About Carbolic
“One of America’s great web sites.”
Brian O'Neill, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“The city’s equivalent of The Onion.” Ian Urbina, The New York Times
“Carbolic Smoke Ball's rise to greatness is a tale as old as time -- which, according to Sarah Palin, is only about 6,000 years.” Randy Baumann, WDVE-102.5, Pittsburgh
“This stuff is better than The Onion.” Tony Norman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“They’re some of the world’s funniest men, and they deserve our attention.” Rick Sebak, PBS/WQED Multimedia
“One of Pittsburgh's most popular blogs, and it's gaining a growing national audience.”
Pittsburgh Magazine
“Nothing is sacred for the guys who run Carbolic Smoke Ball. Nothing.” Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
How Carbolic started an urban legend. Snopes.com
The Carbolic Book Award
Zombies Ate My Headlines won a Gold Medal at the 2009 Independent Publisher Awards as the Best Humor Book of the Year. And we didn't even have to bribe the selection committee.
