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2009-10-26

Original: 2009-10-26 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Main comic:

Panel (single image): A large framed picture hangs on the wall showing two hands clasped in a handshake against a green background. One hand is dark-skinned (reddish-brown), the other is light-skinned. Below the painting, two men stand talking. A younger man with light hair (seen from behind/side) faces an older man with gray hair and a beard.

Younger man: "Let's call it 'Peace Through Cooperation.'"

Older gray-haired man (pointing angrily): "Don't change my art!"

Caption (below panel): Then again, it flows a bit better than "Stop Cheating at Arm Wrestling, Whitey."

Votey:

A black-and-white sketch close-up of the older bespectacled man, eyes closed, finger raised emphatically, shouting.

Older man: "We will never stop!"

Alt text

A framed painting on a wall depicts two clasped hands in a handshake, one dark-skinned and one light-skinned, against a green background. Beneath it, a younger light-haired man tells an older gray-bearded man, "Let's call it 'Peace Through Cooperation.'" The older man, the artist, jabs his finger angrily and snaps, "Don't change my art!" A caption reads: Then again, it flows a bit better than "Stop Cheating at Arm Wrestling, Whitey." The joke is that the artist's original, far less noble title reframed the handshake image as an accusation. Votey: a black-and-white close-up sketch of the bespectacled older artist, eyes shut and finger raised, defiantly shouting, "We will never stop!"

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.