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2008-03-14

Original: 2008-03-14 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Main comic (single panel):
A woman with long brown hair (Cynthia, per the caption) stands behind a table in a purple-walled room, smiling gently. In the foreground, the back of the narrator is visible holding a mobile phone, its screen turned toward the reader.
Phone screen text: "TEXT: SIX MINUTES NOW"

Caption (below panel): Cynthia attempts to ease me into the break-up.

Votey:
A close-up sketch of a smiling woman's face.
Woman: "Any weekend plans?"

Alt text

Main comic, one panel: a smiling brown-haired woman named Cynthia stands behind a table in a purple room. In the foreground we see over the shoulder of the narrator, who holds up a mobile phone; its screen reads "TEXT: SIX MINUTES NOW." Caption beneath: "Cynthia attempts to ease me into the break-up." The joke is that she has texted him a countdown to being dumped while chatting pleasantly in person. Votey: a hand-drawn close-up of a smiling woman's face asking, "Any weekend plans?" — the casual small talk she keeps up while the break-up clock ticks.

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.