2009-03-17
Original: 2009-03-17 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man in a red costume with a spacesuit-like collar appears in a doorway, arms spread wide.
Panel 2: Close-up of the man, smiling.
Man: I'm here from space to make love to you.
Panel 3: A woman with orange hair sits up in bed, delighted.
Woman: I knew it! Did you see my lawn sign asking for aliens to come to Earth to create hybrids?
Panel 4: Close-up of the man.
Man: Indeed.
Panel 5: The man and woman kiss.
(A large combined male/female astronomical/gender symbol appears between the upper and lower halves of the comic.)
Panel 6: The man, now back in his spacesuit, heads toward a doorway as the woman watches from bed.
Woman: Where are you going, spaceman?
Man: Back to my home planet.
Woman: Goodbye, my love. Goodbye and good luck.
Panel 7: The woman looks down, alone.
Panel 8: Close-up of the woman, looking sad and thoughtful.
Panel 9: The woman stands in a doorway, looking outside, where the man is riding away down an alley on a bicycle.
Votey:
The woman, looking unimpressed/skeptical.
Voice (the man, off-panel, in a speech bubble): It's a space-cycle! They look like bicycles!
Panel 2: Close-up of the man, smiling.
Man: I'm here from space to make love to you.
Panel 3: A woman with orange hair sits up in bed, delighted.
Woman: I knew it! Did you see my lawn sign asking for aliens to come to Earth to create hybrids?
Panel 4: Close-up of the man.
Man: Indeed.
Panel 5: The man and woman kiss.
(A large combined male/female astronomical/gender symbol appears between the upper and lower halves of the comic.)
Panel 6: The man, now back in his spacesuit, heads toward a doorway as the woman watches from bed.
Woman: Where are you going, spaceman?
Man: Back to my home planet.
Woman: Goodbye, my love. Goodbye and good luck.
Panel 7: The woman looks down, alone.
Panel 8: Close-up of the woman, looking sad and thoughtful.
Panel 9: The woman stands in a doorway, looking outside, where the man is riding away down an alley on a bicycle.
Votey:
The woman, looking unimpressed/skeptical.
Voice (the man, off-panel, in a speech bubble): It's a space-cycle! They look like bicycles!
Alt text
A nine-panel SMBC comic. A man in a red spacesuit-style costume appears in a woman's bedroom doorway and announces, 'I'm here from space to make love to you.' The orange-haired woman in bed is thrilled: 'I knew it! Did you see my lawn sign asking for aliens to come to Earth to create hybrids?' He replies 'Indeed,' and they kiss. A large combined male-and-female gender symbol divides the comic. Afterward, the man is back in his suit heading for the door. She asks, 'Where are you going, spaceman?' He says, 'Back to my home planet.' She bids him 'Goodbye, my love. Goodbye and good luck.' She looks sad and alone, then stands in the doorway watching him depart, the joke being that he leaves not in a spaceship but pedaling away down an alley on an ordinary bicycle. Votey: the woman looks skeptical and unimpressed as the man's offscreen voice insists, 'It's a space-cycle! They look like bicycles!'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.