2010-07-29
Original: 2010-07-29 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A man with long red hair, wearing medieval tunic and armor, stands by a sword embedded in a stone, gesturing with excitement toward a young blond boy who holds the sword's hilt.
Red-haired man: HE PULLED THE SWORD FROM THE STONE! HE SHALL BE KING OF ALL ENGLAND!
Below the panel, a torn parchment headline reads:
Boy Pulls Sword From Stone! Representative Government Cancelled.
Votey:
The blond boy grins widely.
Boy: MERLYN! LET'S KILL THE PROTESTANTS.
A man with long red hair, wearing medieval tunic and armor, stands by a sword embedded in a stone, gesturing with excitement toward a young blond boy who holds the sword's hilt.
Red-haired man: HE PULLED THE SWORD FROM THE STONE! HE SHALL BE KING OF ALL ENGLAND!
Below the panel, a torn parchment headline reads:
Boy Pulls Sword From Stone! Representative Government Cancelled.
Votey:
The blond boy grins widely.
Boy: MERLYN! LET'S KILL THE PROTESTANTS.
Alt text
A medieval scene: a man with long red hair in tunic and armor stands beside a sword embedded in a stone, throwing his arms wide in excitement toward a young blond boy who grips the sword's hilt. He exclaims, 'He pulled the sword from the stone! He shall be king of all England!' Beneath the panel, a torn parchment newspaper headline declares: 'Boy Pulls Sword From Stone! Representative Government Cancelled.' The joke skewers the absurdity of legitimizing absolute monarchy via a magic-sword stunt. Votey (aftercomic): a close-up of the grinning blond boy, now newly crowned king, cheerfully saying, 'Merlyn! Let's kill the Protestants.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.