673: Garfield!
| Garfield! |
 Made by: Vic Fieger |
Explanation[edit | edit source]
A factorial, written as x! is the product of all the integers between 1 and x, inclusive. For this strip, the author took the "!" and interpreted it in this way, rather than its use as language punctuation. The panel number is used for x, and the result becomes how many times the same panel is put into the same space as the original panel. But, as x increases, the result increases greatly, requiring the panels to be shrunk to accommodate them more and more. By the fourth panel, we can no longer read thoughts (though we can still see that Garfield now has the birdhouse on his head), and from the fifth panel on, we can longer tell what's going on.
The author writes:[edit | edit source]
Garfield factorial - I can't believe nobody else did this one yet! Especially with all the times Jon shouts "GARFIELD!"
Original strip: 1988-08-21.
Transcript[edit | edit source]
Jon: GARFIELD!
Garfield: Who else?
{The second panel is split into two smaller, identical panels}
Garfield: Hmmm.
{The third panel is divided in the same way, this time in six pieces}
Garfield: You are about to witness my finest hour.
{The fourth panel is in 24 pieces}
Garfield: [illegible]
{The fifth panel is in 120 pieces}
[illegible]
{The sixth panel is in 720 pieces}
[illegible]
{The seventh panel is in 5,040 pieces}
[illegible]
{The eighth panel is in 40,320 pieces}
[illegible]
