» About     » Archive     » Submit     » Authors     » Search     » Random     » Specials     » Statistics     » Forum     » RSS Feed     Updates Daily

No. 727: Garfield of Theseus

First | Previous | 2011-05-16 | Next | Latest

Garfield of Theseus

First | Previous | 2011-05-16 | Next | Latest

Permanent URL: https://mezzacotta.net/garfield/?comic=727

Strip by: Toni Ylisirniö

Jon: Leave that station on, Garfield, it's "Hamlet".
TV: To be or not to be.
SFX: click
Jon: Hey! What are you doing?!
Garfield: Solving an existential dilemma with modern technology.

The author writes:

The Ship of Theseus is a paradox that deals with the sameness of things. Is the ship of Theseus still the same ship, after every part of it has been replaced?

Every element and pixel in this Garfield strip has been replaced piece by piece by equivalent pixels from other Garfield strips. Is it still the same image as it originally was? Is it still the same strip as it originally was?

[[Original strips: 1987-09-04 with replacement pixels from 1984-03-14, 1985-11-28, 1987-04-04, 1988-08-04, 1988-09-24, 1990-01-24, 1990-07-19, 1998-07-26, 2000-01-07, 2002-05-10, and 2006-04-22.]]

Original strips: 1984-03-14, 1985-11-28, 1987-04-04, 1987-09-04, 1988-08-04, 1988-09-24, 1990-01-24, 1990-07-19, 1998-07-26, 2000-01-07, 2002-05-10, 2006-04-22.