2010-10-16
Original: 2010-10-16 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A young girl with red hair, in bed, calls out.
Girl: DADDY! THERE'S A MONSTER UNDER MY BED!
Panel 2: An older man with gray hair leans in, angry.
Man: HOW DARE YOU! FANTASY MONSTERS DON'T EXIST! THE REAL MONSTERS ARE HUMAN BEINGS LIKE YOU AND ME, WHO POLLUTE THE EARTH, SUPPRESS HUMAN RIGHTS, AND COMMIT GENOCIDE! YOUR JUVENILE FANTASY MOCKS A THOUSAND CENTURIES OF HUMAN SUFFERING!
Panel 3: Close-up of the man's face, furious.
Man: GOOD. NIGHT.
Panel 4: The girl looks frightened and unhappy.
Panel 5 (caption banner): LATER
A green tentacled monster lies under the bed. The man approaches carrying a plate with a hamburger.
Monster: CLOSE CALL THAT TIME.
Man: JUST MOVE OUT AS SOON AS YOU GET A JOB, OKAY, HANK?
Votey:
A hand-drawn single panel. One figure leans toward another.
First figure: I LOVE YOU.
Second figure: NOT NOW
Girl: DADDY! THERE'S A MONSTER UNDER MY BED!
Panel 2: An older man with gray hair leans in, angry.
Man: HOW DARE YOU! FANTASY MONSTERS DON'T EXIST! THE REAL MONSTERS ARE HUMAN BEINGS LIKE YOU AND ME, WHO POLLUTE THE EARTH, SUPPRESS HUMAN RIGHTS, AND COMMIT GENOCIDE! YOUR JUVENILE FANTASY MOCKS A THOUSAND CENTURIES OF HUMAN SUFFERING!
Panel 3: Close-up of the man's face, furious.
Man: GOOD. NIGHT.
Panel 4: The girl looks frightened and unhappy.
Panel 5 (caption banner): LATER
A green tentacled monster lies under the bed. The man approaches carrying a plate with a hamburger.
Monster: CLOSE CALL THAT TIME.
Man: JUST MOVE OUT AS SOON AS YOU GET A JOB, OKAY, HANK?
Votey:
A hand-drawn single panel. One figure leans toward another.
First figure: I LOVE YOU.
Second figure: NOT NOW
Alt text
A five-panel comic. Panel 1: a red-haired girl in bed cries to her off-panel father, "Daddy! There's a monster under my bed!" Panel 2: an angry gray-haired man delivers a furious lecture: "How dare you! Fantasy monsters don't exist! The real monsters are human beings like you and me, who pollute the earth, suppress human rights, and commit genocide! Your juvenile fantasy mocks a thousand centuries of human suffering!" Panel 3: extreme close-up of his snarling face: "Good. Night." Panel 4: the girl looks scared and sad. Final panel, labeled "Later": the truth is revealed -- a green tentacled monster actually does live under the bed, and the father, carrying a plate with a hamburger, casually tells it, "Close call that time. Just move out as soon as you get a job, okay, Hank?" The monster is the dad's freeloading roommate. Votey: a rough hand-drawn panel where one figure leans in saying "I love you" and the other replies dismissively, "Not now."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.