2006-07-21
Original: 2006-07-21 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
The comic is presented in reverse chronological order, reading top to bottom.
Panel 1 (caption: "5 SECONDS AGO."): A hand holds an open greeting card. The card reads: "SORRY! THIS WAS THE ONLY TYPE OF CARD THEY HAD LEFT. ANYWAY, HAPPY 30th!" followed by a beginning of a sign-off, "love," (partially cut off).
Panel 2 (caption: "10 SECONDS AGO"): A close-up of a man with brown hair, looking distraught, with a tear or bead of sweat on his cheek.
Panel 3 (caption: "15 SECONDS AGO"): A hand holds a closed card with a purple/gray cover. The cover reads: "YOUR WIFE IS DEAD."
Votey:
A wordless drawing of a greeting-card store display rack. Three card-section header signs hang above the racks, labeled: "Birthday", "Bar Mitzvah", and "Unsentimental Declarations of Death". Below the signs are tiered shelves holding rows of blank greeting cards.
Panel 1 (caption: "5 SECONDS AGO."): A hand holds an open greeting card. The card reads: "SORRY! THIS WAS THE ONLY TYPE OF CARD THEY HAD LEFT. ANYWAY, HAPPY 30th!" followed by a beginning of a sign-off, "love," (partially cut off).
Panel 2 (caption: "10 SECONDS AGO"): A close-up of a man with brown hair, looking distraught, with a tear or bead of sweat on his cheek.
Panel 3 (caption: "15 SECONDS AGO"): A hand holds a closed card with a purple/gray cover. The cover reads: "YOUR WIFE IS DEAD."
Votey:
A wordless drawing of a greeting-card store display rack. Three card-section header signs hang above the racks, labeled: "Birthday", "Bar Mitzvah", and "Unsentimental Declarations of Death". Below the signs are tiered shelves holding rows of blank greeting cards.
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic told in reverse time order (captions count backward: "5 seconds ago," "10 seconds ago," "15 seconds ago"). Reading top to bottom: first, a hand holds an open card reading "Sorry! This was the only type of card they had left. Anyway, happy 30th! love,"; second, a brown-haired man's face crumpled in grief with a tear on his cheek; third, the same card seen closed, its purple cover bluntly stating "YOUR WIFE IS DEAD." The reverse order reveals that the heartfelt-looking birthday card he received actually has a death announcement on its front. Votey aftercomic: a wordless sketch of a greeting-card store rack with three section signs overhead reading "Birthday," "Bar Mitzvah," and "Unsentimental Declarations of Death," explaining why that was the only card available.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.