2006-01-19
Original: 2006-01-19 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A traveler in a yellow hooded robe walks up a winding path toward a temple set among purple and snow-capped mountains.
Panel 2: An armored guard holding a polearm confronts the traveler.
Guard: HALT!
Panel 3: A red-faced, horned warrior in ornate armor holding a large curved blade addresses the traveler.
Warrior: ALL WHO ENTER MUST PROVE THEY HAVE RENOUNCED ALL LOVE, DESIRE, AND PLEASURES OF THE FLESH. IT MAY TAKE YEARS, BUT-
Panel 4: The yellow-robed traveler holds up a book. Its cover reads: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS PLAYER'S HANDBOOK.
Panel 5: The red-faced warrior, now seen close up, responds flatly.
Warrior: YOU MAY PASS.
Votey:
An old man with a beard, glasses, and a grimacing expression speaks.
Old man: That's a stereotype!
Panel 2: An armored guard holding a polearm confronts the traveler.
Guard: HALT!
Panel 3: A red-faced, horned warrior in ornate armor holding a large curved blade addresses the traveler.
Warrior: ALL WHO ENTER MUST PROVE THEY HAVE RENOUNCED ALL LOVE, DESIRE, AND PLEASURES OF THE FLESH. IT MAY TAKE YEARS, BUT-
Panel 4: The yellow-robed traveler holds up a book. Its cover reads: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS PLAYER'S HANDBOOK.
Panel 5: The red-faced warrior, now seen close up, responds flatly.
Warrior: YOU MAY PASS.
Votey:
An old man with a beard, glasses, and a grimacing expression speaks.
Old man: That's a stereotype!
Alt text
A five-panel comic. Panel 1: a figure in a yellow hooded robe climbs a winding path toward a temple in purple, snow-capped mountains. Panel 2: an armored guard with a polearm shouts "HALT!" Panel 3: a red-faced, horned warrior in ornate armor holding a curved blade declares, "All who enter must prove they have renounced all love, desire, and pleasures of the flesh. It may take years, but-" Panel 4: the robed traveler silently holds up a book titled "Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook." Panel 5: close on the warrior, who immediately says, "You may pass." The joke: playing D&D is taken as instant proof of having renounced all pleasures of the flesh. Votey: a bearded old man in glasses with an offended grimace protests, "That's a stereotype!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.