2011-11-07
Original: 2011-11-07 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A man with flame-like red hair holds a rifle near the Mona Lisa painting, facing several police officers.
Red-haired man: STAY BACK! BACK, OR I'LL TURN HER INTO MODERN ART!
Panel 2: Two police officers.
Officer: GET HIM!
Panel 3: Close-up of the red-haired man as a rifle is fired at him, flame/muzzle blast against a red background.
Red-haired man: AAAAAAH!
Panel 4: Later, at an art gallery. The Mona Lisa now hangs damaged/stylized, riddled with bullet-hole-like black marks. A woman holding a glass of red wine talks with a man.
Woman: I ADORE WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT AESTHETIC MILITARIZATION IN A POST-IRONIC SOCIETY.
Votey: A close-up of the resulting "modern art" Mona Lisa — the famous painting redrawn in a flat, stylized cartoon manner against blue sky, blue water, and an olive-green landscape, her arms crossed.
Red-haired man: STAY BACK! BACK, OR I'LL TURN HER INTO MODERN ART!
Panel 2: Two police officers.
Officer: GET HIM!
Panel 3: Close-up of the red-haired man as a rifle is fired at him, flame/muzzle blast against a red background.
Red-haired man: AAAAAAH!
Panel 4: Later, at an art gallery. The Mona Lisa now hangs damaged/stylized, riddled with bullet-hole-like black marks. A woman holding a glass of red wine talks with a man.
Woman: I ADORE WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT AESTHETIC MILITARIZATION IN A POST-IRONIC SOCIETY.
Votey: A close-up of the resulting "modern art" Mona Lisa — the famous painting redrawn in a flat, stylized cartoon manner against blue sky, blue water, and an olive-green landscape, her arms crossed.
Alt text
A four-panel comic. Panel 1: A wild-eyed man with flame-like red hair holds a rifle next to the Mona Lisa painting while police officers close in; he shouts, "STAY BACK! BACK, OR I'LL TURN HER INTO MODERN ART!" Panel 2: Two cops; one yells, "GET HIM!" Panel 3: A muzzle blast erupts at the red-haired man, who screams "AAAAAAH!" against a red background. Panel 4: In a gallery later, the Mona Lisa hangs covered in bullet-hole marks; a woman with a wine glass tells a man, "I ADORE WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT AESTHETIC MILITARIZATION IN A POST-IRONIC SOCIETY." The joke: the threat to ruin the painting accidentally turned it into celebrated modern art. Votey: a close-up of the Mona Lisa redrawn as a flat, stylized cartoon, arms crossed against blue sky and water and an olive landscape.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.