Blimey, HiLo - I haven't even heard of any of those, much less read them.

Food for thought.

If you can get them in translation, I recommend the collections of short, witty and whimsical, off-the-wall pieces by the late 19th century French writer Alphone Allais. Very tart and often dark humour. Miles Kington, the (deceased) English humorous writer and musician, translated some of Allais' pieces into idiomatic English as The World of Alphonse Allais, in the United States.

Well worth a read.