2002-12-24
Original: 2002-12-24 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (main comic):
A man in a red jacket and bow tie stands at a bar or stage with a crowd of purple-toned silhouetted spectators behind him. He is tipping a drink up to his mouth, drinking from it. A wisp of smoke rises at left and small empty shot glasses sit on the counter in front of him.
Man (thought bubble): Voila.
Caption (below image): Harry Houdini does his famous "escape from reality" trick.
Votey:
Close-up of the same man's face, eyes half-lidded and bleary, looking intoxicated.
Man (speech bubble): NOW TO SNORT MY WAY BACK FROM THE NETHER WORLD.
A man in a red jacket and bow tie stands at a bar or stage with a crowd of purple-toned silhouetted spectators behind him. He is tipping a drink up to his mouth, drinking from it. A wisp of smoke rises at left and small empty shot glasses sit on the counter in front of him.
Man (thought bubble): Voila.
Caption (below image): Harry Houdini does his famous "escape from reality" trick.
Votey:
Close-up of the same man's face, eyes half-lidded and bleary, looking intoxicated.
Man (speech bubble): NOW TO SNORT MY WAY BACK FROM THE NETHER WORLD.
Alt text
Main comic: A single panel. A man in a red jacket and bow tie stands before a crowd of purple silhouetted onlookers at a bar, tipping a drink back to gulp it down, with empty shot glasses and a wisp of smoke on the counter. His thought bubble reads "Voila." The caption below reads: Harry Houdini does his famous "escape from reality" trick. The joke recasts heavy drinking as a magician's escape act. Votey (aftercomic): A close-up of the same man's face, eyes half-closed and visibly drunk, saying "NOW TO SNORT MY WAY BACK FROM THE NETHER WORLD" — implying he'll use cocaine to come back from his drunken stupor.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.