I think it’s partly marketing … very clever marketing and brain hooks … I just went to the comic website and looked at a few comics and yes most of them show that number and the cleverly hidden objects. But some of the comics don’t have the same number of hidden objects (eg: some list 5 but you can only find 4) … unless I’m doing it wrong and I just can’t see it.
If the artist did purposefully list 5 things but only show 4 … it would drive viewers mad trying to find something that isn’t there. It would also become a very memorable comic because it would bug people so much they would keep going back to it again and again.
It’s like that old college/high school prank people used to pass around years ago … you release three big fat dirty pigs into a school and let them run wild. You spray paint each pig with a number … 1, 2 and 4. Chances are authorities or school workers will find the three pigs but they’ll take a bit of extra time looking for Pig #3 before realizing it didn’t exist.
I think it’s partly marketing … very clever marketing and brain hooks … I just went to the comic website and looked at a few comics and yes most of them show that number and the cleverly hidden objects. But some of the comics don’t have the same number of hidden objects (eg: some list 5 but you can only find 4) … unless I’m doing it wrong and I just can’t see it.
If the artist did purposefully list 5 things but only show 4 … it would drive viewers mad trying to find something that isn’t there. It would also become a very memorable comic because it would bug people so much they would keep going back to it again and again.
It’s like that old college/high school prank people used to pass around years ago … you release three big fat dirty pigs into a school and let them run wild. You spray paint each pig with a number … 1, 2 and 4. Chances are authorities or school workers will find the three pigs but they’ll take a bit of extra time looking for Pig #3 before realizing it didn’t exist.