2013-02-20
Original: 2013-02-20 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A support-group setting. An orange-haired man stands and speaks to a seated group.
Bob: HI... MY NAME IS BOB, AND... I'M ADDICTED...
Panel 2: Close-up of the orange-haired man (Bob), now grinning.
Bob: ADDICTED TO ATTENDING ADDICTION MEETINGS!
Panel 3: A blonde woman reacts angrily, gesturing toward Bob (whose arm is visible at the edge of the panel).
Blonde woman: HOW DARE YOU?! PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET HELP FOR A SERIOUS PROBLEM! WHY WOULD YOU EVER USE THAT SORT OF HUMOR IN HERE?!
Panel 4: A wider shot of the meeting room. A banner on the wall reads:
Banner: META-HUMORISTS ANONYMOUS
Bob stands looking down sheepishly while the blonde woman glares, and other group members (a bald man, a Black man, a bearded man with glasses) sit around.
Votey:
A sketchy black-and-white panel. A man speaks.
Man: I'M ADDICTED TO CONFESSIONS.
An off-panel voice: STOP IT!
Bob: HI... MY NAME IS BOB, AND... I'M ADDICTED...
Panel 2: Close-up of the orange-haired man (Bob), now grinning.
Bob: ADDICTED TO ATTENDING ADDICTION MEETINGS!
Panel 3: A blonde woman reacts angrily, gesturing toward Bob (whose arm is visible at the edge of the panel).
Blonde woman: HOW DARE YOU?! PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET HELP FOR A SERIOUS PROBLEM! WHY WOULD YOU EVER USE THAT SORT OF HUMOR IN HERE?!
Panel 4: A wider shot of the meeting room. A banner on the wall reads:
Banner: META-HUMORISTS ANONYMOUS
Bob stands looking down sheepishly while the blonde woman glares, and other group members (a bald man, a Black man, a bearded man with glasses) sit around.
Votey:
A sketchy black-and-white panel. A man speaks.
Man: I'M ADDICTED TO CONFESSIONS.
An off-panel voice: STOP IT!
Alt text
A four-panel SMBC comic set in a support-group meeting. Panel 1: An orange-haired man named Bob stands before a seated group and says, "Hi... my name is Bob, and... I'm addicted..." Panel 2: A grinning close-up of Bob as he finishes: "Addicted to attending addiction meetings!" Panel 3: A blonde woman snaps at him angrily: "How dare you?! People are trying to get help for a serious problem! Why would you ever use that sort of humor in here?!" Panel 4: A wide shot of the room reveals a banner reading "META-HUMORISTS ANONYMOUS" — so the joke is that this IS the group for people addicted to that exact kind of self-referential humor, and the woman's outrage is itself the meta-humor problem. The bonus votey panel, drawn loosely in black and white, shows a man saying "I'm addicted to confessions," with an off-panel voice replying, "Stop it!"
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.