is TOTALLY me, but I have really good grades. I think that it's wrong for the mother to change her son's personallity.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Omg 😂👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻😂😂😂👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

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Cassiel Magem
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One day in elementary school my catholic teacher was explaining that tremors were caused by god moving the earth. I raised my hand and said it was actually because of the tectonic plaques and went on explaining it. She put me bad grades for the rest of the course.

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Cassiel Magem
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"We will have to eat each other eventually but let's enjoy this view in the meantime"

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Amanda Ferraz
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Creeper reminded me of my crazy ex. And people say pot-heads are calm. Don't know him

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This one reminds me of the "Calvin and Hobbes" book "Scientific Progress Goes 'Boink'". I really recommend reading it, it's pretty darn funny.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sad fact: Sloths will think that their own legs are branches, so thew will try climbing their legs and fall to their death... RIP Sloths.

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ugaas wiilhoog
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sigmund Freud did actually sleep with his patients. The father of modern psychology was not big on being ethical.

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Willie D'Kay
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Part 2: Blonde guy goes for a swim. "Hey it's that human that killed Sharky Joe!" The cycle of vengeance continues.

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Willie D'Kay
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Pajamas with a revolver on the back? The other kid gets space rockets. No fair.

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

DID HE KILL THE PUPPIES!?!? THIS IS SERIOUS!!! WHAT ABOUT THE PUPPIES!?!?

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Willie D'Kay
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So basically it's a particularly mean spirited participation award? I'm so glad they didn't give out participation awards when I was in school.

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Jace
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like the medical robot in the one David Firth video...

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But I'd assume that's the best combination without any animals being killed, isn't it!

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Mohammed Lambat
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It seems our friend Vanessica hasn't been following the American news in the past few weeks!

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Willie D'Kay
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The mail always goes through, unless it's a very important document or birthday card that gets chewed up in the sorting machinery. But the junk always gets through unscathed.

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Josie Beaudoin
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sometimes, I think my neurons get bored and do this kinda stuff to me on purpose, just for laughs. So annoying, really...

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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love Sgt. Grumbles. This was the first PBF comic I saw.

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Willie D'Kay
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No more warnings? Sounds like Cromax got caught adding his "special sauce" to the food before but wasn't fired.

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Willie D'Kay
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good to see the frat boy mentality transcending the species.

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Rhys Durham
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Santa knows the names of all the naughty girls, and where they live. Although he's only supposed to come once a year

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Cinndy Eklund
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He got a bad review in the paper so no no one will visit him so he went ape...

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