2010-11-26
Original: 2010-11-26 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Main comic:
The panel shows three overlapping pieces of print media — a newspaper and two magazines — laid out against a dark background.
Newspaper headline (top left): "WILL THE WORLD END IN 6 MONTHS?" (followed by columns of scribbled mock text and a small portrait inset)
Magazine (top right), titled "SCI-MAG": "IS A UNIVERSAL CURE AROUND THE CORNER?" (with a chart of scribbled jagged lines below)
Magazine/cover (front center): "WAS DARWIN WRONG?" — beneath the headline is an illustrated portrait of an elderly bald man with a long white beard (resembling Charles Darwin).
Caption below the panel:
"New rule for Science Journalism:"
"If your article can be summarized as "No." don't write it."
Votey:
A hand-drawn headline box reads: "DO VACCINES CAUSE AUTISM?"
The panel shows three overlapping pieces of print media — a newspaper and two magazines — laid out against a dark background.
Newspaper headline (top left): "WILL THE WORLD END IN 6 MONTHS?" (followed by columns of scribbled mock text and a small portrait inset)
Magazine (top right), titled "SCI-MAG": "IS A UNIVERSAL CURE AROUND THE CORNER?" (with a chart of scribbled jagged lines below)
Magazine/cover (front center): "WAS DARWIN WRONG?" — beneath the headline is an illustrated portrait of an elderly bald man with a long white beard (resembling Charles Darwin).
Caption below the panel:
"New rule for Science Journalism:"
"If your article can be summarized as "No." don't write it."
Votey:
A hand-drawn headline box reads: "DO VACCINES CAUSE AUTISM?"
Alt text
A comic showing three overlapping print publications against a dark background. A newspaper headline asks "WILL THE WORLD END IN 6 MONTHS?", a magazine called SCI-MAG asks "IS A UNIVERSAL CURE AROUND THE CORNER?", and a front cover headline reads "WAS DARWIN WRONG?" above an illustrated portrait of an elderly bearded man resembling Charles Darwin. A caption underneath reads: "New rule for Science Journalism: If your article can be summarized as 'No.' don't write it." The joke is that each sensational headline is a question whose honest answer is simply 'No.' The votey adds one more hand-drawn headline: "DO VACCINES CAUSE AUTISM?" — another question whose answer is 'No,' reinforcing the punchline.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.