https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Thegreatgonzo 2026-05-23T18:44:38Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.30.0 https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=52:_Secret_Worlds&diff=39564 2013-06-05T16:02:05Z

<p>Thegreatgonzo: Adding reference to the Four color theorem</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 52<br /> | date = January 23, 2006<br /> | title = Secret Worlds<br /> | image = secret_worlds.jpg<br /> | titletext = No two adjacent circles are the same color.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete}}<br /> {{w|Neil Gaiman}} is a science fiction and fantasy author who came to fame for writing the comic book series {{w|The Sandman (Vertigo)|The Sandman}} about the anthropomorphic personification of dreams. The quote written in the circles in the comic comes from that series.<br /> The Title text is probably a reference to the {{w|Four color theorem}}.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> :[Pieces of a quote in circles with lines drawn in between them.]<br /> :[Some of the circles are small and colored.]<br /> :&quot;Everybody has a secret world inside of them.<br /> :All of the people in the whole world<br /> :I mean everybody<br /> :No matter how dull and boring they are on the outside<br /> :Inside they've all got unimaginable<br /> :magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing, worlds<br /> :Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands, maybe.&quot;<br /> :--Neil Gaiman<br /> :Sandman<br /> <br /> ==Trivia==<br /> *This is the fiftieth comic originally posted to livejournal. The previous comic was [[51: Malaria]], the next is [[53: Hobby]].<br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> [[Category:Comics posted on livejournal]]<br /> [[Category:Comics with color]]</div>

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