Basic Elements

In light of Garfield Minus Garfield, (where if you photoshop out Garfield from the strips, it appears that Jon Arbuckle is slowly sliding into the depths of mental illness), I thought it might be interesting to think about what really makes a strip. The answer is surprising.

If someone weren't familiar with comic strips, and you wanted to plainly describe what some of the major ones were about, how would you do it? What are the basic elements of these strips? Well, it appears to be various forms of mental illness.

1. Obese feline
2. Bear with binge eating disorder and a young boy with beastophilia
3. Schizophrenic boy and tiger hallucination
4. Manic-depressive boy and dog with delusions of grandeur
5. Bulimic woman with general anxiety disorder
6. Suicidal cubicle worker and megalomaniac dog

Ready?

1. Garfield
2. Winnie the Pooh
3. Calvin and Hobbes
4. Peanuts
5. Cathy
6. Dilbert

Also just as funny, Realfield.