2012-04-27
Original: 2012-04-27 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Joker (green-haired villain, grinning): I'VE TRAPPED VICKI VALE IN A TITANIUM CAGE, WHERE SHE'S ABOUT TO RUN OUT OF OXYGEN! TIME TO CRY, BATMAN!
Panel 2:
Batman (in cowl and cape, scowling): NICE TRY, JOKER! I'VE GOT A GADGET FOR THAT!
Panel 3:
(No dialogue. Batman's gloved hand reaches to his yellow utility belt and pulls out a yellow pill bottle. The bottle's label reads:)
Bottle label: BAT XANAX (with a bat symbol)
Votey:
A simply-drawn figure sits slumped at a desk, resting their head on one hand.
Thought bubble: I WONDER IF LITHIUM WOULD FIX THE JOKER...
Joker (green-haired villain, grinning): I'VE TRAPPED VICKI VALE IN A TITANIUM CAGE, WHERE SHE'S ABOUT TO RUN OUT OF OXYGEN! TIME TO CRY, BATMAN!
Panel 2:
Batman (in cowl and cape, scowling): NICE TRY, JOKER! I'VE GOT A GADGET FOR THAT!
Panel 3:
(No dialogue. Batman's gloved hand reaches to his yellow utility belt and pulls out a yellow pill bottle. The bottle's label reads:)
Bottle label: BAT XANAX (with a bat symbol)
Votey:
A simply-drawn figure sits slumped at a desk, resting their head on one hand.
Thought bubble: I WONDER IF LITHIUM WOULD FIX THE JOKER...
Alt text
A three-panel SMBC comic parodying Batman. Panel 1: The Joker, a grinning green-haired man, gloats: "I've trapped Vicki Vale in a titanium cage, where she's about to run out of oxygen! Time to cry, Batman!" Panel 2: Batman, scowling in his cowl and cape, replies: "Nice try, Joker! I've got a gadget for that!" Panel 3: Batman's gloved hand pulls a yellow pill bottle from his utility belt; the label reads "BAT XANAX" with a bat logo — his anti-anxiety medication, the gadget he uses to cope. Votey (aftercomic): A roughly sketched figure slumps at a desk, head in hand, thinking: "I wonder if lithium would fix the Joker..." — pondering medicating the villain instead of fighting him.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.