2007-09-12
Original: 2007-09-12 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Caption (yellow banner at top): DATING TIPS: TRY NOT TO MAKE YOUR INADEQUACIES TOO OVERT.
A man (with short brown hair, blue shirt) stands close to a woman (brown hair, pink tank top) under a green night sky dotted with stars. He gestures upward while she stands with her arms crossed, looking unimpressed.
Man: "AND THAT CONSTELLATION IS ALSO CALLED 'I'M SO LONELY. PLEASE LOVE ME.'"
Votey:
A near-black panel with no text. Faint white dotted lines (like star outlines against a dark sky) form a sad, frowning face — two eyes, a nose, and a downturned mouth with a rounded chin below.
A man (with short brown hair, blue shirt) stands close to a woman (brown hair, pink tank top) under a green night sky dotted with stars. He gestures upward while she stands with her arms crossed, looking unimpressed.
Man: "AND THAT CONSTELLATION IS ALSO CALLED 'I'M SO LONELY. PLEASE LOVE ME.'"
Votey:
A near-black panel with no text. Faint white dotted lines (like star outlines against a dark sky) form a sad, frowning face — two eyes, a nose, and a downturned mouth with a rounded chin below.
Alt text
A single-panel SMBC comic. A yellow caption banner across the top reads: "DATING TIPS: TRY NOT TO MAKE YOUR INADEQUACIES TOO OVERT." Below, against a green star-dotted night sky, a brown-haired man in a blue shirt stands close beside a brown-haired woman in a pink tank top. He points up at the stars while she stands with her arms crossed, looking unimpressed. His speech bubble reads: "AND THAT CONSTELLATION IS ALSO CALLED 'I'M SO LONELY. PLEASE LOVE ME.'" The joke: his attempt at romantic stargazing nakedly broadcasts his desperation. Votey (aftercomic): an almost entirely black panel with no text, where faint white dotted star-lines sketch out a sad, frowning face — the lonely "constellation" itself, staring back from the dark.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.