2005-03-05
Original: 2005-03-05 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (single panel):
A group of people sit around a dinner table sharing a meal, with a roast turkey, cups, and plates spread out. A man with blond hair in a purple shirt throws his arms up enthusiastically and exclaims:
Blond man: "HOW FAT WAS SHE?" (the word "WAS" is underlined for emphasis)
Caption below the panel: "This might have been a funny lead-in to a joke if anyone had made reference to a fat woman in the conversation thus far."
Votey:
A close-up of a bearded man (the cartoonist) looking down, resting his chin on his hand.
Bearded man: "I SHOULD NEVER DRAW PERSPECTIVE AGAIN."
A group of people sit around a dinner table sharing a meal, with a roast turkey, cups, and plates spread out. A man with blond hair in a purple shirt throws his arms up enthusiastically and exclaims:
Blond man: "HOW FAT WAS SHE?" (the word "WAS" is underlined for emphasis)
Caption below the panel: "This might have been a funny lead-in to a joke if anyone had made reference to a fat woman in the conversation thus far."
Votey:
A close-up of a bearded man (the cartoonist) looking down, resting his chin on his hand.
Bearded man: "I SHOULD NEVER DRAW PERSPECTIVE AGAIN."
Alt text
A crowded dinner-table scene drawn in a wobbly perspective: several people sit around a table laden with a roast turkey, cups, and plates. A blond man in a purple shirt throws both arms up and shouts in a large speech bubble, "HOW FAT WAS SHE?" with "WAS" underlined. A caption beneath reads: "This might have been a funny lead-in to a joke if anyone had made reference to a fat woman in the conversation thus far." The joke is that he's delivering a setup line out of nowhere. The votey (aftercomic) shows a close-up of a bearded man resting his chin on his hand, looking down dejectedly, saying, "I SHOULD NEVER DRAW PERSPECTIVE AGAIN." — the artist mocking his own struggle to render the table-and-crowd perspective in the main panel.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.