2012-06-24
Original: 2012-06-24 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Top row, title: HOW IT LOOKED
A left-to-right progression of a red-haired female character aging, each stage separated by a red arrow:
1. A small girl in a white dress.
2. A young woman in a yellow shirt and blue jeans.
3. A taller adult woman in a red top and long brown skirt.
4. An elderly woman with gray poofy hair, glasses, and a magenta/pink muumuu.
Bottom row, title: HOW IT FELT
The same four stages, but at each later stage the previous (younger) version of herself stands in front, clinging to her. The little girl in the white dress remains present at every stage, hugging/holding onto the older self:
1. The young woman (yellow shirt) with the little girl clinging to her.
2. The grown woman (red top) with the little girl still clinging to her.
3. The elderly woman (gray hair, pink muumuu) with the little girl still clinging to her.
Votey:
A caption box reads: FACT: ALL OLD LADIES WEAR POOFY HAIR AND A MUUMUU.
A left-to-right progression of a red-haired female character aging, each stage separated by a red arrow:
1. A small girl in a white dress.
2. A young woman in a yellow shirt and blue jeans.
3. A taller adult woman in a red top and long brown skirt.
4. An elderly woman with gray poofy hair, glasses, and a magenta/pink muumuu.
Bottom row, title: HOW IT FELT
The same four stages, but at each later stage the previous (younger) version of herself stands in front, clinging to her. The little girl in the white dress remains present at every stage, hugging/holding onto the older self:
1. The young woman (yellow shirt) with the little girl clinging to her.
2. The grown woman (red top) with the little girl still clinging to her.
3. The elderly woman (gray hair, pink muumuu) with the little girl still clinging to her.
Votey:
A caption box reads: FACT: ALL OLD LADIES WEAR POOFY HAIR AND A MUUMUU.
Alt text
A two-part SMBC comic about aging. The top section, labeled 'HOW IT LOOKED,' shows a red-haired woman aging across four stages connected by red arrows: a little girl in a white dress, a young woman in a yellow shirt and jeans, an adult woman in a red top and brown skirt, and an elderly woman with gray poofy hair, glasses, and a pink muumuu. The bottom section, labeled 'HOW IT FELT,' shows the same stages, but at each one the younger versions of herself (especially the little girl in the white dress) are still present, clinging to and hugging the older self, conveying that earlier selves never really leave. The votey aftercomic is a caption box reading: 'FACT: ALL OLD LADIES WEAR POOFY HAIR AND A MUUMUU.'
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.