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| date = November 21, 2005 | | date = November 21, 2005 | ||
| title = Self-reference | | title = Self-reference | ||
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| image = self-reference.jpg | | image = self-reference.jpg | ||
| titletext = I think about self-reference a lot. Example: this comment. | | titletext = I think about self-reference a lot. Example: this comment. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | + | {{w|Self-reference}} is a situation where something (a comic, a drawing, a musical work, a novel, a mathematical theorem) refers to itself in some manner. This can be a powerful technique in art, music, mathematics, and computer science (it is the basis of recursion). In this comic, [[Cueball]] promises not to use self-reference for humor, and then realizes after a beat panel that, since this comic is referring to the series of comics he is part of, he is using self-reference, thus breaking his promise. | |
| − | + | Without the last panel, this comic wouldn't be funny, and therefore wouldn't break the promise about using self-reference for humor. But with it, and his realization that he is breaking his promise, it does break that promise. Self-references have been used most famously later in [[688: Self-Description]], but was already used in [[6: Irony]] and also in [[:Category:Self-reference|other comics]]. The webcomic Comic JK made a [https://web.archive.org/web/20140323234759/http://comicjk.com/comic.php/44 spoof of this comic]. | |
| − | The title text is just another humorous | + | The title text is just another humorous self-reference. |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
| − | + | * This was the thirty-fifth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[32: Pillar]], and the next one was [[41: Old Drawing]]. | |
| + | *Original title: "Friday's Drawing - Self-reference" | ||
| + | ** Randall had some issues around this time. The Friday comic from the week before (and also this week) came out on a Saturday. | ||
| + | ** And this comic is a Monday comic, released on a Monday morning. | ||
| + | * This comic was posted on [[xkcd]] when the web site opened on Sunday the 1st of January 2006. | ||
| + | ** It was posted along [[:Category:First day on xkcd|with all 41 comics]] posted before that on LiveJournal as well as a few others. | ||
| + | ** The latter explaining why the numbers of these 41 LiveJournal comics ranges from 1-44. | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 35]] | [[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 35]] | ||
| − | [[Category:First day on xkcd | + | [[Category:First day on xkcd]] |
[[Category:Checkered paper]] | [[Category:Checkered paper]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Self-reference]] | [[Category:Self-reference]] | ||
[[Category:Comics with lowercase text]] | [[Category:Comics with lowercase text]] | ||
