128: Garfield Minus (Garfield Minus Garfield)

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Garfield Minus (Garfield Minus Garfield)
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Made by: Andrew McGrae


Explanation[edit | edit source]

Removing everything from a strip of Garfield except Garfield himself, then removing everything from the original strip that was not removed, leaves just the cat himself. Expressed mathematically, Strip - (Strip - Garfield) = Strip - Strip + Garfield = Garfield.

This particular strip was chosen to exploit Garfield's apparent recognition of everything else having disappeared.

The author writes:[edit | edit source]

I'm actually surprised this idea hasn't been used yet (unless it has and it's still in the buffer).

Original strip: 1989-10-24

Transcript[edit | edit source]

{A field of white, with only Garfield in it}
Garfield: Jon? Odie?
Garfield: Anybody home?
Garfield: I'm alone.