2013-04-15
Original: 2013-04-15 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
A yellow crown-shaped figure labeled "GREAT PEOPLE": I'M THE MOST IMPORTANT DRIVER OF HISTORY!
A brown trapezoid-shaped figure labeled "THE MASSES": NO, I'M THE MOST IMPORTANT DRIVER OF HISTORY!
Panel 2:
The two figures, now smaller and seen from farther away, continue arguing.
GREAT PEOPLE crown: NO! ME!
THE MASSES trapezoid: ME!
Panel 3:
The view has zoomed out much farther. The two tiny figures are now small in the distance, with a large green curved shape (the edge of an enormous green circle) entering from the left.
THE MASSES trapezoid: ME!
GREAT PEOPLE crown: NO! ME!
Panel 4:
The view has zoomed out completely, revealing the two figures are minuscule. A giant green circle dominates the scene, labeled inside: RANDOM SHIT.
The green circle (thought bubble): I WONDER WHAT THOSE TWO ARE FIGHTING ABOUT.
The two tiny figures in the distance: ME! NO! ME!
Votey:
A hand-drawn black-bordered panel. A large angular shape (like a slice or wedge) is labeled: DESIRE FOR MORE SEX. A small circle sits to its lower right with a couple of tiny dots beside it.
A yellow crown-shaped figure labeled "GREAT PEOPLE": I'M THE MOST IMPORTANT DRIVER OF HISTORY!
A brown trapezoid-shaped figure labeled "THE MASSES": NO, I'M THE MOST IMPORTANT DRIVER OF HISTORY!
Panel 2:
The two figures, now smaller and seen from farther away, continue arguing.
GREAT PEOPLE crown: NO! ME!
THE MASSES trapezoid: ME!
Panel 3:
The view has zoomed out much farther. The two tiny figures are now small in the distance, with a large green curved shape (the edge of an enormous green circle) entering from the left.
THE MASSES trapezoid: ME!
GREAT PEOPLE crown: NO! ME!
Panel 4:
The view has zoomed out completely, revealing the two figures are minuscule. A giant green circle dominates the scene, labeled inside: RANDOM SHIT.
The green circle (thought bubble): I WONDER WHAT THOSE TWO ARE FIGHTING ABOUT.
The two tiny figures in the distance: ME! NO! ME!
Votey:
A hand-drawn black-bordered panel. A large angular shape (like a slice or wedge) is labeled: DESIRE FOR MORE SEX. A small circle sits to its lower right with a couple of tiny dots beside it.
Alt text
Main comic: A four-panel strip about what drives history. Panel 1: a yellow crown-shaped figure labeled "GREAT PEOPLE" declares "I'm the most important driver of history!" while a brown trapezoid labeled "THE MASSES" retorts "No, I'm the most important driver of history!" Panels 2 and 3 progressively zoom out as the two keep bickering ("No! Me!" / "Me!"), and a huge green shape begins creeping into frame. Panel 4 zooms all the way out to reveal the two figures are tiny specks, dwarfed by an enormous green circle labeled "RANDOM SHIT." The giant green circle muses in a thought bubble, "I wonder what those two are fighting about," while the specks still squabble "Me! No! Me!" The joke: both Great People and The Masses think they drive history, but random chance is vastly larger and barely notices them. Votey: a small hand-drawn boxed panel showing a large angular wedge labeled "DESIRE FOR MORE SEX" with a tiny circle beside it, suggesting sex drive is itself a major hidden driver of history.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.