2009-11-24
Original: 2009-11-24 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A bearded homeless man in a cap holds a cardboard sign reading "WILL WORK FOR FOOD." A woman and a red-haired man in glasses walk past on the sidewalk.
Panel 2:
Woman: It's such a shame.
Red-haired man: No, he just needs skills. I invented a chip that downloads a lifetime of calculus knowledge directly into your brain.
(The homeless man is visible in the background still holding his sign.)
Panel 3:
The red-haired man approaches the homeless man.
Red-haired man: Come, sir...
Panel 4:
Close-up of the red-haired man's intense face.
Red-haired man: Let me change your life.
Caption bar: SOON...
Panel 5:
The homeless man now holds a new sign. The woman and red-haired man stand beside him, smiling proudly. The sign reads "WILL dy/dx FOR FOOD."
Votey:
Title: WHAT MARTY WANTED
A hand-drawn cardboard sign reads: "WILL ∫F dx FOR FOOD" (the integral of F dx).
A bearded homeless man in a cap holds a cardboard sign reading "WILL WORK FOR FOOD." A woman and a red-haired man in glasses walk past on the sidewalk.
Panel 2:
Woman: It's such a shame.
Red-haired man: No, he just needs skills. I invented a chip that downloads a lifetime of calculus knowledge directly into your brain.
(The homeless man is visible in the background still holding his sign.)
Panel 3:
The red-haired man approaches the homeless man.
Red-haired man: Come, sir...
Panel 4:
Close-up of the red-haired man's intense face.
Red-haired man: Let me change your life.
Caption bar: SOON...
Panel 5:
The homeless man now holds a new sign. The woman and red-haired man stand beside him, smiling proudly. The sign reads "WILL dy/dx FOR FOOD."
Votey:
Title: WHAT MARTY WANTED
A hand-drawn cardboard sign reads: "WILL ∫F dx FOR FOOD" (the integral of F dx).
Alt text
A five-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a bearded homeless man in a cap holds a cardboard sign reading "WILL WORK FOR FOOD" while a woman and a red-haired bespectacled man pass by. Panel 2: the woman says "It's such a shame," and the man replies, "No, he just needs skills. I invented a chip that downloads a lifetime of calculus knowledge directly into your brain." Panel 3: the man approaches the homeless man saying "Come, sir..." Panel 4: an intense close-up of the man's face as he declares "Let me change your life." A red caption bar reads "SOON..." Panel 5: the homeless man, now flanked by the smiling couple, holds a new sign that reads "WILL dy/dx FOR FOOD" — his only new skill is writing calculus notation, not actually escaping homelessness. Votey panel, titled "WHAT MARTY WANTED," shows a cardboard sign reading "WILL ∫F dx FOR FOOD" (the integral of F with respect to x), suggesting the man would have preferred a different bit of calculus on his sign.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.