2011-05-14
Original: 2011-05-14 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (header banner: ARTIST):
A woman with dark hair seated at a table.
Woman (artist): "Every night, when I go to sleep, there's a chance I'll wake up with an idea that'll change humanity forever"
Panel 2 (header banner: SCIENTIST):
A woman with reddish-brown hair in a purple shirt, seated.
Woman (scientist): "Every night, when I go to sleep, there's a chance I'll wake up with a perspective that'll illuminate the universe."
Panel 3 (header banner: MATHEMATICIAN):
Late at night. A weary gray-haired woman in a blue shirt hunches over a desk, writing, looking exhausted and strained. A window behind her shows a crescent moon in a dark night sky. On the desk is a box labeled "AMPHETAMINES".
Votey:
Text on a label, styled like a medication insert:
"SIDE EFFECTS:
May cause elevated blood pressure, sweating, heart palpitations, and stochastic calculus"
A woman with dark hair seated at a table.
Woman (artist): "Every night, when I go to sleep, there's a chance I'll wake up with an idea that'll change humanity forever"
Panel 2 (header banner: SCIENTIST):
A woman with reddish-brown hair in a purple shirt, seated.
Woman (scientist): "Every night, when I go to sleep, there's a chance I'll wake up with a perspective that'll illuminate the universe."
Panel 3 (header banner: MATHEMATICIAN):
Late at night. A weary gray-haired woman in a blue shirt hunches over a desk, writing, looking exhausted and strained. A window behind her shows a crescent moon in a dark night sky. On the desk is a box labeled "AMPHETAMINES".
Votey:
Text on a label, styled like a medication insert:
"SIDE EFFECTS:
May cause elevated blood pressure, sweating, heart palpitations, and stochastic calculus"
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic, each panel topped with a job-title banner. Panel 1, "ARTIST": a smiling dark-haired woman at a table says, "Every night, when I go to sleep, there's a chance I'll wake up with an idea that'll change humanity forever." Panel 2, "SCIENTIST": a smiling woman in a purple shirt says, "Every night, when I go to sleep, there's a chance I'll wake up with a perspective that'll illuminate the universe." Panel 3, "MATHEMATICIAN": a haggard, gray-haired woman hunches over a desk late at night under a crescent moon, looking strung-out and exhausted as she writes; on the desk sits a box labeled "AMPHETAMINES." The joke contrasts the romantic inspiration of artists and scientists with a mathematician grinding away on stimulants. Votey (aftercomic): a faux medication-label warning reads, "SIDE EFFECTS: May cause elevated blood pressure, sweating, heart palpitations, and stochastic calculus."
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.