2007-09-10
Original: 2007-09-10 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man in a suit stands at a podium, holding a telephone receiver, presenting to an audience. Behind him is a whiteboard labeled "Fig 1.A" displaying the figure "$560,000,000".
Man: "That's my net worth, folks. But do I call that success in LIFE? Of course not! What does it mean to be truly successful? Just ask my wife and kids."
Panel 2:
Caption (yellow box): "That evening..."
That evening, the same man sits in an armchair at home. His wife stands with arms crossed, looking annoyed. Two children (a girl in pink and a boy in green) stand in front of an easel/presentation board that reads "$1,000,000,000" with a line graph. The boy holds a pointer at the board, apparently giving a presentation to his father, mirroring the father's earlier business pitch.
Votey:
A loose black-and-white sketch close-up of the boy at the presentation board, pointer in hand, tapping the chart ("TAP TAP TAP") which shows the figure "$1,000,...".
Boy: "I sure missed all of y--"
A man in a suit stands at a podium, holding a telephone receiver, presenting to an audience. Behind him is a whiteboard labeled "Fig 1.A" displaying the figure "$560,000,000".
Man: "That's my net worth, folks. But do I call that success in LIFE? Of course not! What does it mean to be truly successful? Just ask my wife and kids."
Panel 2:
Caption (yellow box): "That evening..."
That evening, the same man sits in an armchair at home. His wife stands with arms crossed, looking annoyed. Two children (a girl in pink and a boy in green) stand in front of an easel/presentation board that reads "$1,000,000,000" with a line graph. The boy holds a pointer at the board, apparently giving a presentation to his father, mirroring the father's earlier business pitch.
Votey:
A loose black-and-white sketch close-up of the boy at the presentation board, pointer in hand, tapping the chart ("TAP TAP TAP") which shows the figure "$1,000,...".
Boy: "I sure missed all of y--"
Alt text
Two-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a man in a suit stands at a podium holding a telephone receiver, presenting to a crowd. A whiteboard behind him labeled 'Fig 1.A' shows '$560,000,000'. He says, 'That's my net worth, folks. But do I call that success in LIFE? Of course not! What does it mean to be truly successful? Just ask my wife and kids.' Panel 2, captioned 'That evening...': at home, the same man slumps in an armchair while his arms-crossed, irritated wife and two kids confront him. A boy points at an easel reading '$1,000,000,000' with a line graph, delivering a corporate-style presentation back to his father, who has been absent making money. Votey: a rough black-and-white sketch of the boy tapping the chart ('TAP TAP TAP', showing '$1,000,...') and saying 'I sure missed all of y--', reinforcing that the family resents how much of their lives he missed while building his fortune.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.