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2005-10-10

Original: 2005-10-10 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Main comic:

A single panel, close-up profile of a rough-looking, scarred man with stubble, against an orange background. A large knife or blade is visible in front of his face.

Man: "You know, the weird thing was that, as I strangled him, I could feel his soul bleeding out through my fingers, down into the dirt. That's how I know there's a hell, and that some day I'll bleed down into it too."

Caption (below panel): "We're currently considering other babysitting options."

Votey:

Top bar reads: "Reading this in 2015"

A balding, slightly older man looks contemplative.

Man: "Must've been a bad week in my personal life?"

Alt text

Main comic: a single panel showing a close-up side profile of a grizzled, scarred man with stubble against a bright orange background, a large knife blade in front of his face. He says: "You know, the weird thing was that, as I strangled him, I could feel his soul bleeding out through my fingers, down into the dirt. That's how I know there's a hell, and that some day I'll bleed down into it too." A caption beneath the panel reads: "We're currently considering other babysitting options." The joke: this menacing monologue is apparently coming from a prospective babysitter. Votey (aftercomic): a hand-drawn panel labeled "Reading this in 2015," where a balding man looks pensive and muses, "Must've been a bad week in my personal life?" - the author re-reading his own dark old comic and wondering what mood produced it.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.