2003-05-01
Original: 2003-05-01 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A boy (Bobby) holding a paper lunch bag, with a banana and an apple in front of him, leans toward a blonde girl (Susie) who is seated at a table with her own lunchbox and a glass of juice.
Bobby: HEY SUSIE. WANNA SHARE LUNCH WITH ME?
Susie (shouting, turned away): MRS. SHELTON! BOBBY'S BEING A COMMUNIST!
Votey:
Close-up of a stern adult woman (Mrs. Shelton).
Mrs. Shelton: BOBBY, EAT YOUR SUPERIOR LUNCH ALONE.
A boy (Bobby) holding a paper lunch bag, with a banana and an apple in front of him, leans toward a blonde girl (Susie) who is seated at a table with her own lunchbox and a glass of juice.
Bobby: HEY SUSIE. WANNA SHARE LUNCH WITH ME?
Susie (shouting, turned away): MRS. SHELTON! BOBBY'S BEING A COMMUNIST!
Votey:
Close-up of a stern adult woman (Mrs. Shelton).
Mrs. Shelton: BOBBY, EAT YOUR SUPERIOR LUNCH ALONE.
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Main panel: a brown-haired boy holding a paper lunch bag, with an apple and banana on the table, smiles and leans toward a blonde girl seated with her own pink lunchbox and a glass of juice. He says, 'Hey Susie. Wanna share lunch with me?' The girl turns away and shouts, 'Mrs. Shelton! Bobby's being a communist!' — treating an offer to share food as a political offense. Votey (black-and-white aftercomic): a close-up of a stern adult teacher, Mrs. Shelton, who says, 'Bobby, eat your superior lunch alone,' delivering capitalist-tinged moralizing about not sharing.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.