2009-06-07
Original: 2009-06-07 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A prince with red hair, in a purple cape and red tunic with green shoulder armor, kneels and holds out a glass slipper to a woman whose leg is extended toward him.
Prince: "THE GLASS SLIPPER FITS! YOU SHALL BE MY PRINCESS."
Panel 2: The prince faces a blonde woman.
Prince: "YOU WILL LIVE IN MY PALACE, SURROUNDED BY BEAUTY."
Panel 3: The prince continues, leaning toward the blonde woman.
Prince: "YOUR SLIGHTEST WHIM WILL BE DELIVERED IMMEDIATELY."
Panel 4: The prince, looking earnest.
Prince: "AND YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE MY EVERLASTING LOVE."
Panel 5: The prince and the blonde woman embrace and kiss against a red background.
Panel 6: The two stand face to face, foreheads nearly touching, both smiling tenderly.
Panel 7: They face each other.
Prince: "YOU STILL CAN'T VOTE, THOUGH."
Votey: A close-up of the red-haired prince's face, looking somewhat smug or resigned.
Text (as a written note/caption beside him): "AND I CHEAT A LOT."
Prince: "THE GLASS SLIPPER FITS! YOU SHALL BE MY PRINCESS."
Panel 2: The prince faces a blonde woman.
Prince: "YOU WILL LIVE IN MY PALACE, SURROUNDED BY BEAUTY."
Panel 3: The prince continues, leaning toward the blonde woman.
Prince: "YOUR SLIGHTEST WHIM WILL BE DELIVERED IMMEDIATELY."
Panel 4: The prince, looking earnest.
Prince: "AND YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE MY EVERLASTING LOVE."
Panel 5: The prince and the blonde woman embrace and kiss against a red background.
Panel 6: The two stand face to face, foreheads nearly touching, both smiling tenderly.
Panel 7: They face each other.
Prince: "YOU STILL CAN'T VOTE, THOUGH."
Votey: A close-up of the red-haired prince's face, looking somewhat smug or resigned.
Text (as a written note/caption beside him): "AND I CHEAT A LOT."
Alt text
A seven-panel SMBC comic parodying a fairy-tale romance. A red-haired prince in a purple cape and green shoulder armor kneels and presents a glass slipper to a blonde woman, declaring "The glass slipper fits! You shall be my princess." Over the next panels he promises she will live in his palace surrounded by beauty, that her slightest whim will be delivered immediately, and that she will always have his everlasting love. They embrace, kiss, and stand smiling forehead to forehead. In the final panel, still gazing at her, he adds: "You still can't vote, though." Votey: a close-up of the prince's face with the deadpan addendum "And I cheat a lot."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.