2009-04-26
Original: 2009-04-26 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A mother sits in a chair, hand on the shoulder of her young red-haired son who stands beside her.
Mother: REMEMBER, SON. LIFE ISN'T ABOUT REACHING DESTINATIONS, IT'S ABOUT ENJOYING THE JOURNEY.
Panel 2:
Caption banner: 40 YEARS LATER...
The boy is now a balding middle-aged man with a tuft of red hair, looking sad and defeated. He wears a white shirt and a loosened tie, with a yellow name tag reading "ASSISTANT MANAGER." Behind him hangs a red sign reading "SAVE!"
Votey:
A hand-drawn gravestone.
Text on gravestone: HERE LIES STEVE JONES. "I WISH I'D MADE A DIFFERENCE LIKE WEBCARTOONISTS DO."
A mother sits in a chair, hand on the shoulder of her young red-haired son who stands beside her.
Mother: REMEMBER, SON. LIFE ISN'T ABOUT REACHING DESTINATIONS, IT'S ABOUT ENJOYING THE JOURNEY.
Panel 2:
Caption banner: 40 YEARS LATER...
The boy is now a balding middle-aged man with a tuft of red hair, looking sad and defeated. He wears a white shirt and a loosened tie, with a yellow name tag reading "ASSISTANT MANAGER." Behind him hangs a red sign reading "SAVE!"
Votey:
A hand-drawn gravestone.
Text on gravestone: HERE LIES STEVE JONES. "I WISH I'D MADE A DIFFERENCE LIKE WEBCARTOONISTS DO."
Alt text
A two-panel comic. Panel one: a mother seated in a chair rests her hand on her young red-haired son and tells him, "Remember, son. Life isn't about reaching destinations, it's about enjoying the journey." Panel two, labeled "40 years later...": the boy, now a balding, defeated-looking middle-aged man in a white shirt and loosened tie, stands wearing a yellow name tag that reads "Assistant Manager," with a red "Save!" sign hanging behind him. His mother's encouraging advice gave way to an unremarkable life. Votey aftercomic: a hand-drawn gravestone reading "Here lies Steve Jones. 'I wish I'd made a difference like webcartoonists do.'"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.