The Unfunnies

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Cover of the 1st issue.
Publication information
Schedule	Irregular
Format	Limited series
Publication date	January 2004 – October 2007
Number of issues	4
Creative team
Writer(s)	Mark Millar
Artist(s)	Anthony Williams
Letterer(s)	John Layman
Colorist(s)	Anthony Williams
Creator(s)	Mark Millar Anthony Williams
Editor(s)	William A. Christensen

The Unfunnies is a four-issue adult comedy horror/dramady comic book mini-series created by Mark Millar and Anthony Williams and published by Avatar Press.

The comic uses cartoon characters drawn in a simple style similar to Hanna-Barbera and photographs to tell the story of a comic world gone wrong. The plot intertwines several storylines that eventually meet in the end.

The Unfunnies was one of the launch titles for Millarworld, the umbrella brand that the creator-owned works of Mark Millar would be marketed under beginning in 2004. Millar chose Avatar Press to release the book, under the assumption that the publisher would be the only one to not object to the transgressive content of the series, which Millar described as, "a very dark, multi-charactered story (along the lines of Magnolia) with funny animals."

Anthony Williams was personally selected by Millar to illustrate the title due Williams's past experience in the animation industry, which Millar believed would allow Williams to perfectly render the intended Hanna-Barbera-based cartoon art style that was to clash with the story's grim subject matter in a manner comparable to, "It's A Wonderful Life Part 2 starring all the same people as the original or The Little Mermaid 3 animated in exactly the same style, but the opening scene had Ariel's dad busted for child molestation or James Stewart sneaking into a mortuary for a little skull-fucking." Millar expressed dissatisfaction with Williams' initial artwork, and instructed him to "make it shittier".