2009-05-08
Original: 2009-05-08 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: Two men look at photos in what appears to be an office. A bald man wearing sunglasses and a tie holds a folder.
Bald man: HERE ARE THE CRIME SCENE PHOTOS.
Second man (dark hair): GOD, THAT'S GRUESOME. ANY FAMILY?
Panel 2:
Bald man: HARD TO SAY. NO I.D. NO MISSING PERSON REPORT.
Second man: IF ONLY THERE WERE A WAY WE COULD GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO TRY TO RECOGNIZE HIM.
Panel 3: The two men sit silently, staring blankly ahead, an idea dawning.
Panel 4: A web browser window is shown. The page is titled "CAPTION CONTEST" and displays a photo of a frightened-looking person with red hair wearing a green shirt. Below the image is a text field reading "ENTER HERE".
Votey:
A tombstone-style box reads:
WINNING ENTRY
(ZACH WEINER'S TOMBSTONE)
1982 - 2009
"ALMOST AS FUNNY AS RANDALL MUNROE"
Bald man: HERE ARE THE CRIME SCENE PHOTOS.
Second man (dark hair): GOD, THAT'S GRUESOME. ANY FAMILY?
Panel 2:
Bald man: HARD TO SAY. NO I.D. NO MISSING PERSON REPORT.
Second man: IF ONLY THERE WERE A WAY WE COULD GET AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO TRY TO RECOGNIZE HIM.
Panel 3: The two men sit silently, staring blankly ahead, an idea dawning.
Panel 4: A web browser window is shown. The page is titled "CAPTION CONTEST" and displays a photo of a frightened-looking person with red hair wearing a green shirt. Below the image is a text field reading "ENTER HERE".
Votey:
A tombstone-style box reads:
WINNING ENTRY
(ZACH WEINER'S TOMBSTONE)
1982 - 2009
"ALMOST AS FUNNY AS RANDALL MUNROE"
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: In an office, a bald man in sunglasses and tie holds a folder and says "Here are the crime scene photos." A dark-haired man replies, "God, that's gruesome. Any family?" Panel 2: The bald man says, "Hard to say. No I.D. No missing person report." The other man muses, "If only there were a way we could get as many people as possible to try to recognize him." Panel 3: Both men sit silently staring ahead as the idea sinks in. Panel 4: A web browser window titled "CAPTION CONTEST" displays a photo of a terrified red-haired person in a green shirt, with an "Enter here" text box below — implying they've disguised the unidentified corpse photo as an online caption contest to crowdsource an ID. Votey (aftercomic): A tombstone-shaped box labeled "WINNING ENTRY (Zach Weiner's tombstone) 1982 - 2009" with the epitaph "Almost as funny as Randall Munroe," a self-deprecating jab comparing the SMBC author to the xkcd author.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.