2011-02-28
Original: 2011-02-28 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A bald man with glasses wearing a white tank top sits at a desk holding a sheet of paper, looking back over his shoulder. A blonde woman is partly visible at the right edge of the panel.
Man (Hank): I couldn't sleep. I was trying to come up with an evolutionary explanation for why humans tend to be monogamous. From a gene perspective, it makes no sense in my models.
Panel 2:
A banner across the top reads: MOMENTS PRIOR...
The same bald man with glasses is on the left. A blonde woman in a red top stands in a doorway on the right, looking alarmed.
Woman: Hank! Why are you up at 3 AM?!
Votey:
A loosely hand-drawn black-and-white panel. A woman with glasses (on the left, leaning in) speaks to a bearded man (on the right).
Woman: Zach, why are you up at 3am?
Bearded man (Zach): Dirty joke.
A bald man with glasses wearing a white tank top sits at a desk holding a sheet of paper, looking back over his shoulder. A blonde woman is partly visible at the right edge of the panel.
Man (Hank): I couldn't sleep. I was trying to come up with an evolutionary explanation for why humans tend to be monogamous. From a gene perspective, it makes no sense in my models.
Panel 2:
A banner across the top reads: MOMENTS PRIOR...
The same bald man with glasses is on the left. A blonde woman in a red top stands in a doorway on the right, looking alarmed.
Woman: Hank! Why are you up at 3 AM?!
Votey:
A loosely hand-drawn black-and-white panel. A woman with glasses (on the left, leaning in) speaks to a bearded man (on the right).
Woman: Zach, why are you up at 3am?
Bearded man (Zach): Dirty joke.
Alt text
A two-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: a bald, bespectacled man in a white tank top sits at a desk at night holding a paper, glancing back, and says, "I couldn't sleep. I was trying to come up with an evolutionary explanation for why humans tend to be monogamous. From a gene perspective, it makes no sense in my models." Panel 2, labeled "MOMENTS PRIOR...": a blonde woman in a red top stands in a doorway looking startled and demands, "Hank! Why are you up at 3 AM?!" The joke: his grandiose scientific excuse is what he gave when caught up at 3am. Votey (a rough hand-drawn black-and-white panel): a woman with glasses asks a bearded man, "Zach, why are you up at 3am?" He flatly replies, "Dirty joke." Cartoonist Zach Weinersmith's self-deprecating real answer versus the comic character's lofty one.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.