2005-09-17
Original: 2005-09-17 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man with wide, glowing yellow eyes and a strained grin clutches a meat cleaver to his chest with both hands. Behind him, through a doorway, a woman and a small child are visible in another room.
Man (thought/speech): BUT I DON'T WANNA KILL MY FAMILY... NO!... NO I SHOULDN'T. I-I'LL JUST WATCH A LITTLE TV. YEAH. THAT'S IT. NICE RELAXING TV...
Panel 2:
A television set with rabbit-ear antennas displays a checkmark (the Nike swoosh) and text.
TV: [swoosh checkmark] JUST DO IT.
Votey:
A close-up of the man's face, now distraught. A speech bubble points off toward a dripping, blood-soaked object (a shoe/cleaver).
Man: I'm suing Nike.
A man with wide, glowing yellow eyes and a strained grin clutches a meat cleaver to his chest with both hands. Behind him, through a doorway, a woman and a small child are visible in another room.
Man (thought/speech): BUT I DON'T WANNA KILL MY FAMILY... NO!... NO I SHOULDN'T. I-I'LL JUST WATCH A LITTLE TV. YEAH. THAT'S IT. NICE RELAXING TV...
Panel 2:
A television set with rabbit-ear antennas displays a checkmark (the Nike swoosh) and text.
TV: [swoosh checkmark] JUST DO IT.
Votey:
A close-up of the man's face, now distraught. A speech bubble points off toward a dripping, blood-soaked object (a shoe/cleaver).
Man: I'm suing Nike.
Alt text
Main comic: A man with wide glowing yellow eyes and a tense smile hugs a large meat cleaver to his chest, fighting an urge. His wife and child are visible in the next room. He talks himself down: 'BUT I DON'T WANNA KILL MY FAMILY... NO! ... NO I SHOULDN'T. I-I'LL JUST WATCH A LITTLE TV. YEAH. THAT'S IT. NICE RELAXING TV...' He turns on the TV, which shows the Nike swoosh and the slogan 'JUST DO IT.' — the worst possible message to give a man resisting murderous impulses. Votey: A close-up of the same man, now anguished, beside a blood-soaked object. He says, 'I'm suing Nike.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.