2011-09-07
Original: 2011-09-07 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Main comic (single panel, wordless):
A green-skinned, tentacled creature wearing round glasses and with two small fang-like teeth sits in an armchair, reading an open book. On the wall behind it hangs a star-burst religious symbol resembling a stylized cross/star. The same star-burst symbol glows on the page of the book the creature is reading. No dialogue or written text appears in the panel.
Votey:
A hand-drawn fish outline in the style of the Christian ichthys ("Jesus fish") symbol, but instead of crossed tail lines it has multiple splaying tail lines like tentacles, and the word "ONRE" is written inside the body of the fish.
A green-skinned, tentacled creature wearing round glasses and with two small fang-like teeth sits in an armchair, reading an open book. On the wall behind it hangs a star-burst religious symbol resembling a stylized cross/star. The same star-burst symbol glows on the page of the book the creature is reading. No dialogue or written text appears in the panel.
Votey:
A hand-drawn fish outline in the style of the Christian ichthys ("Jesus fish") symbol, but instead of crossed tail lines it has multiple splaying tail lines like tentacles, and the word "ONRE" is written inside the body of the fish.
Alt text
Single wordless panel: a green, octopus-like creature with round glasses, two small fangs, and many tentacles sits in a brown armchair reading an open book. Behind it on a purple wall hangs a glowing yellow starburst symbol that looks like a many-rayed cross or star; the same symbol glows on the book's page, implying it is this creature's holy scripture / religious icon. The joke: an eldritch tentacled being has its own religion. Votey: a hand-drawn parody of the Christian ichthys "Jesus fish" outline, but with many splayed tentacle-like tail lines and the letters "ONRE" written inside the fish's body, mimicking the way "IXOYE"/"Jesus" is written in the traditional symbol.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.