2002-11-01
Original: 2002-11-01 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Single panel:
A figure in the classic striped-shirt, bobble-hat, and round-glasses style of a "find the hidden character" puzzle has been partly converted into a machine. He has multiple metallic, tentacle-like robotic arms extending from his body, a mechanical/camera-lens-like apparatus over part of his face, a riveted metal patch on his torso, and a peg-leg prosthetic. He stands holding a cane.
Caption (below panel): "We found Waldo, but it was too late. He was already one of them."
Votey:
A small, crudely-drawn robotic stick figure with antenna-like protrusions stands alone. A speech bubble above it reads: "ASSIMILATE!"
A figure in the classic striped-shirt, bobble-hat, and round-glasses style of a "find the hidden character" puzzle has been partly converted into a machine. He has multiple metallic, tentacle-like robotic arms extending from his body, a mechanical/camera-lens-like apparatus over part of his face, a riveted metal patch on his torso, and a peg-leg prosthetic. He stands holding a cane.
Caption (below panel): "We found Waldo, but it was too late. He was already one of them."
Votey:
A small, crudely-drawn robotic stick figure with antenna-like protrusions stands alone. A speech bubble above it reads: "ASSIMILATE!"
Alt text
A single dark-bordered panel. A figure drawn in the unmistakable style of the striped-shirt, red-and-white bobble-hat, round-glasses 'spot the hidden man' puzzle character has been turned into a cyborg. Several metallic tentacle-like robotic arms snake out from his body, a mechanical camera-lens device covers part of his face, a riveted metal plate is bolted to his chest, and one leg is a peg-leg prosthetic; he leans on a cane. The caption beneath reads: 'We found Waldo, but it was too late. He was already one of them.' The joke: the famously hard-to-find character has been assimilated into a robotic collective. Votey (aftercomic): a tiny crudely-drawn robot stick figure stands alone, with a speech bubble shouting 'ASSIMILATE!'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.