Hochbegabter Mann, befähigt, durch die bloße Erdumdrehung einen Eindruck von Geschwindigkeit zu empfinden

Chaval’s single-panel gag for Diogenes Verlag, first published in 1974 and still in print, finds a sly, absurdist premise in its very title: a gifted man whose only superpower is sensing speed from the Earth’s rotation. Running just one issue, this comic uses Chaval’s signature deadpan line and wry humor to turn a scientific fact into a quiet, existential joke. It’s a perfect, self-contained example of the European one-panel tradition, where a simple idea is given enough room to feel both clever and oddly profound.