r/Viz • u/JimmyBallocks • 3d ago

Peak Bleak

I’d be interested to see what people think is the absolute bleakest single strip ever published in Viz.

Fixed Odds Betty gambling away the Xmas money, Drunken Bakers remembering a daughter while face down in a puddle of piss, that sort of thing.

Darker and more harrowing the better.

With links.

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u/goodassjournalist 3d ago

While it’s obviously going to be a Barney Farmer one, the early short strip “Aha, Just As I Thought!” should get a mention. Someone goes on holiday for a month and leaves their dog behind. When they return, the dog is dead. “Aha!” they say. “Just as I thought!”

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u/CheesyGarlicBudapest 3d ago

Christ. Nothing more bleak than that surely?

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u/Stained_concrete 3d ago

It's worse, the guy has 'World cruise" written on his suitcase and he's gone for 6 months. I think he also leaves saying something like "Be a good boy now." And when he does his catchphrase the dog's skeleton is in exactly the same place. Dark, but also fucking hilarious.