You, Me and the Apocalypse (2015-) TV series

A refreshing British comedy with very dark moments (violent murders) in which a group of related and unrelated misfits come together in a bunker in Slough, England, to wait out the impact of a comet/asteroid. This TV series premiered in the UK in September 2015 and in North America in January 2016. In addition to being set in Slough, other locations include Rome, Italy, and New Mexico, USA.

The Future and Why We Should Avoid It (2014) non-fiction book

The Future and Why We Should Avoid It: Killer Robots, The Apocalypse and Other Topics of Mild Concern (2014) by Scott Feschuk consists of his witty columns from Maclean's magazine. You may or may not want to take this seriously, with cheek in hand.

The Last Man on Earth (2015-) TV series

Given time, all things are possibly in TV-land, including a romantic comedy of post-apocalyptic proportions. Starring Will Forte as Phil Miller, who believes himself to be the last human on the planet after a virus epidemic, The Last Man on Earth is a promising and fresh comedy that debuted on the Fox Network on March 1, 2015.

Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep? (2014) non-fiction book

Do Zombies Dream of Undead Sheep?: A Neuroscientific View of the Zombie Brain by Timothy Verstynen and Bradley Voytek was published in 2014 by Princeton University Press. The title is a play on Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep which formed the basis for Ridley Scott's film Blade Runner (1982). The authors are neuroscientists and members of the Zombie Research Society. The book is intended to be taken seriously and as satire. The last chapter includes several survival tips for surviving the zombie apocalypse.

Shades of Grey (2009) novel

Jasper Fforde's highly imaginative and satirical look at a post-apocalyptic world organized around color scheme is one of the few novels to take a lighthearted approach to doomsday. In Shades of Grey, Fforde slowly reveals the strange workings of the Colortocracy that rules Chromatica, the world that exists after Something That Happened and where to be a Yellow, Red, Blue or any of the other acceptable colors, even Grey, defines one's sole being.

A Boy and His Dog (1975) movie

The 1975 post-nuclear apocalyptic movie A Boy and His Dog stars a young (obviously) Don Johnson as Vic, a loner wandering the desolated United States of 2024 after World War IV. He's accompanied by his telepathic dog Blood (voiced by Tim McIntire, who also co-wrote the music) who helps him ferret out a woman and food. The movie is based on a novella by acclaimed science fiction writer Harlan Ellison.

Armageddon (1941) short story

Fredric Brown specialized in short stories with a surprise ending. In his 1941 tale "Armageddon" a boy at a magic show manages to save the world from certain satanic doom with something very special inside his water pistol. And for that he gets punished by his father.

History Lesson (1949) short story

Venusians visit an Earth in the far future that is still experiencing a devastating, global ice age. What they discover hidden atop a mountain cave that has survived the glaciers will both stun and amuse you. Arthur C. Clarke's 1949 short story "History Lesson" is a true gem.

Field Guide to the Apocalypse (2005)

Meghann Marco's Field Guide to the Apocalypse: Movie Survival Skills for the End of the World is a humorous examination of the kinds of post-apocalyptic worlds we can expect and how to survive in them.

No Morning After (1954) short story

In his darkly humorous look at doomsday, "No Morning After," Arthur C. Clarke has a telepathic race of extraterrestrials contact a man to warn him of the Earth's imminent destruction from its sun going nova. In order to save the Earth's population, the aliens will create wormholes all over the Earth and through which people can enter to instantly find themselves on a new world. All the contactee has to do is inform others of what to do. Due to his personal problems, however, things don't go as planned for the aliens, except for the part about the sun exploding just as they had calculated it.