Comical poverty means extreme or pangs of poverty.

What was comical about the poverty that the Garoghlanian family lived in?

However, now every branch of the Garoghlanian tribe was living in the most amazing and comical poverty in the world. These poor people had no money. Nobody could understand where they ever got money enough to keep them with food in their bellies. The Garoghlanian tribes were famous for their honesty.

Why is the poverty of the Garoghlanian family described as most comical?

It stated that the Garoghlanians were honest but poor and poor; yet, they never engaged in any unethical behaviour in order to gain money or food. ... Their “poverty” is “comical” or ironic as the Garoghlanian family belonged to the Armenian ethnic group.