2008-10-31
Original: 2008-10-31 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man with red flame-like hair, wearing a blue dress shirt and tie, leans toward a child in a Halloween devil mask (pushed up onto the side of the face) who is holding a candy apple. The man speaks.
Man: "Jeepers! You're almost twelve? You'll need to start shaving soon. Here, I'll put this razor blade in your candy apple so you can have it for later. Have a safe Halloween, and God bless America."
Caption below the comic: "Today's comic paid for by the Zach Weiner Legal Defense Fund."
Votey:
A simply-drawn man stands looking nervous/sweating.
Man: "I'm Zach Weiner, and I'm running from the law."
A man with red flame-like hair, wearing a blue dress shirt and tie, leans toward a child in a Halloween devil mask (pushed up onto the side of the face) who is holding a candy apple. The man speaks.
Man: "Jeepers! You're almost twelve? You'll need to start shaving soon. Here, I'll put this razor blade in your candy apple so you can have it for later. Have a safe Halloween, and God bless America."
Caption below the comic: "Today's comic paid for by the Zach Weiner Legal Defense Fund."
Votey:
A simply-drawn man stands looking nervous/sweating.
Man: "I'm Zach Weiner, and I'm running from the law."
Alt text
A man with red flame-like hair in a blue shirt and tie leans toward a trick-or-treating child wearing a devil mask and holding a candy apple. He says cheerfully: "Jeepers! You're almost twelve? You'll need to start shaving soon. Here, I'll put this razor blade in your candy apple so you can have it for later. Have a safe Halloween, and God bless America." A caption reads: "Today's comic paid for by the Zach Weiner Legal Defense Fund." The joke twists the classic urban-legend fear of razor blades hidden in Halloween candy into a folksy, well-meaning gift. Votey: A roughly-drawn, sweating man says, "I'm Zach Weiner, and I'm running from the law" — the cartoonist jokingly implicating himself.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.