2003-02-14
Original: 2003-02-14 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A blond man with a crossbow bolt stuck in his chest stands facing a red-haired woman in a red shirt. He gestures with his hands, indignant.
Blond man: "YOU SHOT ME WITH A CROSSBOW?! THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU DO ON VALENTINE'S DAY! DON'T YOU KNOW ANYTHING?!"
Votey:
A close-up of a man's face, drawn in a loose sketch style, with a crossbow bolt embedded in his neck/shoulder and a trickle of blood at his mouth.
Man: "VALENTINE'S IS A BULLSHIT HOLIDAY."
A blond man with a crossbow bolt stuck in his chest stands facing a red-haired woman in a red shirt. He gestures with his hands, indignant.
Blond man: "YOU SHOT ME WITH A CROSSBOW?! THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU DO ON VALENTINE'S DAY! DON'T YOU KNOW ANYTHING?!"
Votey:
A close-up of a man's face, drawn in a loose sketch style, with a crossbow bolt embedded in his neck/shoulder and a trickle of blood at his mouth.
Man: "VALENTINE'S IS A BULLSHIT HOLIDAY."
Alt text
Main comic, single panel: A blond man with a crossbow bolt stuck in his chest stands facing a red-haired woman in a red shirt. He gestures with both hands, looking indignant, and shouts: "You shot me with a crossbow?! That's not what you do on Valentine's Day! Don't you know anything?!" Votey (aftercomic): A loose sketch close-up of a man's face with a crossbow bolt embedded in his neck and blood trickling from his mouth, deadpan, saying: "Valentine's is a bullshit holiday." The joke: getting shot with a crossbow turns the man cynical about the holiday, and the votey reframes Cupid's arrow as literal violence.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.