2010-07-14
Original: 2010-07-14 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A young winged man (Icarus) stands in a stone doorway, arms outstretched to show feathered wings strapped to his arms. A bald older man stands behind him in the doorway.
Panel 2: A silhouette of the winged figure leaping/falling through the air, wings flailing, against a white background.
Panel 3: The winged young man plummets head-down toward the sea below, mountains in the background. The bald older man's face appears large in the foreground watching.
Icarus: IT DIDN'T F-KING WORK!
Panel 4: A mountain landscape with the sea. A bloody red splash spreads across the water where the figure has hit. On a wall to the upper left hangs a framed picture showing a silhouette of a man.
Caption (below comic): Of course, the Tale of Icarus was somewhat revised before publication.
Votey: A torn/aged scrap of paper with handwriting. The top lines are crossed out:
(crossed out) IN RETROSPECT, WAX AND FEATHERS WERE A FOOLHARDY [crossed-out marks]
Below, the surviving revised text reads:
ICARUS FLEW TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN, LIKE AN IDIOT
Panel 2: A silhouette of the winged figure leaping/falling through the air, wings flailing, against a white background.
Panel 3: The winged young man plummets head-down toward the sea below, mountains in the background. The bald older man's face appears large in the foreground watching.
Icarus: IT DIDN'T F-KING WORK!
Panel 4: A mountain landscape with the sea. A bloody red splash spreads across the water where the figure has hit. On a wall to the upper left hangs a framed picture showing a silhouette of a man.
Caption (below comic): Of course, the Tale of Icarus was somewhat revised before publication.
Votey: A torn/aged scrap of paper with handwriting. The top lines are crossed out:
(crossed out) IN RETROSPECT, WAX AND FEATHERS WERE A FOOLHARDY [crossed-out marks]
Below, the surviving revised text reads:
ICARUS FLEW TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN, LIKE AN IDIOT
Alt text
A four-panel comic retelling the myth of Icarus crudely. Panel 1: a young man stands in a stone doorway with feathered wings strapped to his outstretched arms, a bald older man behind him. Panel 2: a black silhouette of the winged figure leaping through the air against white. Panel 3: the young man plunges head-first toward the sea, mountains behind, the bald man's huge face watching in the foreground; the young man shouts 'IT DIDN'T F-KING WORK!' Panel 4: a wide shot of mountains and sea with a gory red splash on the water where he landed, and a framed silhouette portrait on a nearby wall. Caption: 'Of course, the Tale of Icarus was somewhat revised before publication.' Votey: a torn scrap of paper with a first draft crossed out reading 'In retrospect, wax and feathers were a foolhardy...', replaced below by the revised line: 'Icarus flew too close to the sun, like an idiot.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.