2010-04-12
Original: 2010-04-12 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man lies in bed, face contorted, screaming.
Man: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
Panel 2: A woman leans over him, concerned.
Woman: Are you okay?
Man: I had this dream where you had the face of a lobster.
Panel 3: A red lobster-faced creature looms over him with tentacle-like mouthparts.
Lobster creature: SQUEE!
Panel 4: The man jolts awake, screaming again.
Man: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
Panel 5: The woman leans over him again.
Woman: Are you okay?
Man: I had this dream where you were a lobster... and this dream that was real.
Panel 6: The man lies in bed, panicked.
Man: WHEE?
Panel 7: The lobster creature looms over him again.
Lobster creature: SQUEE!
Panel 8: The man screams once more.
Man: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
Panel 9: The woman leans over him.
Woman: Are you okay?
Man: I had this dream that's like a telescoping cocalesence of dreams.
Panel 10: A blonde woman and the man are close together.
Blonde woman: You're dreaming right now.
Panel 11: The man screams.
Man: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
Panel 12: A dark-haired woman leans toward the man.
Dark-haired woman: Still dreaming.
Panel 13: The man screams.
Man: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
Panel 14: The lobster creature looms again.
Lobster creature: SQUEE!
Panel 15: The man screams.
Man: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
Panel 16: A dark silhouetted figure leans over the man.
Man: Is this another layer of the infinite dream?
Figure: No, honey. You're fine.
Panel 17: A group of people stand around, the man among them, looking awkward.
Figure: Except your teeth are falling out and you stopped wearing pants in public.
Panel 18: Two people talk in the foreground.
Left person: We're getting good sleep, but maybe we should see them about her dream stuff.
Right person: When he said he was a neurologist, I didn't think it'd cause her ALL this.
Votey:
A man lies in bed, smiling pleasantly.
Man: Oh neat. My hand fell off.
Man: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
Panel 2: A woman leans over him, concerned.
Woman: Are you okay?
Man: I had this dream where you had the face of a lobster.
Panel 3: A red lobster-faced creature looms over him with tentacle-like mouthparts.
Lobster creature: SQUEE!
Panel 4: The man jolts awake, screaming again.
Man: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
Panel 5: The woman leans over him again.
Woman: Are you okay?
Man: I had this dream where you were a lobster... and this dream that was real.
Panel 6: The man lies in bed, panicked.
Man: WHEE?
Panel 7: The lobster creature looms over him again.
Lobster creature: SQUEE!
Panel 8: The man screams once more.
Man: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
Panel 9: The woman leans over him.
Woman: Are you okay?
Man: I had this dream that's like a telescoping cocalesence of dreams.
Panel 10: A blonde woman and the man are close together.
Blonde woman: You're dreaming right now.
Panel 11: The man screams.
Man: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
Panel 12: A dark-haired woman leans toward the man.
Dark-haired woman: Still dreaming.
Panel 13: The man screams.
Man: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
Panel 14: The lobster creature looms again.
Lobster creature: SQUEE!
Panel 15: The man screams.
Man: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
Panel 16: A dark silhouetted figure leans over the man.
Man: Is this another layer of the infinite dream?
Figure: No, honey. You're fine.
Panel 17: A group of people stand around, the man among them, looking awkward.
Figure: Except your teeth are falling out and you stopped wearing pants in public.
Panel 18: Two people talk in the foreground.
Left person: We're getting good sleep, but maybe we should see them about her dream stuff.
Right person: When he said he was a neurologist, I didn't think it'd cause her ALL this.
Votey:
A man lies in bed, smiling pleasantly.
Man: Oh neat. My hand fell off.
Alt text
A tall vertical SMBC comic of a recurring nightmare-within-a-nightmare. Repeatedly, a man wakes in bed screaming "AAAAAAAAAAGH!" A woman asks "Are you okay?" and he describes a dream: first that she had the face of a lobster, then that the lobster dream was real, then a "telescoping coalescence of dreams." Between waking moments, a red lobster-faced creature with tentacle mouthparts looms over him going "SQUEE!" Various women (blonde, dark-haired, a silhouette) tell him he is "still dreaming" or "You're dreaming right now." He asks if it is another layer of the infinite dream; a figure says "No, honey. You're fine" but adds that his teeth are falling out and he has stopped wearing pants in public. In the final panel two onlookers note they're getting good sleep but should see someone about her dream issues, and that when the man said he was a neurologist they didn't think it would cause all this. Votey: the man lies in bed smiling, calmly saying "Oh neat. My hand fell off."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.