2007-03-31
Original: 2007-03-31 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (single panel):
Header text (yellow box): EXPERIMENTAL SMBC. THIS MAY LOOK LIKE A BLANK PANEL, BUT IF YOU PROJECT YOUR IDENTITY INTO THE EMPTY SPACE, YOU'LL DISCOVER THE METAHUMOR IN THE ABSURDITY OF CONVEYING REAL MOMENTS IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES:
Below the header: a large empty white panel (intentionally blank).
Editor's Note (below the comic): *Editor's Note: : I find it's also funny if you imagine a butt.
Votey:
A man sits at a desktop computer, viewed from behind/side.
Man: HYEH HYEH. ALL COMICS FROM NOW ON WILL END WITH "BUTT"
Header text (yellow box): EXPERIMENTAL SMBC. THIS MAY LOOK LIKE A BLANK PANEL, BUT IF YOU PROJECT YOUR IDENTITY INTO THE EMPTY SPACE, YOU'LL DISCOVER THE METAHUMOR IN THE ABSURDITY OF CONVEYING REAL MOMENTS IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES:
Below the header: a large empty white panel (intentionally blank).
Editor's Note (below the comic): *Editor's Note: : I find it's also funny if you imagine a butt.
Votey:
A man sits at a desktop computer, viewed from behind/side.
Man: HYEH HYEH. ALL COMICS FROM NOW ON WILL END WITH "BUTT"
Alt text
Main comic: A single panel. At the top is a yellow caption box reading "EXPERIMENTAL SMBC. This may look like a blank panel, but if you project your identity into the empty space, you'll discover the metahumor in the absurdity of conveying real moments in two-dimensional images:" Beneath it is a large, completely blank white panel. Below the whole comic, an editor's note reads: "*Editor's Note: : I find it's also funny if you imagine a butt." The joke is a pretentious art-comic framing of an empty panel, deflated by the note suggesting you just picture a butt. Votey (aftercomic): A man sits hunched at a desktop computer, chuckling. He says, "Hyeh hyeh. All comics from now on will end with 'butt'." — revealing the cartoonist gleefully resolving to keep using the butt gag.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.