2005-05-23
Original: 2005-05-23 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (single panel — a courtroom scene):
The defendant, a blond man in a suit standing at the witness stand with one finger raised: "I DIDN'T KILL MY WIFE! YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME! SCOUTS HONOR!"
From the jury box (filled with jurors): "GASP!"
The jurors, quieter: "murmur murmur..."
A bald judge sits at the bench on the left; another figure is seen from behind in the foreground.
Caption beneath the panel:
A hush fell over the jury. Foreman Susie squinted in the defendant's direction, rolling her loyalty badge over and over in her right hand.
"Alright," she whispered to herself, "I'll hear his story. But, if he's lying, he'll fry for this."
Votey:
A round badge/button shown in close-up, drawn like a smiling cartoon face. Curved text along the bottom of the badge reads: "BLOODLUST!"
The defendant, a blond man in a suit standing at the witness stand with one finger raised: "I DIDN'T KILL MY WIFE! YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME! SCOUTS HONOR!"
From the jury box (filled with jurors): "GASP!"
The jurors, quieter: "murmur murmur..."
A bald judge sits at the bench on the left; another figure is seen from behind in the foreground.
Caption beneath the panel:
A hush fell over the jury. Foreman Susie squinted in the defendant's direction, rolling her loyalty badge over and over in her right hand.
"Alright," she whispered to herself, "I'll hear his story. But, if he's lying, he'll fry for this."
Votey:
A round badge/button shown in close-up, drawn like a smiling cartoon face. Curved text along the bottom of the badge reads: "BLOODLUST!"
Alt text
A black-and-white-and-color courtroom comic. A blond defendant in a suit stands with one finger raised and shouts, "I didn't kill my wife! You have to believe me! Scouts honor!" A bald judge sits at the bench on the left, and a jury box full of jurors reacts with "GASP!" and "murmur murmur..." A caption below reads: "A hush fell over the jury. Foreman Susie squinted in the defendant's direction, rolling her loyalty badge over and over in her right hand. 'Alright,' she whispered to herself, 'I'll hear his story. But, if he's lying, he'll fry for this.'" The votey (aftercomic) is a close-up of Susie's round loyalty badge, drawn as a cheerful smiling cartoon face, with curved text at the bottom that reads "BLOODLUST!" — revealing her 'loyalty' badge is actually a bloodlust badge.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.