2008-08-09
Original: 2008-08-09 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (single panel):
A lab setting. Three scientists in lab coats and safety goggles. In the foreground (back of head visible), a person with red/orange hair and goggles. In the middle stands a dark-skinned scientist in a yellow shirt and tie, looking shaken, one hand outstretched. On the right, another scientist with grayish spiky hair throws both arms up triumphantly. On the wall behind, an equation is scrawled: "W = F + m · g · r^2" with a small diagram. Empty shoes (light blue sneakers) stand on the floor near the triumphant scientist's feet, with wisps of smoke rising from them, suggesting someone was vaporized out of their shoes.
Shaken scientist (middle): "YOU... Y-YOU..."
Shaken scientist (middle): "ATOMIZED HIM."
Caption below the panel:
"August 9:
Our wedgie research grant may be in danger."
Votey:
A simple line drawing of a person in profile looking down at a sheet of paper on a desk. The paper reads: "YOUR SON DIED FOR SCIENCE".
Caption below: "PS: PLEASE SEND MORE"
A lab setting. Three scientists in lab coats and safety goggles. In the foreground (back of head visible), a person with red/orange hair and goggles. In the middle stands a dark-skinned scientist in a yellow shirt and tie, looking shaken, one hand outstretched. On the right, another scientist with grayish spiky hair throws both arms up triumphantly. On the wall behind, an equation is scrawled: "W = F + m · g · r^2" with a small diagram. Empty shoes (light blue sneakers) stand on the floor near the triumphant scientist's feet, with wisps of smoke rising from them, suggesting someone was vaporized out of their shoes.
Shaken scientist (middle): "YOU... Y-YOU..."
Shaken scientist (middle): "ATOMIZED HIM."
Caption below the panel:
"August 9:
Our wedgie research grant may be in danger."
Votey:
A simple line drawing of a person in profile looking down at a sheet of paper on a desk. The paper reads: "YOUR SON DIED FOR SCIENCE".
Caption below: "PS: PLEASE SEND MORE"
Alt text
A single-panel comic set in a lab. Three scientists wear lab coats and safety goggles. In the foreground we see the back of a red-haired scientist's goggled head. In the center, a dark-skinned scientist in a yellow shirt stands shaken with a hand outstretched, saying "You... y-you... atomized him." On the right, a gray-haired scientist throws both arms up in triumph; in front of his feet sits an empty pair of light blue sneakers with smoke wisping up from them, implying a colleague was vaporized straight out of his shoes. An equation, W = F + m·g·r^2, is scrawled on the wall. Caption: "August 9: Our wedgie research grant may be in danger." Votey: a line drawing of a person looking down at a letter on a desk that reads "YOUR SON DIED FOR SCIENCE," with the caption "PS: PLEASE SEND MORE" — a callous fundraising appeal following the lethal experiment.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.