Down with uplift! Want to send a message of doom and gloom to loved ones? Or turn your room into a den of despair? These 46 darkly hilarious postcards are 100% guaranteed to produce a state of malaise in even the sunniest optimist. From sullen squirrels to zonkered zombies and even existential extraterrestrials, this dismal collection has a card for even the pickiest pessimist.
Author, illustrator, depression enthusiast: David S.E. Zapanta has written a few novels and is the morose mind behind Melancholy Greetings, bringing anomie and existential despair to readers across the globe. He’s also a senior creative manager at Barnes & Noble and a TV reviewer and podcaster for Den of Geek US. David has been known to dabble in happy thoughts from time to time, with mixed results. He lives in a small corner of New England, where “despair has its own zip code.”