2002-10-29
Original: 2002-10-29 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (single panel)
A red-and-purple-robed figure (the headless horseman) sits at a dinner table across from an elderly woman in glasses, a yellow sweater, and an apron-like top who is eating a plate of food.
Headless horseman: MOM, I CAN'T JUST CUT OFF ANYONE'S HEAD AND WEAR IT. I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE RIGHT ONE TO COME ALONG.
Elderly woman (the mom): THAT'S FINE SWEETIE. IT'S JUST THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE MY OWN SON'S FACE SOME TIME BEFORE I DIE.
Headless horseman (gesturing, hands raised): YOU ALWAYS DO THIS!
Caption below the panel:
Eventually the headless horseman settled on the head of an overbearing elderly woman. It was odd at first, but it kept his mom quiet.
Dead quiet.
Votey:
A simple line drawing of a woman's head (now the head the horseman wears) with a slightly pained, deadpan expression.
Head: THIS MAY IMPACT MY DATING LIFE
A red-and-purple-robed figure (the headless horseman) sits at a dinner table across from an elderly woman in glasses, a yellow sweater, and an apron-like top who is eating a plate of food.
Headless horseman: MOM, I CAN'T JUST CUT OFF ANYONE'S HEAD AND WEAR IT. I HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE RIGHT ONE TO COME ALONG.
Elderly woman (the mom): THAT'S FINE SWEETIE. IT'S JUST THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE MY OWN SON'S FACE SOME TIME BEFORE I DIE.
Headless horseman (gesturing, hands raised): YOU ALWAYS DO THIS!
Caption below the panel:
Eventually the headless horseman settled on the head of an overbearing elderly woman. It was odd at first, but it kept his mom quiet.
Dead quiet.
Votey:
A simple line drawing of a woman's head (now the head the horseman wears) with a slightly pained, deadpan expression.
Head: THIS MAY IMPACT MY DATING LIFE
Alt text
Single-panel SMBC comic. At a dinner table, a hunched figure in a red-and-purple robe with no visible head (the Headless Horseman) sits across from an elderly woman in glasses, a yellow sweater, and an apron who is eating dinner. The horseman says, "Mom, I can't just cut off anyone's head and wear it. I have to wait for the right one to come along." His mother replies, "That's fine sweetie. It's just that I'd like to see my own son's face some time before I die." Throwing up his hands, he says, "You always do this!" Caption below: "Eventually the headless horseman settled on the head of an overbearing elderly woman. It was odd at first, but it kept his mom quiet. Dead quiet." Votey (aftercomic): a rough line drawing of the elderly woman's severed head, now worn by the horseman, with a resigned look, saying, "This may impact my dating life."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.