2012-11-13
Original: 2012-11-13 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A winged angel with a halo (blonde hair, white robe) addresses a person with black hair.
Angel: "FOR YOUR SINS, YOU WILL DIE ONE YEAR FROM TODAY."
Black-haired person: "WOW, REALLY?"
Panel 2: The black-haired person grins widely, holding a green lighter that has produced a large flame near their hand.
Panel 3: The black-haired person stands amid huge flames, arms raised, smiling. The angel's face looms in profile at right, looking concerned.
Person: "THIS IS AWESOME! I CAN'T DIE FOR A WHOLE YEAR! THANKS!"
Panel 4: The person has become a figure made of fire, arms thrown up, standing over a frightened bald old man in glasses and a green sweater. The angel stands at left looking dismayed.
Angel: "THIS ISN'T THE REACTION I-"
Fire person: "GIMME ALL YER MONEY! I'M MADE OF FIRE!"
Votey: A simple black-and-white sketch of the black-haired person looking down sadly. A speech bubble reads "DAMMIT." Beside them, a small flame burns down to a stub — they are now on fire / about to die, having forgotten that being made of fire is itself fatal.
Angel: "FOR YOUR SINS, YOU WILL DIE ONE YEAR FROM TODAY."
Black-haired person: "WOW, REALLY?"
Panel 2: The black-haired person grins widely, holding a green lighter that has produced a large flame near their hand.
Panel 3: The black-haired person stands amid huge flames, arms raised, smiling. The angel's face looms in profile at right, looking concerned.
Person: "THIS IS AWESOME! I CAN'T DIE FOR A WHOLE YEAR! THANKS!"
Panel 4: The person has become a figure made of fire, arms thrown up, standing over a frightened bald old man in glasses and a green sweater. The angel stands at left looking dismayed.
Angel: "THIS ISN'T THE REACTION I-"
Fire person: "GIMME ALL YER MONEY! I'M MADE OF FIRE!"
Votey: A simple black-and-white sketch of the black-haired person looking down sadly. A speech bubble reads "DAMMIT." Beside them, a small flame burns down to a stub — they are now on fire / about to die, having forgotten that being made of fire is itself fatal.
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic. Panel 1: A haloed, winged angel tells a black-haired person, "For your sins, you will die one year from today." The person replies, "Wow, really?" Panel 2: The person grins and flicks a green lighter, producing a flame. Panel 3: Engulfed in flames and unharmed, the person cheers with arms raised, "This is awesome! I can't die for a whole year! Thanks!" while the angel watches uneasily. Panel 4: The person, now a being made entirely of fire, towers over a terrified old man and shouts, "Gimme all yer money! I'm made of fire!" The angel protests, "This isn't the reaction I-". The joke: invincibility-for-a-year makes the person an unstoppable fire monster. Votey (a small black-and-white sketch afterward): The person looks down sadly at a guttering little flame and says, "Dammit." — realizing the fire is dwindling and their invincibility, and fun, won't last.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.