2009-02-10
Original: 2009-02-10 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A preacher (an older balding man at a lectern) addresses two listeners.
Preacher: "AND, SEEING THE WORLD IN DISARRAY, GOD SENT HIS ONLY SON TO BUILD A BRIDGE BETWEEN THIS UNIVERSE AND HEAVEN."
First listener (a person with a ponytail): "WAIT. IF GOD IS PERFECT, HOW COME HE DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME?"
Preacher: "IS IT SO HARD TO IMAGINE THAT IT WAS PART OF GOD'S PLAN?"
Panel 2:
Caption banner: "HEAVEN: A.D. 1"
A winged angel holding a clipboard/papers stands beside a glowing yellow sun-like orb (God).
Angel: "GOD, THE UNIVERSE IS HERE TO SEE YOU."
God (the glowing orb): "OH CRAP. HE GOT THAT EXTENDED WARRANTY, DIDN'T HE?"
Votey:
The glowing orb (God) speaks to an offscreen figure (Jesus).
God: "HEY, JESUS WANNA DO ME A FAVOR?"
Jesus (a bearded man): "SURE! WHATCHA NEED?"
A preacher (an older balding man at a lectern) addresses two listeners.
Preacher: "AND, SEEING THE WORLD IN DISARRAY, GOD SENT HIS ONLY SON TO BUILD A BRIDGE BETWEEN THIS UNIVERSE AND HEAVEN."
First listener (a person with a ponytail): "WAIT. IF GOD IS PERFECT, HOW COME HE DIDN'T GET IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME?"
Preacher: "IS IT SO HARD TO IMAGINE THAT IT WAS PART OF GOD'S PLAN?"
Panel 2:
Caption banner: "HEAVEN: A.D. 1"
A winged angel holding a clipboard/papers stands beside a glowing yellow sun-like orb (God).
Angel: "GOD, THE UNIVERSE IS HERE TO SEE YOU."
God (the glowing orb): "OH CRAP. HE GOT THAT EXTENDED WARRANTY, DIDN'T HE?"
Votey:
The glowing orb (God) speaks to an offscreen figure (Jesus).
God: "HEY, JESUS WANNA DO ME A FAVOR?"
Jesus (a bearded man): "SURE! WHATCHA NEED?"
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: An older balding preacher stands at a lectern telling two listeners, "And, seeing the world in disarray, God sent his only son to build a bridge between this universe and Heaven." A skeptical listener asks, "Wait. If God is perfect, how come he didn't get it right the first time?" The preacher replies, "Is it so hard to imagine that it was part of God's plan?" Panel 2: A banner reads "Heaven: A.D. 1." An angel holding a clipboard tells God (depicted as a glowing yellow orb) that "the Universe is here to see you," and God responds, "Oh crap. He got that extended warranty, didn't he?" The joke frames sending Jesus as God scrambling to honor a product warranty on a defective universe. Votey (aftercomic): The glowing orb God asks an offscreen bearded Jesus, "Hey, Jesus, wanna do me a favor?" and Jesus replies, "Sure! Whatcha need?" implying God is about to send Jesus to deal with the warranty claim.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.