2007-01-20
Original: 2007-01-20 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Main comic (single panel):
Setting: A train or subway platform near a sign reading "GATE 14." In the background stands a man in a trench coat wearing dark sunglasses, arms crossed. In the foreground is a balding, bearded man in a blue shirt and tie.
Man in trench coat: "NOT ANOTHER STEP, DOCTOR SEARLE."
Bearded man (small speech bubble): "OH GOD NO!"
Caption (below panel): "How does he know about my fear of trenchcoats?!"
Votey:
Two characters in close-up.
First character: "THERE WAS A GUN IN THERE?"
Second character: "THAT'S EVEN WORSE!"
Setting: A train or subway platform near a sign reading "GATE 14." In the background stands a man in a trench coat wearing dark sunglasses, arms crossed. In the foreground is a balding, bearded man in a blue shirt and tie.
Man in trench coat: "NOT ANOTHER STEP, DOCTOR SEARLE."
Bearded man (small speech bubble): "OH GOD NO!"
Caption (below panel): "How does he know about my fear of trenchcoats?!"
Votey:
Two characters in close-up.
First character: "THERE WAS A GUN IN THERE?"
Second character: "THAT'S EVEN WORSE!"
Alt text
A single-panel comic set on a train platform beneath a "GATE 14" sign. In the background, a stern man in a trench coat and dark sunglasses stands with arms crossed and says, "Not another step, Doctor Searle." In the foreground, a balding bearded man in a blue shirt and tie reacts in terror, exclaiming "Oh God no!" The caption below reads: "How does he know about my fear of trenchcoats?!" The joke is that the menacing confrontation only frightens the doctor because of his phobia of trench coats, not the implied threat. Votey (bonus panel): The two men in close-up; one asks, "There was a gun in there?" and the doctor replies, "That's even worse!" — revealing he is more afraid of the coat itself than of the weapon it concealed.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.