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2012-01-13

Original: 2012-01-13 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Transcript

Title: BATMAN VS. PROGRAMMING

Panel 1: A bald, bearded man in a blue shirt holds a tablet, speaking into a dark room where a shadowed figure (Batman) lurks.
Man: "You forgot to put parentheses after main."

Panel 2: Against a red background, a batarang/throwing blade strikes the bearded man in the forehead with a flash of impact. He recoils, arms out, mouth open.

Panel 3: A close-up of Batman's grimacing, teeth-gritted face emerging from shadow.
Batman: "I HAVE NO PARENS."

Votey:
Caption: "Also..."
A caped figure (Batman) faces another character.
Other character: "Batman, you're off by one."
Batman: "I'm off by two."

Alt text

A three-panel comic titled "Batman vs. Programming." Panel 1: A bald, bearded man in a blue shirt holds a tablet and tells a shadowy figure in a dark room, "You forgot to put parentheses after main." Panel 2: Against a red background, a batarang strikes the bearded man in the forehead with a burst of impact; he reels back. Panel 3: A close-up of Batman's snarling, teeth-bared face in shadow as he growls, "I have no parens" — a pun on the orphan-superhero trope "I have no parents." Votey aftercomic: Captioned "Also...," a black-and-white sketch shows another character telling Batman, "Batman, you're off by one," and Batman replying, "I'm off by two."

Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.