2012-08-13
Original: 2012-08-13 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1 (single panel):
A hooded, skeletal Grim Reaper-like figure holding a scythe stands in a doorway/dark room. A woman with long dark hair stands facing it, with a small child standing behind her on the right.
Woman: WHY MUST MY FIRST-BORN DIE?!
Reaper: THE MONARCHY OF EGYPT WISHES TO MAINTAIN AN ETHNO-RELIGIOUS SLAVE CLASS AGAINST THE WILL OF THAT SLAVE CLASS' DEITY.
Caption (below panel): The political science translation of the Bible was not a popular one.
Votey:
A simple line-drawn figure of a person, with a speech bubble.
Speaker (the reaper/figure): IF I WERE YOU, I'D CHANGE MY NATIONALITY JUST FOR THE ONE DAY.
A hooded, skeletal Grim Reaper-like figure holding a scythe stands in a doorway/dark room. A woman with long dark hair stands facing it, with a small child standing behind her on the right.
Woman: WHY MUST MY FIRST-BORN DIE?!
Reaper: THE MONARCHY OF EGYPT WISHES TO MAINTAIN AN ETHNO-RELIGIOUS SLAVE CLASS AGAINST THE WILL OF THAT SLAVE CLASS' DEITY.
Caption (below panel): The political science translation of the Bible was not a popular one.
Votey:
A simple line-drawn figure of a person, with a speech bubble.
Speaker (the reaper/figure): IF I WERE YOU, I'D CHANGE MY NATIONALITY JUST FOR THE ONE DAY.
Alt text
A single-panel comic. A cloaked, skeletal Grim Reaper figure holding a scythe stands in a shadowy doorway. A dark-haired woman faces it, with a small child behind her. The woman demands, 'WHY MUST MY FIRST-BORN DIE?!' The reaper answers in dry, clinical jargon: 'THE MONARCHY OF EGYPT WISHES TO MAINTAIN AN ETHNO-RELIGIOUS SLAVE CLASS AGAINST THE WILL OF THAT SLAVE CLASS' DEITY.' This reframes the biblical death of the firstborn (the tenth plague of Egypt) in detached political-science terms. A caption beneath reads: 'The political science translation of the Bible was not a popular one.' Votey (aftercomic): a rough line drawing of a person delivering a speech bubble that reads, 'IF I WERE YOU, I'D CHANGE MY NATIONALITY JUST FOR THE ONE DAY.', the reaper coolly suggesting one could simply opt out of being targeted.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.