2008-11-26
Original: 2008-11-26 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
The comic is split into two side-by-side diary entries, each under a colored header bar. The left panel has a pink bar with the female symbol; the right panel has a blue bar with the male symbol. Both entries are dated the same day.
Left entry (under female symbol), in cursive handwriting:
NOVEMBER 26 2008
Dear Diary,
Today, I experienced the miracle of childbirth. It is a miracle in the truest sense.
I already feel that I have joined the ranks of all the mothers of history. It is as if my life [text trails off / cut off at bottom] ... up to this ...
Right entry (under male symbol), in blocky agitated handwriting:
NOVEMBER 26 2008
WHAT THE HELL?! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? My wife is asleep in her hospital room. I'm afraid to go inside. Who knows what she's capable of? WHAT THE GODDAMN HELL? EW! EW!
Votey:
A single panel. A wild-haired woman leaps over a barrier with arms spread wide and mouth open, calling out. A man with a startled expression peeks out from around the corner / doorway below her.
Woman: "HONEY? YOU IN HERE?"
Left entry (under female symbol), in cursive handwriting:
NOVEMBER 26 2008
Dear Diary,
Today, I experienced the miracle of childbirth. It is a miracle in the truest sense.
I already feel that I have joined the ranks of all the mothers of history. It is as if my life [text trails off / cut off at bottom] ... up to this ...
Right entry (under male symbol), in blocky agitated handwriting:
NOVEMBER 26 2008
WHAT THE HELL?! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? My wife is asleep in her hospital room. I'm afraid to go inside. Who knows what she's capable of? WHAT THE GODDAMN HELL? EW! EW!
Votey:
A single panel. A wild-haired woman leaps over a barrier with arms spread wide and mouth open, calling out. A man with a startled expression peeks out from around the corner / doorway below her.
Woman: "HONEY? YOU IN HERE?"
Alt text
A two-panel comic showing the same day, November 26 2008, as parallel diary entries. The left panel, headed by a pink bar with the female (Venus) symbol, is written in flowing cursive: 'Dear Diary, Today I experienced the miracle of childbirth. It is a miracle in the truest sense. I already feel that I have joined the ranks of all the mothers of history...' The right panel, headed by a blue bar with the male (Mars) symbol, is written in jagged, panicked block letters: 'WHAT THE HELL?! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON? My wife is asleep in her hospital room. I'm afraid to go inside. Who knows what she's capable of? WHAT THE GODDAMN HELL? EW! EW!' The joke contrasts the mother's serene awe at childbirth with the father's horror at the gory reality of it. Votey: a black-and-white panel where a wild-haired woman leaps over a barrier with arms spread wide and mouth open wide, shouting 'HONEY? YOU IN HERE?' while a wide-eyed, frightened man peeks out from a doorway below, evidently hiding from her.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.