2009-02-01
Original: 2009-02-01 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Man with red/orange hair (holding open a ring box, standing between two women): I KNOW YOU NEED A DECISION, SO HOW'S THIS: FIRST PERSON TO GIVE BIRTH TO MY CHILD GETS THIS WEDDING RING. YOU'RE LIKE RACECAR DRIVERS!
(The man stands smiling, presenting a wedding ring in an open box, with a woman in a blue shirt on his left and a woman in a pink shirt on his right.)
Votey:
Close-up of the same red-haired man's face, looking determined/intense, with two clenched fists raised.
Sound effect / man's vocalization: VROOM! VROOM! VROOM!
Votey panel two (line-art): The man (now grinning, arm extended to gesture) presents two additional women: AND MEET PLAYERS THREE AND FOUR!
Man with red/orange hair (holding open a ring box, standing between two women): I KNOW YOU NEED A DECISION, SO HOW'S THIS: FIRST PERSON TO GIVE BIRTH TO MY CHILD GETS THIS WEDDING RING. YOU'RE LIKE RACECAR DRIVERS!
(The man stands smiling, presenting a wedding ring in an open box, with a woman in a blue shirt on his left and a woman in a pink shirt on his right.)
Votey:
Close-up of the same red-haired man's face, looking determined/intense, with two clenched fists raised.
Sound effect / man's vocalization: VROOM! VROOM! VROOM!
Votey panel two (line-art): The man (now grinning, arm extended to gesture) presents two additional women: AND MEET PLAYERS THREE AND FOUR!
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic. Main panel: a smiling man with red hair stands between two women, holding open a small box containing a wedding ring. His speech bubble reads: 'I know you need a decision, so how's this: first person to give birth to my child gets this wedding ring. You're like racecar drivers!' The two women look at him skeptically. Votey (aftercomic), first beat: a close-up of the red-haired man's face, intense, with two raised clenched fists, making engine noises: 'Vroom! Vroom! Vroom!' as if revving up for the race. Final beat (black-and-white line art): the grinning man gestures to introduce two more women, saying 'And meet players three and four!' The joke: he treats marriage and childbearing as a competitive race and keeps adding more 'contestants.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.