2010-10-19
Original: 2010-10-19 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (a pier stretching over the ocean at sunset, narration in a speech bubble):
"THE OCEAN IS BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE IT SIMULTANEOUSLY REMINDS US HOW SMALL WE ARE AND HOW MUCH WE ARE PART OF SOMETHING INCOMPREHENSIBLY GRAND."
Panel 2 (a man with red/orange hair faces a woman, the two standing close):
Man: "WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES... I SEE BOTH. THE SMALL PERFECT MOMENT WE SHARE NOW, AND THE SUBLIMELY EXPANSIVE CHURNING JOY THAT STRETCHES OUT IN EVERY DIRECTION."
Panel 3 (close on their faces):
Man: "LET'S LET THIS MOMENT..."
Panel 4 (faces moving closer):
Man: "CONNECT THE TWO."
Panel 5 (they lean in to kiss; pink background): (no dialogue)
Panel 6 (very close on the kiss; red background): (no dialogue)
Panel 7 (the man smiling at the woman; red background): (no dialogue)
Panel 8 (the two pulled back, blue background):
Man: "SO, IT'S COOL THAT I DID THAT TONGUE WAGGLE THING JUST NOW, RIGHT?"
Panel 9:
Woman: "YEAH, JUST... NEVER AGAIN PLEASE."
Man (small panicked lettering): "SURE SURE SURE!"
Votey:
Woman: "(AND LET GO OF MY ASS.)"
Man: "DAMMIT."
"THE OCEAN IS BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE IT SIMULTANEOUSLY REMINDS US HOW SMALL WE ARE AND HOW MUCH WE ARE PART OF SOMETHING INCOMPREHENSIBLY GRAND."
Panel 2 (a man with red/orange hair faces a woman, the two standing close):
Man: "WHEN I LOOK IN YOUR EYES... I SEE BOTH. THE SMALL PERFECT MOMENT WE SHARE NOW, AND THE SUBLIMELY EXPANSIVE CHURNING JOY THAT STRETCHES OUT IN EVERY DIRECTION."
Panel 3 (close on their faces):
Man: "LET'S LET THIS MOMENT..."
Panel 4 (faces moving closer):
Man: "CONNECT THE TWO."
Panel 5 (they lean in to kiss; pink background): (no dialogue)
Panel 6 (very close on the kiss; red background): (no dialogue)
Panel 7 (the man smiling at the woman; red background): (no dialogue)
Panel 8 (the two pulled back, blue background):
Man: "SO, IT'S COOL THAT I DID THAT TONGUE WAGGLE THING JUST NOW, RIGHT?"
Panel 9:
Woman: "YEAH, JUST... NEVER AGAIN PLEASE."
Man (small panicked lettering): "SURE SURE SURE!"
Votey:
Woman: "(AND LET GO OF MY ASS.)"
Man: "DAMMIT."
Alt text
A nine-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a sunset view of a wooden pier stretching over the ocean, with narration: "The ocean is beautiful because it simultaneously reminds us how small we are and how much we are part of something incomprehensibly grand." Panel 2: a red-haired man stands face to face with a woman and says, "When I look in your eyes... I see both. The small perfect moment we share now, and the sublimely expansive churning joy that stretches out in every direction." Panels 3-4, in extreme close-up on their faces: "Let's let this moment... connect the two." Panels 5-7, against romantic pink and red backgrounds, they kiss and he smiles warmly. Panel 8, mood broken, blue background: the man asks, "So, it's cool that I did that tongue waggle thing just now, right?" Panel 9: the woman replies flatly, "Yeah, just... never again please," and he sputters, "Sure sure sure!" Votey aftercomic: a close-up of the unimpressed woman saying, "(And let go of my ass.)" while the man mutters, "Dammit."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.