2010-08-01
Original: 2010-08-01 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A young man with flame-like orange hair and beard, wearing a green toga, stands at the foot of a mountain range. A temple sits atop a distant snowy peak, reached by a winding path.
Panel 2: Inside the temple, the orange-haired man kneels before a robed figure (the wise old one) seated in meditation.
Young man: WISE OLD ONE... WHAT IS BETTER: TO CREATE THE PERFECT WORK OR TO LIVE THE PERFECT LIFE?
Panel 3: Close-up of the wise old one, a man with long white hair and beard, looking thoughtful.
Panel 4: The young man, smiling, holds out a book.
Young man: MAY I SEE YOUR WORK?
Panel 5: The wise old one holds up a teal book. Its cover reads: MY SOUL IS A VESPER / AND OTHER POEMS.
Panel 6: The wise old one reads the book.
Wise old one: snrk
Panel 7: The wise old one bursts out laughing, grinning widely.
Wise old one: BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Panel 8: The wise old one covers his face, still laughing helplessly.
Wise old one: AHEEHEE HEE HEE EE
Panel 9: The wise old one composes himself, hand on his face.
Wise old one: *achem* *achem* SORRY. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
Panel 10: The young man looks on while the wise old one hands the teal book back.
Wise old one: GO FOR THE PERFECT LIFE.
Votey: A caption reads SOON... A man (the orange-haired protagonist, now drawn in plain black-and-white) grins broadly, holding up two boxes labeled CHEEZ and BEER.
Panel 2: Inside the temple, the orange-haired man kneels before a robed figure (the wise old one) seated in meditation.
Young man: WISE OLD ONE... WHAT IS BETTER: TO CREATE THE PERFECT WORK OR TO LIVE THE PERFECT LIFE?
Panel 3: Close-up of the wise old one, a man with long white hair and beard, looking thoughtful.
Panel 4: The young man, smiling, holds out a book.
Young man: MAY I SEE YOUR WORK?
Panel 5: The wise old one holds up a teal book. Its cover reads: MY SOUL IS A VESPER / AND OTHER POEMS.
Panel 6: The wise old one reads the book.
Wise old one: snrk
Panel 7: The wise old one bursts out laughing, grinning widely.
Wise old one: BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Panel 8: The wise old one covers his face, still laughing helplessly.
Wise old one: AHEEHEE HEE HEE EE
Panel 9: The wise old one composes himself, hand on his face.
Wise old one: *achem* *achem* SORRY. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
Panel 10: The young man looks on while the wise old one hands the teal book back.
Wise old one: GO FOR THE PERFECT LIFE.
Votey: A caption reads SOON... A man (the orange-haired protagonist, now drawn in plain black-and-white) grins broadly, holding up two boxes labeled CHEEZ and BEER.
Alt text
A ten-panel SMBC comic. A young man with flame-like orange hair in a green toga climbs to a mountaintop temple and kneels before a long-white-bearded wise old one, asking: 'Wise old one... what is better: to create the perfect work or to live the perfect life?' The young man asks 'May I see your work?' The sage holds up a teal book titled 'My Soul Is a Vesper and Other Poems.' Reading it, the sage starts with a 'snrk,' then erupts into uncontrollable laughter ('BAHAHAHAHA,' 'AHEEHEE HEE HEE'), covering his face. Finally composing himself ('*achem* *achem* Sorry. Sorry about that.'), he hands the book back and advises: 'Go for the perfect life.' Votey: captioned 'SOON...', the orange-haired man, now grinning, holds up two boxes labeled CHEEZ and BEER, having taken the advice and embraced a life of cheese and beer.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.