2002-12-30
Original: 2002-12-30 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
An old man lying in bed, reaching out a hand weakly as he speaks his dying words. A bald figure sits at his bedside watching.
Dying man: "ROOOSEBUUUUD... AND MORE MONNNEY... MORE... CASH... MONNEY..."
Caption (below panel): The actual last words of Citizen Kane.
Votey:
A loose sketch of the dying man's reaching hand and head, with more mumbled last words written above.
Dying man: "ALSO STOCK AND SLAVES."
An old man lying in bed, reaching out a hand weakly as he speaks his dying words. A bald figure sits at his bedside watching.
Dying man: "ROOOSEBUUUUD... AND MORE MONNNEY... MORE... CASH... MONNEY..."
Caption (below panel): The actual last words of Citizen Kane.
Votey:
A loose sketch of the dying man's reaching hand and head, with more mumbled last words written above.
Dying man: "ALSO STOCK AND SLAVES."
Alt text
A black-and-white comic. In the main panel, a frail old man lies in bed reaching out a trembling hand while a bald figure sits at his bedside. He gasps his final words: "Rooosebuuuud... and more monnney... more... cash... monney..." A caption below reads: "The actual last words of Citizen Kane." The joke punctures the famously poignant deathbed line "Rosebud" by mixing it with greedy mutterings about money. In the votey (aftercomic), a rough sketch of the same dying man's outstretched hand adds yet more last words: "Also stock and slaves."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.