2012-12-02
Original: 2012-12-02 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Child: DADDY! I HAVE TO PEE!
Father (a bald man with a mustache, in a high-collared doublet): WE'RE ALMOST TO LONDON! JUST HOLD IT FOR 30 MINUTES.
Panel 2:
Child: I CAN'T! I HAVE TO GO NOW.
Father: DAMMIT BOY!
Panel 3:
Father (pointing angrily): FINE! THEN I'M GONNA WRITE A WHOLE PLAY ABOUT HOW PEOPLE WHO CAN'T WAIT FOR A FREAKIN' HALF HOUR RUIN EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE!
Caption bar: SOON...
Panel 4:
(The father walks away holding a scroll/manuscript labeled "Romeo & Juliet" as the child watches.)
Votey:
Caption: ALSO, OTHELLO WAS WRITTEN AFTER HIS WIFE LOST A HANDKERCHIEF
Child: DADDY! I HAVE TO PEE!
Father (a bald man with a mustache, in a high-collared doublet): WE'RE ALMOST TO LONDON! JUST HOLD IT FOR 30 MINUTES.
Panel 2:
Child: I CAN'T! I HAVE TO GO NOW.
Father: DAMMIT BOY!
Panel 3:
Father (pointing angrily): FINE! THEN I'M GONNA WRITE A WHOLE PLAY ABOUT HOW PEOPLE WHO CAN'T WAIT FOR A FREAKIN' HALF HOUR RUIN EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE!
Caption bar: SOON...
Panel 4:
(The father walks away holding a scroll/manuscript labeled "Romeo & Juliet" as the child watches.)
Votey:
Caption: ALSO, OTHELLO WAS WRITTEN AFTER HIS WIFE LOST A HANDKERCHIEF
Alt text
A four-panel comic implying William Shakespeare wrote his plays out of petty spite. Panel 1: A bald, mustached man in period doublet (the father) walks with his family; a small child cries, 'DADDY! I HAVE TO PEE!' The father replies, 'WE'RE ALMOST TO LONDON! JUST HOLD IT FOR 30 MINUTES.' Panel 2: The child insists, 'I CAN'T! I HAVE TO GO NOW.' The father snaps, 'DAMMIT BOY!' Panel 3: The furious father points and declares, 'FINE! THEN I'M GONNA WRITE A WHOLE PLAY ABOUT HOW PEOPLE WHO CAN'T WAIT FOR A FREAKIN' HALF HOUR RUIN EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE!' A red caption bar reads 'SOON...' Panel 4: The father walks off holding a manuscript scroll labeled 'Romeo & Juliet' while the child looks on, implying the play was born of this spite. Votey (aftercomic): a single caption in a hand-drawn box reads, 'ALSO, OTHELLO WAS WRITTEN AFTER HIS WIFE LOST A HANDKERCHIEF,' referencing the plot-critical handkerchief in Othello.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.