2008-03-12
Original: 2008-03-12 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Two side-by-side panels, each with a yellow banner header.
Left panel header: GOOD DAY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL
Offscreen voice (from the left): HEY, KID. YOU WANNA BUY SOME DIRTY MAGAZINES?
Boy (a red-haired kid in a blue shirt): SURE!
Right panel header: BAD DAY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL
Offscreen voice (from the left): HEY, KID. YOU WANNA BUY SOME DIRTY MAGAZINES?
Boy (the same red-haired kid in a blue shirt): M-MOM?
Votey:
A close-up of the boy's face. Speech from off-panel: What's a magazine?
Left panel header: GOOD DAY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL
Offscreen voice (from the left): HEY, KID. YOU WANNA BUY SOME DIRTY MAGAZINES?
Boy (a red-haired kid in a blue shirt): SURE!
Right panel header: BAD DAY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL
Offscreen voice (from the left): HEY, KID. YOU WANNA BUY SOME DIRTY MAGAZINES?
Boy (the same red-haired kid in a blue shirt): M-MOM?
Votey:
A close-up of the boy's face. Speech from off-panel: What's a magazine?
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Both panels are labeled with yellow banners and show the same red-haired boy in a blue shirt standing in an alley. Left panel, labeled 'GOOD DAY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL': an unseen person off to the side asks, 'Hey, kid. You wanna buy some dirty magazines?' and the smiling boy answers, 'Sure!' Right panel, labeled 'BAD DAY IN MIDDLE SCHOOL': the same off-panel voice asks the identical question, but the boy looks alarmed and replies, 'M-Mom?' — implying the seller is his own mother. The votey aftercomic shows a close-up of the boy's worried face as an off-panel voice asks, 'What's a magazine?'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.