2010-04-14
Original: 2010-04-14 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
[This comic is wordless until the final panel; it depicts a long "telephone game" chain of whispering. A robed figure with a halo (Jesus) whispers into the ear of the person beside him, and the whispered message is passed person-to-person down a long line of figures whose clothing changes across the panels, suggesting the message travels across many people and eras of history.]
Panel 1: A haloed, robed figure (Jesus) whispers to a balding bearded man.
Panels 2 through (next several): The whisper is relayed from one person to the next, each cupping a hand to the listener's ear. The figures' garments shift over time — ancient robes, then later period clothing, then modern suits — as the message is handed down.
Near-final panel: An elderly man in modern dress whispers the final version of the message to the last recipient. Speech bubble: "...HATES FA-"
Final panel: A man holds up a protest placard that reads: "GOD HATES FAGS"
Votey: A black-and-white panel shows the haloed, robed figure (Jesus), looking pained, in a speech bubble: "IT WAS 'GOD HATES FATTIES.'"
Panel 1: A haloed, robed figure (Jesus) whispers to a balding bearded man.
Panels 2 through (next several): The whisper is relayed from one person to the next, each cupping a hand to the listener's ear. The figures' garments shift over time — ancient robes, then later period clothing, then modern suits — as the message is handed down.
Near-final panel: An elderly man in modern dress whispers the final version of the message to the last recipient. Speech bubble: "...HATES FA-"
Final panel: A man holds up a protest placard that reads: "GOD HATES FAGS"
Votey: A black-and-white panel shows the haloed, robed figure (Jesus), looking pained, in a speech bubble: "IT WAS 'GOD HATES FATTIES.'"
Alt text
A tall SMBC comic told as a wordless game of telephone. A robed man with a halo (Jesus) leans in and whispers into the ear of the bearded man next to him. That message is then relayed, one whisper at a time, down a long chain of people whose clothing gradually changes from ancient robes to later historical dress to modern suits, showing the message being passed down across generations. In the next-to-last panel an old man in modern clothing whispers the garbled final version. In the last panel, a man triumphantly holds up a protest sign reading "GOD HATES FAGS." The votey (bonus panel) is a black-and-white image of Jesus looking exasperated and pained, saying in a speech bubble, "IT WAS 'GOD HATES FATTIES.'" — revealing the original message was completely mangled by the centuries-long game of telephone.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.