2009-05-13
Original: 2009-05-13 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (header banner): MYTH
A bespectacled man with grey hair stands at a podium, speaking.
Man: "DNA IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN NATURE. SIMPLE AND ELEGANT, IT CONTAINS ALL THE WONDER OF THE COSMOS IN ITS PERFECT TWISTS AND TURNS."
Panel 2 (header banner): REALITY
A DNA double helix is shown with labels pointing to different parts of it:
- "ATTRACTED TO FIRST COUSIN"
- "DRAWS PENISES ON SUBWAY WALLS"
- "PRETENDS HE'S A FIREMAN WHEN PEEING"
Votey:
A close-up of the DNA helix with one more label pointing to it:
"PRETENDS HE'S BATMAN WHILE PEEING."
A bespectacled man with grey hair stands at a podium, speaking.
Man: "DNA IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL THING IN NATURE. SIMPLE AND ELEGANT, IT CONTAINS ALL THE WONDER OF THE COSMOS IN ITS PERFECT TWISTS AND TURNS."
Panel 2 (header banner): REALITY
A DNA double helix is shown with labels pointing to different parts of it:
- "ATTRACTED TO FIRST COUSIN"
- "DRAWS PENISES ON SUBWAY WALLS"
- "PRETENDS HE'S A FIREMAN WHEN PEEING"
Votey:
A close-up of the DNA helix with one more label pointing to it:
"PRETENDS HE'S BATMAN WHILE PEEING."
Alt text
Two-panel comic. The top panel, banner-labeled MYTH, shows a grey-haired bespectacled man speaking at a podium: "DNA is the most beautiful thing in nature. Simple and elegant, it contains all the wonder of the cosmos in its perfect twists and turns." The bottom panel, banner-labeled REALITY, shows a DNA double helix with mocking labels pointing at it like an anatomical diagram: "attracted to first cousin," "draws penises on subway walls," and "pretends he's a fireman when peeing" — personifying DNA as a crude, juvenile creature rather than an elegant one. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the same helix with one additional label: "pretends he's Batman while peeing."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.