2010-12-30
Original: 2010-12-30 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title panel: A large grinning cartoon T. Rex (a green-and-black crosshatched dinosaur with a tiny round head, jagged teeth, and stubby clawed arms) looms over the scene.
Caption (handwritten on the dinosaur's belly): "OH SHIT IT'S T. REX"
Step 1:
Cut out T. Rex.
(Panel: a pair of scissors next to a cut-out paper drawing of the smiling T. Rex.)
Step 2:
Find a typical editorial cartoon.
(Panel: a heavy-handed political cartoon. A snarling fat-cat figure labeled "CORPORATIONS" clutches a money bag labeled "VOTES," facing a tall figure in a top hat and Uncle-Sam-style coat labeled "AMERICA.")
Step 3:
Paste in T. Rex.
(Panel: the cut-out T. Rex being pasted directly over the editorial cartoon, on top of the "CORPORATIONS" / "VOTES" imagery.)
Step 4:
Cartoon is now funny.
(Panel: a cheerful young person smiling broadly and holding the finished sheet of paper.)
Step 5:
Editorial cartoonist is now sad.
(Panel: the same smiling young person in the foreground; behind them, a balding man — the editorial cartoonist — looks downcast and unhappy.)
Votey:
A close-up of the grinning green crosshatched T. Rex with its mouth wide open, jagged teeth showing, tiny round head and little clawed arms raised. No text.
Caption (handwritten on the dinosaur's belly): "OH SHIT IT'S T. REX"
Step 1:
Cut out T. Rex.
(Panel: a pair of scissors next to a cut-out paper drawing of the smiling T. Rex.)
Step 2:
Find a typical editorial cartoon.
(Panel: a heavy-handed political cartoon. A snarling fat-cat figure labeled "CORPORATIONS" clutches a money bag labeled "VOTES," facing a tall figure in a top hat and Uncle-Sam-style coat labeled "AMERICA.")
Step 3:
Paste in T. Rex.
(Panel: the cut-out T. Rex being pasted directly over the editorial cartoon, on top of the "CORPORATIONS" / "VOTES" imagery.)
Step 4:
Cartoon is now funny.
(Panel: a cheerful young person smiling broadly and holding the finished sheet of paper.)
Step 5:
Editorial cartoonist is now sad.
(Panel: the same smiling young person in the foreground; behind them, a balding man — the editorial cartoonist — looks downcast and unhappy.)
Votey:
A close-up of the grinning green crosshatched T. Rex with its mouth wide open, jagged teeth showing, tiny round head and little clawed arms raised. No text.
Alt text
An SMBC comic. A title image shows a big grinning T. Rex (a green crosshatched dinosaur with a tiny round head and stubby arms) with the handwritten caption "OH SHIT IT'S T. REX" on its belly. Below, a five-step instructional strip. Step 1, "Cut out T. Rex": scissors beside a paper cut-out of the smiling dino. Step 2, "Find a typical editorial cartoon": a clunky political cartoon of a snarling fat-cat labeled CORPORATIONS holding a money bag labeled VOTES, opposite a top-hatted figure labeled AMERICA. Step 3, "Paste in T. Rex": the cut-out dino glued over the editorial cartoon. Step 4, "Cartoon is now funny": a cheerful person holding up the finished sheet, smiling. Step 5, "Editorial cartoonist is now sad": the happy person in front, with a glum balding cartoonist sulking behind them. The joke: slapping a goofy T. Rex onto a ham-fisted political cartoon improves it, to the original cartoonist's dismay. The votey is a close-up of the same grinning green T. Rex with its toothy mouth wide open, no text.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.