2007-10-10
Original: 2007-10-10 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A glowing sun-like presence shines rays down on a bearded old man.
Voice from the sun: "SACRIFICE YOUR SON TO ME, ABRAHAM!"
Panel 2: Caption: "LATER..." The old man stands over a younger bearded man who is bound on an altar/table, the old man raising a knife.
Voice from the sun: "STOP! YOU, UH, YOU SHOWED YOUR FAITH... NO NEED TO KILL YOUR SON."
Panel 3: The old man clasps his hands, looking up.
Old man: "TRULY YOU ARE A MERCIFUL LORD!"
Voice from the sun: "RIGHT... YEAH..."
Panel 4: Caption: "ELSEWHERE..." A different bald, bearded man sits beneath a blue sky with a bright sun.
Voice from the sun: "SACRIFICE YOUR SON TO ME!"
Panel 5: The old man (Abraham) walks away holding a scroll, looking back.
Voice from the sun: "ABRAHAN!"
The scroll in the foreground reads: "Abraham" (the final letter looking ambiguous between an 'm' and an 'n').
Votey: A hand-drawn black-and-white panel. A speech bubble reads: "I should drink less." Below it is a clock face with no hands and no numbers — just the tick marks scattered crookedly around the dial.
Voice from the sun: "SACRIFICE YOUR SON TO ME, ABRAHAM!"
Panel 2: Caption: "LATER..." The old man stands over a younger bearded man who is bound on an altar/table, the old man raising a knife.
Voice from the sun: "STOP! YOU, UH, YOU SHOWED YOUR FAITH... NO NEED TO KILL YOUR SON."
Panel 3: The old man clasps his hands, looking up.
Old man: "TRULY YOU ARE A MERCIFUL LORD!"
Voice from the sun: "RIGHT... YEAH..."
Panel 4: Caption: "ELSEWHERE..." A different bald, bearded man sits beneath a blue sky with a bright sun.
Voice from the sun: "SACRIFICE YOUR SON TO ME!"
Panel 5: The old man (Abraham) walks away holding a scroll, looking back.
Voice from the sun: "ABRAHAN!"
The scroll in the foreground reads: "Abraham" (the final letter looking ambiguous between an 'm' and an 'n').
Votey: A hand-drawn black-and-white panel. A speech bubble reads: "I should drink less." Below it is a clock face with no hands and no numbers — just the tick marks scattered crookedly around the dial.
Alt text
A six-panel color SMBC comic retelling the Binding of Isaac. Panel 1: a glowing sun, representing God, shines down on a bearded old man and says "SACRIFICE YOUR SON TO ME, ABRAHAM!" Panel 2 ("LATER..."): the old man raises a knife over his bound son on an altar; the sun-voice says "STOP! YOU, UH, YOU SHOWED YOUR FAITH... NO NEED TO KILL YOUR SON." Panel 3: the old man clasps his hands gratefully and says "TRULY YOU ARE A MERCIFUL LORD!" while the sun-voice mutters "RIGHT... YEAH..." Panel 4 ("ELSEWHERE..."): a different bald bearded man sits under a sun-voice commanding "SACRIFICE YOUR SON TO ME!" Final panel: the sun-voice yells "ABRAHAN!" as Abraham walks away holding a scroll; the scroll reads "Abraham" with an ambiguous last letter. The joke: God misread the name on his list and bothered the wrong man, having no real intention of stopping that one. Votey: a hand-drawn black-and-white panel with a speech bubble saying "I should drink less" above a clock face that has its tick marks scattered randomly and crookedly around the dial, implying the drunk narrator can't read the clock.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.