"Flashman v. The Undead type books?" Topic

Or perhaps Flashman v. the Necromancer?

Looking for some humorous reading, and wondering what are the funniest books in the fantasy genre that involve fighting the undead, zombies, necromancers, etc. I should add that I don't care which game system it might be based upon – if any – or if it is just classical literature.

My favorite humorous space books are still the excellent Caiaphus Caine series. Something like that for fantasy undead would be swell.

Looking for some fantasy inspiration while I build and paint my Mantic Undead army!

Thanks for any suggestions!

I'm trying to recall if any of the Discworld novels involve armies of undead, and I'm drawing a mental blank— but I haven't read them all, either.
There's one that involves a dispute between vampires and werewolves. It's one of the city guard books featuring Sam Vimes. It's after Night Watch but before Thud!, and blimey if I can think of the title…

Perhaps Robert Lynn Asprin's Myth Adventures series might have one involving an undead army?

Also Piers Anthony's Xanth series includes a character called the Zombie Master, who features prominently in Castle Roogna. But that's not really about fighting off a hoard of undead, either.

Is Castle Roogna comedy? Anyone named "the Zombie Master" is already set to be funny, methinks….

Doesnt' have to be fighting off a hoard of undead. Anything that is undead / funny / fantasy would be fine.

The only one of the Discworld watch books that really fits would be Fifth Elephant, but the main focus there is on werewolves (who qualify as undead on the Disc). Carpe Jugulum would probably be more in the vein (pun intended) you're looking for. The Truth also features a vampire as a supporting character, though the story isn't otherwise about the undead.

Other than Discworld I'm drawing a blank on comedic fantasy that includes undead.

The Man From U.N.D.E.A.D. ???

Married with Zombies was very funny. Married couple undergoing marriage counseling when their therapist attacks them after being bitten by a previous client. Whitty banter from 2 people who have gotten a little tired of each other and now have to cooperate.

Reminded by the other thread, the first of Glen Cook's Garrett P.I. series does include vampires. Despite the title it isn't urban fantasy, but a detective story set in a more traditional fantasy setting. One of the later books also features a ghost, some zombies, and an over-the-top necromancer. I apologize for not giving specific titles, but my brain is failing me right now.

Garrett P.I. sounds like "Private Investigator"?

That is indeed the case. Cook takes a lot of the tropes of classic detective stories and plops them into a fantasy world.

The Fifth Elephant— yes, that's the title of the werewolf book. Thanks, jbenton.

Oh, and the Xanth novels are funny, if you like puns. Lots and lots of puns. Otherwise they're mostly just light-hearted fantasy.

Personally, I've never found the Garrett novels to be all that funny; more of just a mash up of hardboiled detective novels and gritty fantasy. There are funny elements, but they're not comedy.