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* Meta-example: anything on the [[Dada Comics]] page, though its not like they try to make sense.
* ''[[Dresden Codak]]'' does this to varying degrees. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150426200436/http://dresdencodak.com/cartoons/dc_023.htm This one] is a complete [[Mind Screw]].
** Also: [http://dresdencodak.com/2010/02/09/the-process/ this one].
** The author admits to having been influenced by ''[[A Lesson Is Learned but The Damage Is Irreversible]]'' which seems to be nothing ''but'' a [[Mind Screw]]. Have [http://www.alessonislearned.com/lesson013.html a look].
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** Suggesting? He outright declares it on the very first page.
* ''[http://www.webcomicsnation.com/reinder/oddsends/series.php?view=archive=27167 Expecting to Fly]'' by Daniel Østvold.
* ''[[Adventurers!]]!'' [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this trope in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100627091339/http://www.adventurers-comic.com/d/20051224.html some sort of symbolic] climax.
* ''[[Grounded Angel]]'' ([https://web.archive.org/web/20100716044823/http://www.drunkduck.com/Grounded_Angel/index.php?p=97579 link]). Let me save you a couple of hours of mediocre art and predicable plot twists: the main character turns out to be [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|an angel]] who is being chased by demons and a cat-man who leads a cult, they want the power of a book that only she can open. And in the end when she gets to the book? Turns out humanity is not yet ready for the way she wants to use it, and [[Groundhog Day Loop|she gets to return to the start and do it all over again]] with her memories of the whole thing erased; oh, and she's been doing this for 176 years. Yeah, everything in the story occurred ''at least'' 64,240 times.
* [[Magic and Physics]] has this, generally in the presence of [[Fridge Logic]]. Once played with when a character just says the word [[Mind Screw]], and it has this effect on another character.
* The ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' guest arc "[http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=050530 The Sluggite Koan]" does this in a big way. What at first seems like a somewhat straightforward [[Refugee From TV Land]] and [[Trapped in TV Land]] story delves into weird symbolism, philosophy, and loads and loads of [[Metafiction Demanded This Index|Metafiction]].
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** It doesn't help that it is apparently, but not explicitly, set [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]].
* A ''[[Nedroid]]'' storyline ends on [http://nedroid.com/2007/03/beartato-63/ this screwy note].
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* Occasionally, ''[[Gene Catlow]]'' wanders into this, mainly due to the strange mix of philosophy, spirituality and sheer silliness.
* [[Bob and George]], the Entire series was just one big MIND SCREW, unless you pay attention to every detail, you are going to get lost.
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* [[Jerkcity]]. It's just a bunch of chat logs, mainly focused on UNIX, pot smoking, and homosexuality. OR IS IT?
* ''[[Homestuck]]'' starts off relatively easily to understand, but once the [[Kudzu Plot]] had taken root, updates are now more likely to bring up far more questions than they answer.
* In ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'', there is lots of it. When done intentionally, usually involves [http://www.egscomics.com/?date=2003-02-17 attempts to project the normal family tree] onto [[Opposite
* In-universe example in [http://www.xkcd.com/390/ this] ''[[Xkcd]]''.
* ''[[Face All Red]]'' derives most of its horror from this.
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