2008-12-12
Original: 2008-12-12 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Main comic (single panel, styled as a vintage photograph with a caption beneath):
A mountaineer in cold-weather gear (fur-lined cap, goggles, heavy green coat) is struck in the face by a large pink water balloon, which bursts against his cheek.
Sound effect (near the balloon): CRACK!
Mountaineer: AAH!
Handwritten caption below the photo:
"December 12, 1924.
Tragedy struck today as we celebrated the summit of Everest with an impromptu water balloon fight."
Votey:
The same goggled mountaineer holds a round water balloon in his hand, looking unimpressed.
Mountaineer: HEYYY... I DIDN'T FILL THESE WITH ICE!
A mountaineer in cold-weather gear (fur-lined cap, goggles, heavy green coat) is struck in the face by a large pink water balloon, which bursts against his cheek.
Sound effect (near the balloon): CRACK!
Mountaineer: AAH!
Handwritten caption below the photo:
"December 12, 1924.
Tragedy struck today as we celebrated the summit of Everest with an impromptu water balloon fight."
Votey:
The same goggled mountaineer holds a round water balloon in his hand, looking unimpressed.
Mountaineer: HEYYY... I DIDN'T FILL THESE WITH ICE!
Alt text
A single panel drawn to look like an old photograph with a handwritten caption. A 1920s mountaineer in a fur cap, goggles, and heavy green coat is hit square in the face by a bursting pink water balloon, lines radiating from the impact. A 'CRACK!' sound effect appears by the balloon and the man yells 'AAH!' The caption reads: 'December 12, 1924. Tragedy struck today as we celebrated the summit of Everest with an impromptu water balloon fight.' The joke: at freezing Everest altitudes a water balloon fight would be deadly. Votey: the same goggled climber, now in black-and-white sketch style, holds a water balloon and complains, 'HEYYY... I DIDN'T FILL THESE WITH ICE!' — realizing only belatedly that the cold makes the balloons hazardous.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.