2010-03-17
Original: 2010-03-17 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A red horned devil sits behind a podium with an open book, addressing a man whose back is to us.
Devil: "You were a mime in life, so we've prepared for you a most... ironic punishment."
Panel 2:
The man (now facing us, pale, balding, looking nervous).
Man: "Forever trapped in a box?"
Panel 3:
Close-up of the devil.
Devil: "Acid enema."
Panel 4:
The man.
Man: "How is that in any way ironic?"
Panel 5:
Close-up of the devil, smirking with eyes closed.
Devil: "Exactly."
Votey:
A rough sketch showing the man and the devil continuing the conversation in stacked speech bubbles.
Man: "So then any punishment is 'ironic'?"
Devil: "Yes."
Man: "Then they aren't ironic."
Devil: "How ironic."
A red horned devil sits behind a podium with an open book, addressing a man whose back is to us.
Devil: "You were a mime in life, so we've prepared for you a most... ironic punishment."
Panel 2:
The man (now facing us, pale, balding, looking nervous).
Man: "Forever trapped in a box?"
Panel 3:
Close-up of the devil.
Devil: "Acid enema."
Panel 4:
The man.
Man: "How is that in any way ironic?"
Panel 5:
Close-up of the devil, smirking with eyes closed.
Devil: "Exactly."
Votey:
A rough sketch showing the man and the devil continuing the conversation in stacked speech bubbles.
Man: "So then any punishment is 'ironic'?"
Devil: "Yes."
Man: "Then they aren't ironic."
Devil: "How ironic."
Alt text
A five-panel comic. A red, horned devil sits at a podium with an open book, speaking to a pale, balding man whose back is turned. The devil says the man was a mime in life, so they've prepared a most ironic punishment. The man hopefully guesses, "Forever trapped in a box?" The devil replies, "Acid enema." The man asks how that is in any way ironic. The devil, smirking, answers, "Exactly." The joke: the punishment is non-ironic precisely because the man expected irony. Votey (aftercomic): in a rough sketch, the man notes that if any punishment counts as ironic, then none of them are ironic; the devil grins and says, "How ironic."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.