2009-12-12
Original: 2009-12-12 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Green alien (one of two standing in front of a flying saucer): PEOPLE OF EARTH! WE BRING YOU A CHALLENGE! IF YOU FAIL, YOUR CIVILIZATION IS FORFEIT!
Panel 2:
Green alien (gesturing toward a TV/monitor displaying a colorful grid-based game): BEHOLD! MINDLESS POINT-AND-CLICK VIDEO GAMES!
Panel 3:
A row of five humans (varied ages and appearances) stare at the screen with blank, unimpressed, slightly bored expressions. No dialogue.
Panel 4:
View of Earth from space, and the two green aliens inside their saucer looking dejected.
First alien: I JUST... I JUST...
First alien: WHAT THE HELL DO THEY DO ALL DAY?!
Second alien: IT'S OKAY, MAN. DON'T LET IT UPSET YOU.
Votey:
A bearded man sits at a desk in front of a computer monitor, hand on a mouse, looking weary/exasperated.
Off-panel voice (speech bubble): ZACH! ARE YOU DRAWING YET?!
Green alien (one of two standing in front of a flying saucer): PEOPLE OF EARTH! WE BRING YOU A CHALLENGE! IF YOU FAIL, YOUR CIVILIZATION IS FORFEIT!
Panel 2:
Green alien (gesturing toward a TV/monitor displaying a colorful grid-based game): BEHOLD! MINDLESS POINT-AND-CLICK VIDEO GAMES!
Panel 3:
A row of five humans (varied ages and appearances) stare at the screen with blank, unimpressed, slightly bored expressions. No dialogue.
Panel 4:
View of Earth from space, and the two green aliens inside their saucer looking dejected.
First alien: I JUST... I JUST...
First alien: WHAT THE HELL DO THEY DO ALL DAY?!
Second alien: IT'S OKAY, MAN. DON'T LET IT UPSET YOU.
Votey:
A bearded man sits at a desk in front of a computer monitor, hand on a mouse, looking weary/exasperated.
Off-panel voice (speech bubble): ZACH! ARE YOU DRAWING YET?!
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: Two green aliens stand in front of their flying saucer; one announces, "People of Earth! We bring you a challenge! If you fail, your civilization is forfeit!" Panel 2: An alien gestures at a TV showing a colorful grid-based game and proclaims, "Behold! Mindless point-and-click video games!" Panel 3: A row of five ordinary humans stare at the screen with completely bored, unimpressed faces. Panel 4: Earth seen from space; inside the saucer the two aliens look crushed. One stammers, "I just... I just... WHAT THE HELL DO THEY DO ALL DAY?!" while the other comforts him, "It's okay, man. Don't let it upset you." The joke: the aliens' civilization-ending challenge of mindless click games doesn't faze jaded humans at all, leaving the aliens baffled by how unimpressive humanity is. Votey (bonus panel): A tired bearded man (the cartoonist) sits at a computer with a mouse as an off-panel voice nags, "Zach! Are you drawing yet?!" — implying the aliens' "mindless point-and-click" jab is really about the artist procrastinating.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.