There's an element of black humor in both books.
And the cops were making jokes, talk about black humor.
The last and fourth path is satire, a sharp, black humor.
Black humor even wafts into this nightmare every so often.
In it, suburban parents have begun throwing their children exorcisms as rites of passage, and the premise delivers plenty of black humor and bone-dry social satire.
However, it did give me a monopoly over the phrase in certain contexts, which was funny enough for me, in a black humor kind of way.
He illustrated the knocks, on the table, and, unlocking the door, left the cabin in a black humor.
And she noted with pleasure that he, too, was in a black humor.