2006-09-11
Original: 2006-09-11 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A magician in a top hat and tuxedo, with a long white beard, stands on a stage with red curtains. A white dove flies up from his outstretched hand.
Panel 2 (two audience members seated, watching):
Woman (brown hair, yellow shirt): Wow! He just made that dove appear out of nowhere!
Man (orange hair, blue shirt): Psh! Everybody knows how that trick works.
Panel 3: The orange-haired man turns to a large, muscular, horned figure (Satan) seated beside him.
Man: Hey Satan - I'll give you my soul if you make a dove appear from my hands.
Panel 4: A white dove appears at the orange-haired man's hands as he gestures toward the woman.
Man: Bam!
Panel 5:
Woman (pointing): Wow, look! The magician did it again!
Man: (stares, mouth open)
Panel 6: Close on Satan, who looks puzzled.
Satan: Hey, I'm stumped too.
Votey: A black-and-white sketch of the orange-haired man's face now engulfed in flames, looking miserable. Handwritten text beside him reads: "Man, damnation sucks."
Panel 2 (two audience members seated, watching):
Woman (brown hair, yellow shirt): Wow! He just made that dove appear out of nowhere!
Man (orange hair, blue shirt): Psh! Everybody knows how that trick works.
Panel 3: The orange-haired man turns to a large, muscular, horned figure (Satan) seated beside him.
Man: Hey Satan - I'll give you my soul if you make a dove appear from my hands.
Panel 4: A white dove appears at the orange-haired man's hands as he gestures toward the woman.
Man: Bam!
Panel 5:
Woman (pointing): Wow, look! The magician did it again!
Man: (stares, mouth open)
Panel 6: Close on Satan, who looks puzzled.
Satan: Hey, I'm stumped too.
Votey: A black-and-white sketch of the orange-haired man's face now engulfed in flames, looking miserable. Handwritten text beside him reads: "Man, damnation sucks."
Alt text
A six-panel comic. Panel 1: a bearded magician in a top hat conjures a white dove on a red-curtained stage. Panel 2: two seated audience members react; a woman in yellow marvels, "Wow! He just made that dove appear out of nowhere!" while an orange-haired man in blue scoffs, "Psh! Everybody knows how that trick works." Panel 3: the man turns to a huge horned Satan beside him and offers, "Hey Satan - I'll give you my soul if you make a dove appear from my hands." Panel 4: a dove appears at the man's hands; he says "Bam!" Panel 5: the woman points and cheers, "Wow, look! The magician did it again!" while the man stares dumbfounded, realizing she gave the credit to the stage magician, not him. Panel 6: a confused Satan admits, "Hey, I'm stumped too" - the man sold his soul yet no one was impressed and even Satan can't explain it. Votey: a rough sketch of the man's face surrounded by flames, with handwritten text: "Man, damnation sucks."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.