2012-12-08
Original: 2012-12-08 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Header banner: WHAT YOU FEAR
A gravestone stands on a grassy hill against a blue sky. Engraved on it: "NO ONE TOOK HIM SERIOUSLY"
Panel 2:
Header banner: WHAT YOU SHOULD FEAR
The same gravestone scene. Engraved on it: "NEVER TILTED AT A SINGLE WINDMILL"
Votey:
A bearded man sits hunched, writing/drawing at a desk while another person looks on from behind. Speech bubble (the bearded man): "IMAGINARY PEOPLE'S SHORTCOMINGS ARE MY DRAGONS. WEBCOMICS, MY LANCE."
Header banner: WHAT YOU FEAR
A gravestone stands on a grassy hill against a blue sky. Engraved on it: "NO ONE TOOK HIM SERIOUSLY"
Panel 2:
Header banner: WHAT YOU SHOULD FEAR
The same gravestone scene. Engraved on it: "NEVER TILTED AT A SINGLE WINDMILL"
Votey:
A bearded man sits hunched, writing/drawing at a desk while another person looks on from behind. Speech bubble (the bearded man): "IMAGINARY PEOPLE'S SHORTCOMINGS ARE MY DRAGONS. WEBCOMICS, MY LANCE."
Alt text
A two-panel comic comparing fears, each showing the same gravestone on a green hill under a blue sky. The top panel is labeled "WHAT YOU FEAR" and the headstone reads "NO ONE TOOK HIM SERIOUSLY." The bottom panel is labeled "WHAT YOU SHOULD FEAR" and the same headstone reads "NEVER TILTED AT A SINGLE WINDMILL" - a Don Quixote reference suggesting the deeper fear is having never fought for anything, even a foolish cause. Votey aftercomic: a bearded man hunches over a desk drawing while someone watches from behind; his speech bubble declares, "IMAGINARY PEOPLE'S SHORTCOMINGS ARE MY DRAGONS. WEBCOMICS, MY LANCE," casting the cartoonist as a Quixote tilting at windmills through comics.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.